The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra recently announced they identified a permanent replacement to replace interim president Ann Koonsman who was filling in after the abrupt departure of Katherine Akos…

Since it was announced, I’ve been mulling the details of Louisville’s new contract over in my head. So far, I’ve come up with mostly questions…

It’s tax time again*. In the process of putting everything together for the accountants I wasn’t able to complete what should have been published for today but check back tomorrow, I’ll have it completed by then. In the meantime, remember that a very, very, very tiny portion of your tax dollars are allocated toward supporting

Yesterday, the Louisville orchestra musicians voted to accept a five year contract which retains the current compliment of musicians while simultaneously implements large reductions in pay, vacation time, personal leave, benefits, and more at the onset of the contract…

The recent collapse of Seattle’s Northwest Chamber Orchestra is the latest brick to fall from the orchestral wall of classical music, and that wall is already showing signs of extreme wear and tear…

If you’ve been following the hubbub over the public school music teacher who has been suspended with pay from her position over controversy from her showing elementary age students an educational video about opera, I hope you caught an article appearing in the 03/10/06 edition of the Rocky Mountain News…

An article appearing the 03/15/06 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Pittsburgh Symphony is experiencing some negative feedback from some long time subscribers over losing their accustomed seats when they renewed their subscriptions. According to the article, the conflicts are the result of a new subscription program implemented by the symphony…

A direct link to Lisa Hirsch’s excellent article about ticket fees referred to in the Adaptistration article from 03/08/06 is now available, you can find the article here. I hope you’ll take the time to give hr article a read, you’ll be glad you did.

A recent opinion piece from the editorial staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal endorsed the Louisville Orchestra board position of cutting the orchestra down to the size of a part time ensemble. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time the Courier-Journal’s editorial staff has espoused an absolutely wrong position..