After a flood of responses to the article about my experiences switching from Windows XP to a new computer with Windows Vista Ultimate encouraging me to "Get A Mac", I did some research to determine what sort of direct and indirect costs an orchestra can expect when upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista or switching to Mac…
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It Must Be That Time Of Year
The Adaptistration Compensation Report is selling like gangbusters as of late. Perhaps everyone is catching on to just how valuable of a tool this handy report really is…
You Just Have To See This
Although it has made the rounds pretty quickly since yesterday, you may not have heard about the fist fight that broke out in the balcony during a pops concert this week at the Boston Symphony Orchestra…
The Impending Disposable Income Gap
Recently, my ArtsJournal.com blogging cohorts Greg Sandow and Andrew Taylor have touched on a budding concern over the need to engage a younger generation. Greg and Andrew have a similar yet unique outlook on the problems associated with not only a shrinking audience, demographically speaking, but a shrinking pool of potential artists, administrators, board members, etc. Those are all worthwhile discussions but my mind tends to wander in the direction of economic issues…
Changing Of The Guard
After more than three years of authoring Neo Classical, my column on the future of classical music at The Partial Observer, I’m taking a sabbatical for the remainder of the year after this month’s article. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean the column is going anywhere. In the meantime, you’ll still be able to read monthly contributions about the future of classical music from an ultimate insider, a professional orchestra violinist. I can …