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Artistic Administration

So Good, It Makes Me Angry

Wed, Mar 3, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 149
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times: Joe Patti doesn’t seem to be capable of writing a bad blog post. Cases in point, two of his recent posts rise to the level of must-read status. The first article went up at his blog, Butts In The Seats, and it addresses one
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Making Sure You Don’t Forget What You Know About Peer Review

Mon, Oct 10, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 125
There’s a fascinating article by Peter Dobrin in the 10/18/2015 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer that casts a frank eye toward the orchestra’s current state of strategic limbo. There are a number of thoughtful items but one in particular jumped out; specifically, the issue of what the orchestra does with musicians that no longer play
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Your Acoustics Reconnaissance Mission, Should You Accept It…

Fri, Oct 10, 2015
by Drew McManus
Decibel Meter
Among the wave of trends following the economic downturn, moving performance events outside traditional venues is among the more popular. Groups are practically tripping over themselves to set up performances in coffee shops, bars, shopping malls, street corners, mass transit stations, and schools. You’ll even find groups using Semi Trucks, barges, and gargantuan circus tents
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Talking About Programming At Facebook

Wed, Sep 9, 2015
by Drew McManus
Facebook
One area where social media has blogs beat is facilitating discussion; case in point, I posted a question to friends and colleagues yesterday via Facebook soliciting insight on an artistic programming related question and the replies that came back were as thoughtful as they were thought provoking. The discussion thread is fascinating thanks to the
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Would Full Time Composition Departments Revitalize Orchestras?

Thu, Sep 9, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 164
Mark MacNamara published an interesting interview with Louisville Orchestra music director Teddy Abrams in the 8/26/15 edition of San Francisco Classical Voice where the conductor advocated for a full time composition staff within existing Us orchestra organizational structure. “All major arts organizations should not only have musicians on staff but there should also be a
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