Now Is The Time To Rally Stakeholders Behind Required Vaccination Policies
Fri, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
It should come as no surprise that performing arts orgs are playing a combination of push and pull when it comes to establishing required vaccination policies. On one hand, they want to push decisions back as far as possible to see how rapidly changing pandemic conditions change. At the same time, they want to pull
#TBT Equal Pay For Equal Work
Thu, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Granted, no one likes staring down the barrel of salary concessions, but I’m especially concerned about where things are going to fall for substitute musicians once the current round of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) become public. If early reports about The Met’s recent agreement are accurate, we’ll see the trend of shortchanging substitute musicians expand
The Met Settles: Here Are Some Details That Are Probably New To You
Wed, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
On Tuesday, 8/24/2021, The Metropolitan Opera announced it had reached an agreement with the musicians’ union that will get the opera company back up and running by early September. While a copy of the final agreement has yet to be released, I did manage to secure some details from inside sources with firsthand knowledge. The
If There Was Ever A Topic Musicians And Employers Can Get Behind, This Is It
Tue, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Recently, the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) elected a slate of new officers and it got me thinking about some of the exchanges unfolding at performing arts org venues and orchestra social media accounts in response to required vaccination requirements. Not sure how those twop things go together? No worries, it will
The Commercial Music Sector Lines Up Behind Required Vaccination Policies
Mon, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
While nonprofit performing arts orgs aren’t alone in sorting out vaccination policies, they are still one among many. But the commercial music industry is able to go about this from a corporate level where presenting groups like Live Nation and AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group) are able to address this from a one-to-many perspective. According to
Let’s Build A Performing Arts Org Required Vaccination Database
Fri, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Shortly after publishing a post about the momentum among performing arts organizations and performing arts centers behind adopting policies that require ticket buyers and employees to provide proof of vaccination, my wife, violinist Holly Mulcahy, posted a query on Facebook asking colleagues about policies at their organizations. Responses started rolling in and it made me
Looking For Some Free, High Quality Social Media Templates?
Thu, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Every so often I post an update to a series of articles that feature some free Photoshop templates I use for creating header images for Twitter and Facebook but this time around I found a set of really nice templates from Kambadastudio. They put together a series of free downloads for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn,
Be A Part Of The Solution: Vaccination Requirements
Wed, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Insisting on verifiable vaccination status to attend concert events is becoming policy at an increasing number of nonprofit performing arts venues. One of the latest is the Walt Disney Concert Hall, owned and operated by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. While the decision to require patrons be fully vaccinated or show proof of a negative coronavirus
It Isn’t Often You See This Much Potential For Artistic Change
Tue, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
The 8/3/2021 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article by Jeremy Reynolds that takes a deeper than normal look at the 13 openings at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO). 13 simultaneous openings at an orchestra of this budget size that isn’t emerging from a major labor dispute and/or financial implosion is highly unusual. What’s
Dear Conductors: Just Wear The F*cking Mask Already…And Get Vaccinated!