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A Sad Day: More Than 60 Members Of The Alexandrov Ensemble Perish In Plane Crash

Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 by Drew McManus

On Sunday evening (ET), 12/25/2016, more than 60 members of The Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir ensemble, perished in a plane crash when a Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-154 crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 92 passengers and crew. According to a New York Times article by Ivan Nechepurenko published on 12/25/2016, the members who died in the crash were among the ensemble’s best. Likewise, Norm Lebrecht has been doing …

Economic Outlook: Cautious

Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 by Drew McManus

The poll from earlier this week asking readers to rate the level of economic conditions they believe will exist at their organization during the first year of a Trump presidency compared to where they are now generated just under 300 responses.

Nashville Symphony Increases Revenue By $1 Million

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 by Drew McManus

The 12/15/2016 edition of the Nashville Scene published an article by John Pitcher. The article reports that per the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s (NSO) most recent audit, the organization posted a modest surplus. That, in and of itself, wouldn’t be breaking news but when taken into context with the previous year’s $732,000 deficit, the organization managed to increase revenue by just over $1mm. If you recall, during the 2012/13 season, the organization …

San Francisco Symphony Takes A Stand On Equal Rights

Thursday, December 15th, 2016 by Drew McManus

Typically, nonprofit performing arts organizations avoid politically charged topics at all costs but in what is perhaps a sign that times are indeed changing, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) recently announced it is cancelling a two-day set of concerts at Chapel Hill, N.C. “in response to that state’s House Bill 2 (HB2), a law which overturned protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals earlier this year.” The San Francisco Chronicle …

More Plans For Moving Forward

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 by Drew McManus

Shortly after the election, I published a post with a quartet of simple, yet crucial, areas you can channel your energy in a way that will not only serve shared missions, but continue being a positive example to those around us. Yesterday, Vu Le published an article with a much longer list at NwB that focuses on what he thinks all nonprofits need to do differently in that wake of what …