The Fast Track To Getting Typecast
Wed, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
Last week’s article that focused on comments made by Joe Horowitz to WDET News has generated a great deal of thoughtful, and sometimes verbose, feedback, including two comments from Horowitz. Horowitz also posted an article on 12/5/2010 more at his own blog and to date, the trio of comments to that post have been short
Slatkin Speaks (sorta)
Tue, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 12/3/2010 edition of the Detroit Free Press published an article by Mark Stryker that reports Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) music director, Leonard Slatkin, referenced the two month old strike in a piece he wrote for his website, leonardslatin.com. Slatkin starts out by writing “Weather forecast. Stormy with little chance of sun. Temperatures remain chilly
Louisville Bankruptcy Has All Eyes On January 6th
Mon, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
On Friday, 12/3/2010 the Louisville Orchestra (LO) announced that it filed for Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy stating that it seeks to break its collective bargaining agreement with the musicians. According to a press statement, the LO acknowledges that the “musicians may not be able to agree to voluntarily restructure the Orchestra” but the players won’t
Random Acts Of Social Media
Fri, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
Marc van Bree posted an intriguing article the other week that details five small, but effective, ideas for getting something going with your social media platforms. It’s heavy on the how-to so no worries about being blindsided by ideas without nuts-and-bolts niceties. I’m particularly fond of item #2, which originated from Dale Fisher’s blog…
Finally, A Text-to-Donate Solution!
Thu, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
Joe Patti has been on a mission. He wants to help nonprofits find an affordable, reliable, user friendly solution for cell phone donations. On 10/25/2010, he posted an article that uncovered what will hopefully be the first of several options that meet his requirements…
Joe Horowitz: Orchestra Musicians “should no longer expect to work full time”
Wed, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
WDET News broadcast a segment by Noah Ovshinsky on 11/29/2010 that examines the work rule and job description issues related to the ongoing Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) labor dispute. Clearly, this is one of the more contentious issues and in the course of examining the topic, Ovishnsky includes what might be considered inflammatory commentary from
More Tremors From Louisville
Tue, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 11/27/2010 edition of the Louisville Courier published an article by Elizabeth Kramer that sheds a little more light on the current financial situation within the Louisville Orchestra. According to the report, the orchestra has taken an advance from the local Fund for the Arts which allowed them to make last week’s payroll but there
A Closer Look At Fred Zenone
Mon, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 11/24/2010 edition of The Washington Post published an article by Matt Schudel that takes a closer look into the life and career of former National Symphony Orchestra cellist and orchestra labor impresario Fred Zenone. You might recall the memorial post here from 10/22/2010 and if you didn’t already know Fred but were interested in
Post T-Day Pointers
Fri, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
I hope everyone was able to relax and enjoy their Thanksgiving Day. Today I want to post a quick pointer over to a Twitter project from Marc van Bree (@mcmvanbree) and Lacey Huszcza (@LaceyH; LACO dir. ops & promotions) called Ask A Conductor (#askaconductor). Van Bree posted details about the event his blog, but in
Catching Up On Loose Ends In Detroit
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
Since so many of us in the business are still working longer hours than usual, I’m guessing that more than a few of you are using the extra time today to catch up on news etc. so I thought it would be useful to review some of the recent news coming out of Detroit…
