Detroit Poll Friday
Fri, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
It’s been an eventful week in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) labor dispute. In particular, the brouhaha surrounding the Detroit News coverage of the replacement musician scheme set culture blogs and social media platforms ablaze. Speculation about intent flourished and although we had a number of productive discussions here, I realized that I never actively
Happy Anniversary! Now Get Your Butt In That Seat
Thu, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
I want to take a moment to post a very special happy anniversary shout-out to my Inside The Arts blogging neighbor Joe Patti. His culture blog, Butts In The Seats, turned six years old yesterday and if you aren’t already familiar with Joe’s blog you should be…
Lessons In Damage Control
Wed, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
If you’re anything like MusicalAmerica.com’s Susan Elliott, the one-two punch of interviews with Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) executive vice president Paul Hogle appearing in the Detroit News (here & here) which attempted to clarify the replacement orchestra brouhaha left you thinking “huh?” If that’s not confusing enough, an interview with DSO president Anne Parsons in
The DSO's Bombshell Of Profound Magnitude
Tue, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
The 2/21/2011 edition of the Detroit News published an article by Lawrence B. Johnson that reports the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) intends to hire replacement musicians if the current DSO musicians do not accept terms for an agreement that are “less generous” than the offer they recently rejected. Simply put, this turn of events has
DSO Denies Plans To Hire Replacement Musicians
Mon, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
BREAKING NEWS, 2/21/2011, 5:55pm ET: According to a press statement delivered by Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Director of Public Relations, Elizabeth Weigandt, the organization does not have any plans to hire replacement musicians and asserts that “independent and inaccurate conclusions” were drawn in today’s Detroit News article which broke this story. Last Updated: 6:28pm ET…
Detroit Season Is Officially Dark
Mon, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
It has been an eventful weekend at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and if you haven’t already been keeping up with what’s going on, here’s a breakdown of what you need to know along with when it unfolded…
DSO Negotiation Committee Recommends Against Ratification
Fri, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
According to reports in the Detroit Free Press by Mark Stryker and Detroit News by Michael Hodges, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) musicians’ negotiation committee recommended to their colleagues that they reject their employer’s latest offer…
Decision Time In Detroit?
Thu, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
According to a report in the 2/16/2011 edition of the Detroit Free Press by Mark Stryker, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) submitted what it defines as “a final offer” to the musicians with a ratification deadline of 5:00pm ET, Thursday, 2/17/2011. UPDATE: management deadline and musician voting extended to Saturday…
Maybe Michigan Simply Dislikes The Arts
Wed, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
Sensationalist headline aside (yes, we all know Michiganders don’t dislike the arts), Americans for the Arts distributed an action alert email on 2/15/2011 reporting that Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced an amendment to add an additional $20.5 million on top of the proposed $22.5 million cut for the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) remaining
With Friends Like These…
Tue, Feb 2, 2011
by Drew McManus
The 2/13/2011 edition of the Washington Post published an article by Peter Marks that does an excellent job of covering the explosive remarks by NEA chair Rocco Landesman made during a recent theater conference. At issue is his response to the question about the declining audience figures for the arts…
