Academia

What I’m Looking Forward To At The 2018 Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference

Published on Tue, May 22, 18 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Mon, May 21, 18 at 5:22 pm CST by Drew McManus

Think fast: what’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions an Arts Administration Educators Conference? I can’t speak for anyone but me so to that end, I wonder about how connected arts admin educators are to real-world implementation. Moreover, if any gulf exists, are there noticeable gaps between those with full-time teaching positions and those who teach in addition to working a regular arts admin job. As such, …

The Second Great Lie Of Academia

Published on Wed, May 18, 16 at 2:00 am CST by Drew McManus

At the beginning of April, we conducted a poll asking readers what they thought about the numbers of students graduating with music performance degrees. With more than 500 responses, the vast majority of readers, 73 percent, indicated that conservatories and schools of music produce too many classical music performance graduates. 18 percent indicated the numbers of graduates are reasonable and only two percent indicated there should be even more graduates. Seven …

Poll: What Do You Think About The Numbers Of Students Graduating With Music Performance Degrees

Published on Tue, Apr 05, 16 at 2:00 am CST by Drew McManus

Last Friday’s April Fool’s post was a genuine hit but it seemed to simultaneously hit a few nerves. In particular, a number of reader replies (especially via email and social media) touched on issues related to the sheer volume of students produced by conservatories and schools of music vs. existing and potential job/opportunity capacity throughout the field. There’s no shortage on discussion about concerns over the music performance graduates vs. opportunity …

Sometimes I Scare Myself

Published on Fri, May 10, 13 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Wed, Feb 14, 18 at 3:53 pm CST by Drew McManus

I’m honored and humbled to be at the center of Joe Patti’s 58/2013 Butts In The Seats article titled “It Only Appears A Mockery of Reality” where he harkens back to a series of Adaptistration posts from 2004 and 2006. Patti drills down on a series of Mock Negotiation exercises I conducted for the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration and Eastman School of Music’s …

No Love Lost

Published on Fri, May 04, 12 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Fri, Jun 29, 18 at 9:58 am CST by Drew McManus

When it comes to attention grabbing headlines, Norman Lebrecht has a particular gift and he posted a doozy on 5/3/2012 at Slipped Disc that makes it plain as day how he feels about Tony Woodcock, President of the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) and the institution’s recent decision to renew his contract.

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