The Finnish Have Obviously Figured It Out
I had the pleasure of running across a blog entry from Alex Ross’ The Rest Is Noise this evening: My column on the Finnish conductor Osmo V
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Entrepreneurialism Is Alive And Well
It’s hard enough to get a job as a classical musician these days and the odds at building a successful career as a soloist are even tighter. Now imagine that you want to build a career as a full time tuba soloist, sounds impossible doesn’t it? Fortunately, there’s one musician who decided to combine his remarkable abilities as a musician and a businessman to embark on something that many traditionalists in …
Too Much Snow And Cold
Due to the heavy snow in the Northeast it was quite a chore shoveling all the snow from the driveway – Keeping Up With The Jones’ In New Jersey Part 3 will be delayed until tomorrow. If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, now’s a good time to catch up. In the meantime, there’s a great article from Sunday’s Dallas Morning News by Scott Cantrell which examines the Dallas Symphony’s …
More On The Political Value Of Health Insurance
Yesterday’s article examined the decision by the St. Louis Symphony management to cancel the musician’s health insurance because of the current contract negotiation impasse. Historically, the situation during the 1996 strike by the San Francisco Symphony musicians demonstrated that this approach to force an end to a work stoppage has never been very successful. By all accounts, the decision to cancel the musician’s health insurance was made without much examination of …
Cutting Off Their Nose In Spite Of Their Face
Sunday’s issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch contained an article by music critic Sarah Bryan Miller. Sara’s article does a good job at showing the latest development in the contract negations between SLSO management and musicians that is turning into a quagmire before our very eyes. This latest development has to do with health insurance. According to the Post-Dispatch article, the SLSO management has canceled the musicians’ health insurance benefits on …