Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

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Lighten The Mood

Wed, Oct 10, 2006
After reading the article in this morning’s Arts Journal music news about the former executive director of the Lafayette (IN) Symphony Orchestra that was arrested for alleged sexual misconduct charges involving a minor, I decided to put what I originally had planned for today on hold and post something of a lighter nature…

Applause & Pretentiousness Survey: Detailed Results

Tue, Oct 10, 2006
Although the survey is still open, I created a cutoff point at 3:30p.m. CT in order to tabulate the responses…

Applause & Pretentiousness Survey: Early Results

Mon, Oct 10, 2006
I originally planned on posting some detailed results from last week’s Applause & Pretentiousness Survey but at more than a steady stream of 150 responses, it isn’t showing any sign of slowing down, so I’m going to let it run at least another day. However, there’s been a great deal of worthwhile discussion going on

Weekly Email Summary SNAFU

Sat, Oct 10, 2006
My apologies to the subscribes to the weekly email summary subscribers but a technical glitch prevented it from going out this week. All things being equal, it will return next week. Thank you for your patience and understanding and in the meantime, if you haven’t signed up to receive the weekly email summary, you can

Survey – Applause & Pretentiousness

Thu, Oct 10, 2006
Since Monday, the numbers of personal emails I’ve received along with public comments on this issue have prompted me to put together a little survey about applauding between movements and whether or not orchestra concerts are pretentious…
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