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Are You Ready For The Arts Addict?

Wed, Nov 11, 2007
by Drew McManus
I hate to give away upcoming events too early but the flood of emails asking about the new blogs set to launch over the next few months have persuaded me to offer up a few more details…
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Sticks and Drones: A New Adaptistration Blog

Mon, Nov 11, 2007
by Drew McManus
There’s excitement in the air as today marks the launch of the first of several new blogs here at Adaptistration. Sticks and Drones is all about the world of classical music from the perspective of two conductors, Bill Eddins and Ron Spigelman. If you are hoping the blog will be chocked full of filler such
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CALLING ALL CARTOONISTS

Thu, Feb 2, 2005
by Drew McManus
I’m looking for a cartoonist somewhere out there who is interested in doing an ongoing project here at Adaptistration.  My artistic ability is on par with Harvey Pekar (limited to crude stick figures) so looking for talent elsewhere is the only available option. Requirements Artistic ability and enjoy drawing cartoons, B/W and color You can
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Adaptistration’s One Year Anniversary

Wed, Nov 11, 2004
by Drew McManus
It has been a full year since the inaugural article at Adaptistration was published.  When Adaptistration began I assumed that the only people interested in issues related to orchestra management would be orchestra managers and perhaps some musicians.  Since then, I’ve been very pleased to learn that at least half of Adaptistration’s readers belong to either
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Inaugural Blog

Mon, Nov 11, 2003
by Drew McManus
As an avid reader of my colleague Andrew Taylor’s blog, The Artful Manager, I would like to start this piece with a quote from one of his writings: “The world doesn’t work the way we thought it did, the way our common knowledge thinks it should, or the way our training prepared us for. Either
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