Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
The Partial Observer published the latest installment in my series of articles about the astounding program of classical music in Venezuela. This latest entry focuses on the program’s artistic accomplishments and is well worth the time to read.
This past weekend saw two excellent articles about the recent events in Baltimore; one by The Baltimore Sun music critic, Tim Smith, and the other by The AFM Observer author, Robert Levine…
On Monday, May 9th the musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) decided to walk out on strike after more than 18 months of negotiations which proved to be unfruitful. Unfortunately, I haven’t kept up on the issues at the OSM as much as I should but whether or not you think a government funded orchestra system would have a positive influence labor relations compared to the U.S. nonprofit model, the issues both sides are arguing about are exactly the same as the problems which permeated negotiations here over the past season…
The recent announcement from the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union that they will leave the AFL-CIO was headline news yesterday. As a result, I received a few intriguing email messages from readers about how this will impact the American Federation of Musicians…
I’ll be appearing today on WNYC’s Soundcheck with Jon Schaefer between 2:00-3:00 EST today…