Music Directors
The Multiple Conducting Post Cash Cow
Fri, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
Norman Lebrecht published an interesting post at slippedisc.com that notices the trend in conductors holding multiple titled positions is in no danger of going away; at least in North America. We used to include pointing out conductors who held positions at multiple orchestras as part of the annual music director compensation reports but over the
Throwback Thursday: Music Director Compensation
Thu, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
We’re about two months away from the latest installment in the annual orchestra compensation reports so I thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at the music director installment from last year’s series. If you recall, this was one of the biggest bombshells in the entire series history in that it
The Latest Instance Of Peer Review Problems
Mon, Mar 3, 2017
by Drew McManus
The 3/22/2017 edition of the Indianapolis Business Journal published an article by Lindsey Erdody that reports on an Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) musician is accusing music director, Krzysztof Urbansk, of age discrimination. What’s interesting to note is Erdody’s examination of the internal process used by the music director and general manager, which reportedly contributed to
Here Are Some Of The Reasons Why Conductors Don’t Win Music Director Jobs: Poll Results
Mon, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in last week’s poll asking readers to weigh-in on whether or not they thought certain types of artistic activity could help or hurt a conductor’s prospects at landing a music director position at a professional US orchestra. There were just under 300 respondents and the results
The Oregon Bach Festival’s PR Crisis Just Got Weird