Current Events
Musicians As A Community Resource
Mon, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
It is always a pleasure to work on unique projects. One recent example I wanted to point out today is the work that went into the new website for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Violist Penny Brill’s Musicians As A Community Resource project, which focuses on a broad range of music and wellness initiatives. Brill’s work with
#FirstSevenJobs: Arts And Culture Edition
Tue, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
The Hashtag #FirstSevenJobs is beginning to make some viral momentum at Facebook and as fun as those can be, let’s take it one additional step and go with #FirstSevenArtsJobs. If you want to score Hearts instead of Likes, mention something positive about each experience. Box office staffer, usher, guest artist gopher, information booth attendant, and
“It’s Smart, It’s Delicate, And It’s Diplomacy At Its Finest”
Mon, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
It is heartening to see the US Armed Forces actively push back against the proposed amendment from Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ), and co-sponsors Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN), to gut military music programs by cutting their funding. In addition to a host of public statements from military and civilian leaders inside
An Update On The Efforts To Save Military Music
Mon, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
It’s time for an update on current efforts to help block proposed a funding amendment in the 2017 Defense Appropriations bill designed to gut military music programs. If you’ve been keeping up with what has been going on, you already know that the next step in the process was to get the amendment removed prior to
As National Political Conventions Convene, Could The Culture Cold War Turn Hot?
Mon, Jul 7, 2016
by Drew McManus
The Culture Wars from the latter decades of the 20th century managed to produce an ugly scar across the public arts funding landscape and although public debate tempered, the struggle was far from over. But unlike the very public debate that raged across national media during the 1980s and 1990s, recent battle grounds have emerged
