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The Business Could Use More Of This
Wed, Sep 9, 2006
by Drew McManus
A musician friend of mine recently forwarded a copy of an article that appeared in the September issue of Indy Men’s Magazine. I thought the article did a good job at portraying orchestral music in a light it could stand to get more often in a column the magazine calls What This Woman Wants …
Maybe They Stand So Much Because Their Butts Are Asleep
Tue, Sep 9, 2006
by Drew McManus
[Note: seeing that most people were off for Labor Day, I’ve left yesterday’s post in place for today] The Partial Observer published an article of mine today that examines the issue of concert length. Like many things in this business, math is not an absolute and a two hour concert is rarely 120 minutes in
Does Your Orchestra YouTube?
Fri, Sep 9, 2006
by Drew McManus
You might think not but then again you might be YouTubing and not even know about it. An astute Adaptistration reader brought to my attention several video clips of live orchestra concerts available at the increasingly popular online hub of YouTube.com…
More Thoughts On Unionism
Thu, Aug 8, 2006
by Drew McManus
Monday’s post on unionism garnered some good reader comments. One of them was Galen H. Brown, a composer, contributing editor to Sequenza21, and a member of the New York Philharmonic development department. The topic motivated Galen to not only submit a comment but he authored an article on the topic at his Sequenza21 column…
This, I Would Like To See
Tue, Aug 8, 2006
by Drew McManus
While conducting evaluations for the 2006 Orchestra Website reviews, I came across an adult education event that had an immediate amount of appeal…
