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Into The Fray

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Over the past few years I’ve had the pleasure to serve in a variety of consulting roles for orchestra administrators and musicians. I’ve also been watching the growing amount of consultants specializing in orchestra related services, some of them deliver stellar work while others, well, don’t. Nevertheless, I’ve noticed a distinct lack of consultants who have a significant amount of firsthand experience from the administrative, board, and musician perspectives. There are …

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Screaming Into The Eine Kleine Nacht

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The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which discusses some of the issues related to the upcoming onslaught of Mozart performances for this season. In particular, it examines the sordid underbelly of artistic programming and how much of it is dictated by artistic standards as opposed to the bottom line. Personally, I think it’s a fascinating side of the business which could stand increased dialogue and understanding among patrons …

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Regulated Institutional Transparency

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Regular Adaptistration readers know that one of the central issues discussed here is finding ways to increase institutional transparency for American orchestras. Recently, I had a public online exchange with an executive administrator from a professional orchestra about the issue after they expressed their frustration over what they considered problems with the way some orchestra musician negotiation committees conduct themselves at the negotiation table…

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