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Virtues And Vice Of Executives From “Other” Fields

Thu, Mar 3, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 102
Joe Goetz published an intriguing piece at Scanning The Dial on 3/29/2017 that examines a bit of a dust-up over the recent WQXR General Manager appointment, an administrator who was most recently a MTV content executive. You can probably see the disconnect; for some, an executive from the commercial entertainment field running a public radio
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You Must Be This Smart To Enjoy This Music

Fri, Feb 2, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 180
Show of hands, who’s guilty of telling someone who doesn’t attend concerts regularly one piece or another is “too much” for a new listener? I certainly used to be that way. As a product of early 90s conservatory programs, the whole “great art” thing was practically spliced into our DNA. Fortunately, not all the professors
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When It Comes To Federal Funding, It’s Good For The Goose Only When Convenient

Wed, Feb 2, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 173
In the wake of yesterday’s vote to make Betsy DeVos the new Secretary of Education, I only have a short post today. It’s tough to miss the irony of a conservative majority Senate approving a Secretary who is such an inexorable backer of directing public money to private academic institutions (charter schools) when it also
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Trump On The Arts & Humanities: You’re Nothing But Waste

Fri, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
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Happy Inauguration Day. Well, not really since it turns out the new President has adopted a position that the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are a waste and has recommended both departments be eliminated in 2017. According to an article by Alexander Bolton in the 1/19/2017 edition of The
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Outreach Or Pandering?

Thu, Jan 1, 2017
by Drew McManus
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One of the more sensitive yet pressing topics inside the field is how orchestras should go about creating stronger ties with their community and what does and does not constitute meaningful outreach. To better understand, let’s look at what might be best defined as one of the least effective examples where an orchestra will run
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