Current Events

  It looks like the New York Philharmonic has been compelled to hire back two musicians it dismissed in 2018 for misconduct. Principal oboist, Liang Wang, and associate principal trumpet, Matthew Muckey were dismissed following an investigation overseen by former federal judge Barbara Jones of the Bracewell law firm. Fast forward 18 months and arbitration has compelled the orchestra to reverse its decision. A statement from the orchestra published at Slippedisc.com …

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After posting a link on my Facebook wall to Zach Finkelstein’s list of opera and choral groups that have decided to pay artists even though their performances had to be scrapped, Washington Opera Orchestra trombonist, Doug Rosenthal, reached out and suggested I should put together a similar list of opera companies that were paying the musicians. He even compiled the beginnings of a list and sent it my way. After thanking …

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Anxiety over losing audiences not just during periods of social distancing but beyond is something I hear a lot from arts managers these days. The good news is this has been figured out for you already. Spoiler: people do miss it. They down right yearn for it. In the course of her work with Arts Capacity, violinist Holly Mulcahy has discovered just how much people miss the impact live cultural experiences …

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While the decision to cancel #20NTC was disappointing, it’s been equally heartening to see the community members and the organization step up to help fill the void. To that end, NTEN has been aggregating a list of free webinars developed from what would have been conference sessions. We’re excited and humbled to see so many of our NTC presenters self-organizing to offer the content they prepared for the 20NTC in online …

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As has been the case for most, it has been a relentlessly busy 10 days. To that end, just a few quick links and pointers today: Joe Patti has been doing a great job tracking a number of resources to help groups manage the myriad of COVID-19 considerations. His recent posts have focused on a series of free webinars. Ceci Dadisman has been talking about how to use this time to …

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