Drew McManus
The Best Outreach Tool Ever Devised
Mon, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
Composer Carl Stalling was a genius. The mountain of work he produced as a studio composer for Warner Brothers cartoons did more to educate and expose children to a wider variety of classical music than all of Leonard Bernstein’s young Person’s Concerts combined. I published an article at The Partial Observer which examines the impact
The BIG Question In Milwaukee
Fri, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
A few weeks ago I published an article which pondered the question of how orchestras could simultaneously cut an artistic budget while simultaneously guaranteeing an equal level of artistic accomplishment. Since that article, I’ve had a number of emails from very anxious musicians and patrons (not to mention a few managers) expecting an answer. In
Finding Gold While Flying In Pretzel Class
Thu, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
You know the non profit industry has become larger and more influential than ever before when you find articles about for profit managers ditching their jobs to run nonprofits in an airline magazine. And that’s exactly what I found while recently flying on United and browsing through the October issue of their in flight magazine,
Adaptistration’s One Year Anniversary
Wed, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
It has been a full year since the inaugural article at Adaptistration was published. When Adaptistration began I assumed that the only people interested in issues related to orchestra management would be orchestra managers and perhaps some musicians. Since then, I’ve been very pleased to learn that at least half of Adaptistration’s readers belong to either
Universal Thinking Is So Detrimental
Tue, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
A recent article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review by Mark Kanny reports that the Pittsburgh Symphony president, Larry Tamburri as making the following remarks: “A basic flaw in the economic model of American orchestras compared with most other businesses, says Tamburri, is that productivity increases in music are not possible to compensate for inflationary pressures on
