Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

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Art Scars

Tue, Oct 10, 2019
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Recently, violinist Holly Mulcahy published an article at Neo Classical that takes an unfiltered look at the problems with the type of one-way patron communication that dominates the orchestra field. Mulcahy wants to reverse that process by changing how we communicate with our patrons. In the orchestra field we don’t do a fantastic job of

Speaking Of Time Wasters…

Fri, Sep 9, 2019
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There must be something in the air, yesterday I posted something about the time suck that are logo requirements and later that same day was a tweet from @ArtsAdminSay about the habit some foundations have of online grant applications that require uploading a PDF of the very information you just entered into several dozen different

You Don’t See This Every Day

Tue, Sep 9, 2019
Here’s something you don’t see every day: the CEO at one of the largest budget orchestras stepping down out of the blue with nothing more than a 184-word press release announcing the news. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday at the LA Phil where the organization announced Simon Woods was no longer the CEO. The

If Anyone Finds A Workday On The Floor, It’s Mine

Fri, Sep 9, 2019
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The best thing about national holidays is the worst thing about national holidays: many of us can take the day off. But when you get to the end of the shortened work week, it always feels like you’re a little behind. And that’s precisely where I’m at today wondering how on earth Friday snuck up

Time To Update Your LinkedIn Profile

Tue, Sep 9, 2019
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It’s the beginning of the season so now is as good a time as any to suck it up and update your LinkedIn profile. During its early years I assumed LinkedIn would be one of the numerous social media platforms to go extinct, but they’ve managed to make it through so regardless how many steps
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