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Musician Issues

Commentary: A Question Of Just Cause For Discipline Or Discharge In Minnesota

Tue, Dec 12, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration Guy Trumpet
On Saturday, 12/2/17 the Minnesota Orchestra presented a concert featuring a guest artist known for writing music inspired by politics, his passion for opera, love, and family relationships. During the second half of the performance, the artist addressed the audience expressing concern over the recently passed GOP tax plan. Before his address to the audience
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#CultureTrack17: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun…Boys, About 8% Less

Tue, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 148
According to the 4,035 consumers included in LaPlaca Cohen’s Culture Track 2017 report, the single greatest motivating factor for participating in a cultural event is to have fun. That’s not an insignificant point. At the same time, when we drill down into the raw data results for just Classical Music events, respondents found having fun
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#TBT Yes, Seattle Is A Union Orchestra

Thu, Oct 10, 2017
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 120
Among the long list of myths in this field, one of the most enduring is that Seattle Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a non-union orchestra. Spoiler alert: that’s not true. As a matter of fact, the SSO has been a union orchestra since it was formed in 1903 but the myth was born in the 1980s
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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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The Latest Musician Vs. Airline Incident

Thu, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
Airlines
For all of the talk from United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz, about “doing better” in the wake of an incident that left a passenger injured, that message doesn’t seem to be reaching all of their employees. Case in point, violinist Yennifer Correia’s recent ordeal where a United Airlines supervisor allegedly attempted to wrestle away her
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