Humor
Here It Is, Your Moment Of Holiday Zen
Tue, Dec 12, 2012
by Drew McManus
You know it, you love, it, and it just isn’t the holiday season without it: The Messiah Organist On Crack. If this holiday classic is new to you, give it moment and hang in there until the end; I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s 0:43 of unfiltered Messiah goodness.
Speaking of Awkward Photos…
Mon, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
I was remiss in failing to mention one of the more entertaining classical music websites around in last Friday’s post about artist and arts manager photos: Awkward Classical Music Photos. If you haven’t visited the site before or haven’t been there in awhile, take a slice of time out of day for a good laugh.
Social Media Fail
Mon, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
In the rush to engage and reach out to new audiences, it can be all too easy to forget that one of the overriding goals is to get people to concerts; which means all of the followers, fans, likes and shares in the world aren’t worth much if they don’t help sell tickets. The last
A Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra
Tue, Apr 4, 2012
by Drew McManus
Although it has been out for well over a year on YouTube, I only recently stumbled across Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra at YouTube (h/t Holly Mulcahy). It’s an hour long program written by and featuring UK comedian Bill Bailey that’s perhaps best described as what if the cast of Monty Python wrote
CSO Fistfight Instigator Revealed!
Fri, Mar 3, 2012
by Drew McManus
Who knew concertmasters could moonlight as investigative cultural reporters? But as it turns out, Frank Almond, Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster and author of non divisi, does exactly that and he apparently tracked down the now infamous “younger man” from last week’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra bare knuckled seating brawl and published an exclusive interview with the patron.
