Adaptistration – Page 221 – Drew McManus on the orchestra business.

San Antonio Stakeholders Are Talking Again

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 by Drew McManus

Originally, Tuesday, 1/2/18 held the potential for being a watershed day for the San Antonio Symphony (SAS). The organization’s board was expected to meet and discuss options moving forward in the wake of a newly formed nonprofit’s decision to pull out of the six-month-old successorship arrangement (details). Given the amount of potential injury associated with the dissolution, bankruptcy was an option firmly on the table. If that weren’t enough, the orchestra’s …

A Fully Operational Women Composers Database

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 by Rob Deemer

2017 is rightly being perceived as a watershed year for women’s issues throughout our society and in many parts of the world. One important aspect of this is the role of women composers in our culture. Just as Hollywood has slowly realized that the number of talented women who can write, direct, shoot, and edit films has far outpaced the number of women being hired to take on those roles, the …

San Antonio Turns Down A Dark Path

Monday, January 1st, 2018Friday, December 29th, 2017 by Drew McManus

The San Antonio Symphony (SAS) negotiations took an ugly turn late Wednesday evening with the revelation that not only is a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) becoming less likely, but the successorship deal that would ultimately transfer governance to a new nonprofit is falling apart as well. In order to prevent these discussions from devolving into a hopelessly confusing mess of acronyms, we’re going to clarify who’s who by using some …

#TBT Gaining Some Perspective On Pensions

Thursday, December 28th, 2017 by Drew McManus

In light of recent news coming out of San Antonio Wednesday evening, I wanted to post a second #TBT article today pointing out a pair of articles from 2004 that explain how pensions work and ways they impact collective bargaining negotiations. These will be instrumental in helping you shape a necessary frame of reference when processing all of the pension related details coming to light via the San Antonio Symphony’s (SAS) …

#TBT Three Years Of Hacking Arts Management

Thursday, December 28th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Recently, I published ArtsHackier’s 2017 Year In Review article and much like the previous two years, the site continues to enjoy steady growth and engagement. But the post made me think back to some of the posts here at Adaptistration where the site began as an idea then grew into a series of bigger and better offerings. Isn’t It About Time For an Arts Admin Version of Lifehacker? It’s Official: #ClickClickDone …