Amid the Sarah Chang/Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) drama, it can be easy to forget that it’s a smaller part of a bigger issue; specifically, the ongoing DSO work stoppage. To be certain, any messages sent to Sarah Chang that were threatening and/or intimidating have hopefully been passed along to authorities. Clearly, those are sober issues but they shouldn’t detract attention from the broader concerns…
A Taste of Honolulu’s Grand Plan
Let’s see if you can answer today’s orchestra management question: Q: What do you call an orchestral association that doesn’t employ orchestra musicians? A: A presenter… According to reports in an article by Marisa Yamane in the 10/10/2010 edition of Hawaii’s KHON2.com, the impending Chapter 11 re-organization plan from the current Honolulu Symphony leadership would turn the 110 year old orchestra association into a performing arts presenter. The punch line is …
A Bad Situation Ends Badly In Detroit
The brouhaha sounding violinist Sarah Chang’s recital at Orchestra Hall in Detroit came to an end when the soloist announced that she was cancelling due to private email messages that she characterized as crossing a line into physical threats and career intimidation. The Detroit Free Press reported the news in an article by Mark Stryker in an article published Sunday evening…
Chang Exchanges Solo For Recital In Detroit
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) issued a press release, late in the afternoon of Thursday, 10/7/2010 to announce they “will host violinist Sarah Chang and pianist Robert Koenig on Orchestra Hall stage on Monday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in a special recital…” Chang was scheduled to appear with the DSO this weekend as the soloist for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 but those concerts were cancelled due to the musicians’ strike. UPDATE: 10/8/2010, 1:28pm CT, public reaction…
What You Should Be Reading About Groupon
Ever since my article about Joffrey Ballet’s Groupon success, there has been a good bit of discussion about the topic throughout the culture blogosphere. Tara George over at Technology in the Arts did some fascinating Q&A about Groupon with arts groups, Chad Bauman at Arts Marketing poked a few holes in the Groupon strategy, and Joe Patti over at Butts In Seats saw the forest for the trees…