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Speak No Evil: Oregon Bach Festival

Fri, Sep 9, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 210 large
When all else fails, try burying bad PR under a sack of cash. That appears to be what the Oregon Bach Festival (OBF) and University of Oregon (UO) decided when it came to the snowballing PR disaster following their decision to end Artistic Director Matthew Halls’ three-year contract extension a mere two months after it
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Are Things About To Go Sideways For The Oregon Bach Festival?

Tue, Sep 9, 2017
by Drew McManus
PR Crisis Management
There’s a study in PR crisis management unfolding in real-time via the Oregon Bach Festival’s (OBF) decision to terminate artistic director, Matthew Halls. If you haven’t been following the details, here’s what you need to know: In June, 2017, the OBF completed a contract extension with Halls through the 2020 season. Barely two months later
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Artists As Representatives

Mon, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
the problem is you
I have something to confess: I wanted to make today’s post a rant against a sharp uptick in the number of instances where I’ve encountered artists behaving boorishly among patrons. Although it sounds wonderfully cathartic, it would have ultimately run afoul of this blog’s Code of Conduct. That’s when it struck me that the reason
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A Mess Of Our Own Design

Tue, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 096
Douglas Rosenthal published an article on 8/1/2016 that tackles the difficult topic of sexual harassment inside the orchestra field. Although the topic is always bound to make some uncomfortable, it is difficult to deny that our field has a track record of making things worse than it needs. This is due to a lack of
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Why Are Executive So Keen On Breaking HR Rules?

Thu, May 5, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 076
It seems as though hardly a year passes that doesn’t have one or more incidents that give HR professionals heartburn. The latest is a whale among the minnows in light of news that recently departed Lincoln Center (LC) president, Jed Bernstein, left as the result of what the organization described as a “[violation of] Lincoln
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