Lectures & Presentations
Some Follow-up From Northwestern Plus Odds & Ends
Thu, Mar 3, 2007
by Drew McManus
Yesterday’s seminar at Northwestern University School of Music on discussing the realities of orchestra life went very well… To begin with, the turnout was splendid, over 30 students after hearing from a Northwestern rep the count was actually over 50, faculty, and administrators attended the seminar. Given the fact that this was entirely optional and
Lecturing Today At Northwestern University
Wed, Mar 3, 2007
by Drew McManus
I’m off to Northwestern University School of Music today to talk to students on the realities of entering a performance career… In particular, the seminar entitled “So, you want to be in an orchestra – a workshop discussing the realities of orchestra life” will focus on the inherent issues which shape the reality of winning,
Summing Up My Time At ASU
Fri, Jan 1, 2007
by Drew McManus
I had a wonderful, albeit brief, time talking to the ASU post-graduate orchestral conducting students. The 45 minute exchange turned out to be a concentrated and frank discussion, even by my standards… Of all the lectures and discussions I have conducted with college students over the years, I approached this session with the least structure
Mock Negotiations: Contrasts & Comparisons
Wed, Nov 11, 2006
by Drew McManus
After completing the mock negotiation session with the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program, my mind wandered into contrast and comparison mode and I began to think about what just transpired with the UW-Madison students and how music performance students from the Eastman School of Music responded to
UW-Madison Mock Negotiation Reflections Part 2
Tue, Oct 10, 2006
by Drew McManus
Continuing where things left off in Part 1, the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program were serving as the orchestra musician negotiation committee in a mock collective bargaining agreement negotiation. After receiving some very bad news about their fictional orchestra’s financial conditions and a subsequent initial proposal from
