Musician Issues
Is Now The Time To Revamp The Audition Process?
Thu, Feb 2, 2022
by Drew McManus
Holly Mulcahy published an article at Neo Classical about audition requirements. It serves as a follow-up to something she wrote in 2018 on the topic and spoiler alert: not much has changed for the better. “Over the last four years, the social justice movement has had a positive influence on the way orchestras approach programming while some
It Isn’t Often You See This Much Potential For Artistic Change
Tue, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
The 8/3/2021 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article by Jeremy Reynolds that takes a deeper than normal look at the 13 openings at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO). 13 simultaneous openings at an orchestra of this budget size that isn’t emerging from a major labor dispute and/or financial implosion is highly unusual. What’s
Humanizing The Impact Of The Pandemic On Musicians
Fri, Jul 7, 2021
by Drew McManus
While it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that the pandemic has seen numerous arts administrators and musicians leave the field entirely, it’s one thing to look at it as a statistic and something else entirely to humanize it. To that end, Jeremey Reynolds wrote an excellent article for the 7/22/21 edition of the
More On The Dynamic Impact Of COIVD
Tue, Jun 6, 2021
by Drew McManus
Usually, these posts focus on how the pandemic generates dynamic expenses and considerations for the organization but today we’re going to focus on musicians; specifically, string musicians. This dynamic cost consideration is really more of a double-edged sword. On one hand, if a string musician was playing considerably less over the pandemic, the need for
Musical Left Behind Syndrome