New Mexico Symphony Orchestra Ratifies New Contract
Fri, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
After performing the entire 2004-2005 concert season without a collective bargaining agreement, the musicians and board of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra reached a conclusion on Thursday, September 9, 2005 and ratified a new three year agreement…
New Contact Information For The Louisiana Philharmonic
Fri, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
Effective immediately, you may now reach the administrative offices of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at…
Emergency Preparedness
Tue, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
Last January I nearly wrote a piece about emergency preparedness when some unexpected ice storms throughout the Mid-Atlantic and North-East states dipped more than a few orchestra administrations into some temporary chaos. Unfortunately, I never seemed to get around to it but Hurricane Katrina has demonstrated that it’s a subject you simply can’t ignore…
Into The Fray
Wed, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
Over the past few years I’ve had the pleasure to serve in a variety of consulting roles for orchestra administrators and musicians. I’ve also been watching the growing amount of consultants specializing in orchestra related services, some of them deliver stellar work while others, well, don’t. Nevertheless, I’ve noticed a distinct lack of consultants who
BlogDay 2005
Wed, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
Thanks to my blog neighbor Andrew Taylor for jogging my memory with his post today about BlogDay 2005…
Screaming Into The Eine Kleine Nacht
Mon, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which discusses some of the issues related to the upcoming onslaught of Mozart performances for this season. In particular, it examines the sordid underbelly of artistic programming and how much of it is dictated by artistic standards as opposed to the bottom line. Personally, I think
The Latest Interlochen Spin
Sat, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
The 2005 Arts Camp session is over; the final strains of Les Preludes have drifted away and now reside only as memories in the minds of those who were there this summer. Unfortunately, there seems to be a great deal of spin drifting out of the president’s office as well..
Regulated Institutional Transparency Part 2
Fri, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
Yesterday’s article presented the concept of Regulated Institutional Transparency, which allows orchestral stakeholders to monitor the artistic, administrative, and governing components of its organization on a continuing basis by means of standardized methods…
Regulated Institutional Transparency
Thu, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
Regular Adaptistration readers know that one of the central issues discussed here is finding ways to increase institutional transparency for American orchestras. Recently, I had a public online exchange with an executive administrator from a professional orchestra about the issue after they expressed their frustration over what they considered problems with the way some orchestra
Your Guess Is As Good As Mine In Montreal
Wed, Aug 8, 2005
by Drew McManus
I’ve been keeping up with the press coming out of Montreal – because getting in touch with reps from the players or the management has not been an easy chore – about the ongoing strike and things continue to degrade…
