Drew McManus
New Contact Information For The Louisiana Philharmonic
Fri, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
Effective immediately, you may now reach the administrative offices of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at…
Emergency Preparedness
Tue, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
Last January I nearly wrote a piece about emergency preparedness when some unexpected ice storms throughout the Mid-Atlantic and North-East states dipped more than a few orchestra administrations into some temporary chaos. Unfortunately, I never seemed to get around to it but Hurricane Katrina has demonstrated that it’s a subject you simply can’t ignore…
Into The Fray
Wed, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
Over the past few years I’ve had the pleasure to serve in a variety of consulting roles for orchestra administrators and musicians. I’ve also been watching the growing amount of consultants specializing in orchestra related services, some of them deliver stellar work while others, well, don’t. Nevertheless, I’ve noticed a distinct lack of consultants who
BlogDay 2005
Wed, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
Thanks to my blog neighbor Andrew Taylor for jogging my memory with his post today about BlogDay 2005…
Screaming Into The Eine Kleine Nacht
Mon, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which discusses some of the issues related to the upcoming onslaught of Mozart performances for this season. In particular, it examines the sordid underbelly of artistic programming and how much of it is dictated by artistic standards as opposed to the bottom line. Personally, I think
