According to a representative speaking on behalf of the Players Association of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (PACSO) the official position of the musicians and its union, Coastal Carolina Association of Professional Musicians Local 502, have stated that they consider the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) decision to suspend operations “an illegal lockout and we are pursuing it to the fullest extent of the law.”…
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League Acquires Inside The Arts Cultural Blogging Exchange
The League of American Orchestras is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Inside The Arts Cultural Blogging Exchange. This new responsibility includes directly managing the Inside The Arts portal and exercising editorial control over each of the member blogs; Adaptistration, Brian Dickie, Butts In The Seats , Double Bass Blog, Neo Classical, non divisi, Scanning The Dial, Sticks and Drones, and There’s Always Room For Cello. With the exception of Adaptistration, all blogs will feature the existing authors. Details of the agreement are available in the following press release…
Details Surface In Columbus
The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) have apparently come to terms regarding a five year agreement that outsources the vast majority of the CSO’s administrative functions to CAPA. The organizations issued two joint press releases on the new agreement dated March 31, 2010 which include the following details… CAPA will “manage the CSO’s finance, accounting, marketing, advertising, publicity, graphics, IT, ticketing, human resources, …
I’m Not The Only One Paying Attention To Orchestra Websites
I was thrilled to see an article in the 3/29/2009 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times by columnist that examines the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s (CSO) new website. By and large it is a very complimentary article but one item of note is the attention focused on how important usability is to revenue performance. In the article, CSO vice president for sales and marketing, Kevin Giglinto, emphasizes that every effort was made to make the online ticket buying process as streamlined and easy as possible…
Charleston Goes Dark
According to a report from Adam Parker in the 3/29/2010 edition of The Charleston Post and Courier, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO) has suspended operations for the remainder of the 2009/10 season. The news was announced to musicians following the organization’s Sunday concert and to the public via a press release issued the same day. The Post and Courier article reports CSO board president Ted Legasey as saying the suspension is an effort to avoid bankruptcy…