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Major Conservatory Launches Revolutionary Scholarship Indemnity Program

Fri, Apr 4, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 150
The Juiliard Institute revealed what they defined as a “revolutionary approach to academic financial aid” today via a Scholarship Indemnity program. I was fortunate enough to be afforded an interview with the renowned school’s Dean prior to the announcement in order to learn more. At the beginning of 2014, the institution recognized that the bulk
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US Congresswoman Denigrates Military Bands And Musicians

Fri, Mar 3, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 153
Regular readers are already aware that the single largest US employer of full-time professional musicians is the United States Armed Forces. In addition to their critical role inside the US Armed Forces, their contributions to the cultural and artistic fabric of communities they are stationed are practically too large to measure. But that doesn’t seem
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Are You Looking For A Marketing Or Development Position?

Thu, Mar 3, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 023
I don’t typically point out job openings here at Adaptistration but today will be an exception to the rule thanks to an unusual set of circumstances that managed to produce not one, but two openings inside an organization for all the right reasons. In this instance, the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera (CSO) is looking for
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Getting In On The Super Bowl Action

Fri, Feb 2, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 165
It seems that culture organizations in Denver, CO and Charlotte, NC are leveraging the Super Bowl match between their respective teams for increased media coverage. The Denver Center for Performing Arts bet the Blumenthal Performing Arts and Children’s Theater in Charlotte their team would win (h/t Thomas Cott) while the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Charlotte
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Resource Thursday

Thu, Jan 1, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 043
Shortly after his announcement to switch things up, Thomas Cott published an absolutely fantastic resource list and if you haven’t seen it yet, then you’re missing out. You can read the online version or for the sake of simplicity, I’ve pasted the full list below. But Cott’s list got me thinking about just how long
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