Examining The Events In Louisville
Mon, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
Just when you thought the drama involved with orchestra negotiations might be on sabbatical, a series of ugly events surrounding the Louisville Orchestra negotiations surfaced a month ago threatening to make the spats from last season look like play dates…
Something New At Adaptistration
Thu, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
You may have noticed that Adaptistration has a new advertiser, the Brevard Conference on Music Entrepreneurship. The three day conference sounds like a unique endeavor as it promises to “explore exciting career tracks beyond the traditional job pathways.” The website is well done and has all the information you need to determine if the conference
Getting In On The Ground Floor Of Metro-Scale Wireless
Wed, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
How about this concept: iPod’s are already obsolete (as well as the host of other portable flash-memory based music players). If orchestras can be forward-thinking enough, they might be able to get in on the ground floor of how the next generation of Americans will consume digital music…
Things Are Getting Ugly In Philadelphia
Tue, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
The continuing legal saga between the Kimmel Center for the Arts and Rafael Viñoly Architects (the architectural firm which designed the Kimmel Center) escalated into an ugly public confrontation last week. The 2/17/06 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by Peter Dobrin which reports that Rafael Viñoly sent a letter to the Kimmel
What Classical Music Can Learn From “The Relics Of Rock”
Mon, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
The world of classical music can learn a lot from their rock and roll cousins. On the 2/19/06 edition of CBS News Sunday Morning, they aired a segment entitled “Relics of Rock” which chronicled the discovery of the largest known collection of rock and roll memorabilia which had been forgotten about since the early 1990’s…
More On Executive Compensation
Fri, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
The issue of rewarding effort versus achievement is at that national forefront again due to an article from the 2/11/06 edition of Wall Street Journal by Jacob Hale Russell (WSJ online is a pay service only so no direct link to the article is available, sorry). The article reviews the pros and cons of the
Who’s Afraid Of Opera? Apparently Bennett, Colorado
Thu, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
In Colorado, cultural awareness seems to be at an all time low as a local community makes plans to dismiss an elementary school music teacher for showing first, second, and third graders portions of an educational video designed to teach children about opera…
Big News: Off To Chicago (permanently)
Wed, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
In the beginning of April, Adaptistration’s global headquarters (my home office) will be relocating to Chicago…
At The NJSO, Is It The Chicken Or The Egg?
Tue, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
An article in the 2/8/06 edition of the New Jersey Star-Ledger by Willa J. Conrad reports that after more than eight months searching, the New Jersey Symphony Board is having trouble identifying a finalist for the position of president & CEO. The article goes on to report that the organization believes one of the contributing
So That’s What I Would Play
Mon, Feb 2, 2006
by Drew McManus
An ongoing problem in this business is the distinct disconnect between board members and musicians. I recently had a conversation with the director of a Mid-Atlantic area PAC that regaled me with a conversation he recently had with one of his local symphony’s board members…
