Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial Cartoon: Bully For Them!

Tue, Oct 10, 2011
It seems that last week’s article about whether or not the Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA) is still competitive with attracting and retaining top talent among its peer group caught the attention of Dixon, Adaptistration’s Editorial Cartoonist. Like any good cartoonist, the article’s bar chart illustrating the POAs change in rank was what he focused on

Editorial Cartoon: Age Of Executives

Mon, Sep 9, 2011
Not every generation gets to live during a period of major transition but everyone in the business today is lucky enough to witness what I like to call the dawn of the executives. For reasons I don’t remember (likely due to the gin being consumed during the conversation), a colleague and I were talking about

Editorial Cartoon Day: Sandow

Wed, Jun 6, 2011
Adaptistration Editorial Cartoon Sandow
It looks like Dixon, Adaptistration’s resident editorial cartoonist and the wit behind the humor at the hit orchestra biz comic strip Who’s Minding The Score?, has a bone to pick with Greg Sandow over some of his remarks to The Australian…

Editorial Cartoon: Brusilow’s Big Top

Tue, Jul 7, 2010
It seems that the Richardson Symphony Orchestra (RSO) situation is catching the attention of a diverse cross section of readers including none other than Dixon, the ever-sharp mind behind the hit orchestra biz comic strip, Who’s Minding The Score? Apparently, the entire to-do has him so inspired that he went out and bought a box