Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

So That’s Who You Are

Fri, Jun 6, 2007
During Wednesday’s radio discussion at Soundcheck with John Schaefer I mentioned the results from a recent readership segmentation survey here at Adaptistration and I thought it would be useful to post those statistics…

Phone Home Survey Results

Thu, Jun 6, 2007
The results from the three question survey about telephone etiquette policy earlier this week produced some fascinating data…

Appearing On WNYC’s Soundcheck Today

Wed, Jun 6, 2007
I’ll be appearing today on WNYC’s Soundcheck with John Schaefer at approximately 2:00p.m. ET today to talk about whether or not declining print coverage of classical music is necessarily as bad as some of the doomsayers suggest. Furthermore, is it possible to make the case that blogs are actually becoming more important than print media

Phone Home – An Adaptistration Survey

Tue, Jun 6, 2007
Some recent work for a client led me to think about how much time orchestras spend on creating and maintaining a telephone etiquette policy. Furthermore, I wonder how many managers out there have ever taken the time to call their organization just to see how the voice mail system and employee telephone etiquette measures up…

Billion Dollar Business

Mon, Jun 6, 2007
The Chicago Tribune published an article by Charles Storch which reports that Chicago’s “arts are playing a leading role in Chicago’s economy and performing big time”…

Universal Truths

Sun, Jun 6, 2007
Although I generally don’t subscribe to many universal truths, some unexpected pre-gig warming up by musicians outside of my office this morning reminded me of one I do espouse: “for musicians, waiting for a gig to start is the same, regardless if it’s bagpipes or Bruckner.”

More Labor Ripples

Fri, Jun 6, 2007
Earlier in the week, it was Omaha Symphony and this time it is the San Antonio Symphony…

Looking Toward A Brighter Future

Thu, Jun 6, 2007
Given the recent round of doom and gloom being pandered throughout the business over large cuts in classical music coverage among traditional media outlets, I thought it would be useful to imagine a brighter future…

Things Are Stirring Up Again

Wed, Jun 6, 2007
Just a quick pointer today toward the heartland where a labor situation is brewing at the Omaha Symphony…

A Silver Lining Has To Begin Somewhere

Tue, Jun 6, 2007
With all this talk about diminishing classical music coverage in traditional media outlets, I think it is appropriate to mention that new forums of discourse seem to be popping up all the time… For example, there is an excellent blog that gives you some first hand insight into being an orchestral musician. Michael Hovnanian’s CSO
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