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That’s Right, Miami Still Doesn’t Have A Resident Living Wage Orchestra

Mon, Jun 6, 2018
by Drew McManus
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In the same year Adaptistration was launched, the Florida Philharmonic ceased to exist and not long after its dissolution, the Cleveland Orchestra started their Miami residency program. At the time, one of the talking points from Cleveland’s leadership pushing back against the notion they were nothing more than an opportunistic cultural carpetbagger was the residency
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#TBT Straightjackets Of Our Own Design

Thu, Jun 6, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 149
It never ceases to amaze me how often missed opportunities are a feature, not a bug. Here’s an example: Tuesday’s post about influencer marketing generated a user email that asked a great question. As a musician I share Holly’s aversion to comps, though, I use them when available. The ‘influencer’ model seems well-suited to the
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When Sanctity Risks Becoming Sanctimonious

Wed, May 5, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 179
The 5/19/18 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by David Patrick Stearns that reports on a Philadelphia Orchestra concert being disrupted by protesters demonstrating against the orchestra’s decision to carry out their upcoming tour of Israel in the wake of deadly violence along the Gaza border. What caught my eye was Steans’ account
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Lack Of Inclusion Reaches All The Way Up To Big Money Donors

Fri, May 5, 2018
by Drew McManus
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If you’ve had a heart-to-heart with a fellow nonprofit performing arts manager that operates in the Silicon Valley area, you probably got an earful of cathartic grumbling about how disengaged the tech sector is from philanthropic giving. The 5/14/18 edition of The Atlantic published an article by Alana Semuels provides one of the most comprehensive
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Love For Three Logos

Wed, May 5, 2018
by Drew McManus
Just because we’re in a music related field doesn’t mean we should skimp on graphic design. To that end, one of my favorite rabbit holes to lose time in is logo design. During a recent site update for one of my clients, conductor Bruce Anthony Kiesling, we managed to work a version of his logo
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