The Partial Observer published the first in a series of articles today which begins to examine the astounding music program that’s evolved in Venezuela over the past three decades. In addition to the series of articles which will be published at The Partial Observer, there will be several more articles published here which will focus

I’ll be at the Grand Teton Music Festival the next 10 days on a pseudo vacation. Although life will be decidedly more laid back and filled with Teton oriented fun and games, there’s just too much work to take each and every day off. I’ll be getting ready for some of the projects going on

In a recent article of the Los Angeles Times by Christopher Reynolds, the increase in the number of tickets sold by the Los Angeles Philharmonic certainly paints the organization is a positive light. The article points out that over the past three years, the orchestra has increased the number of tickets it sells (181,457 in

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Here’s a breakdown of who’s who in orchestra governance and how they fit together… I took some time recently to review the essays on orchestra governance, which examine the good, the bad, and the ugly issues related to those who have a hand in how orchestras function. They’re always available in the right hand navigation

Regular Adaptistration readers know how much I like GuideStar, the online service with a mission to revolutionize philanthropy and nonprofit practice with information. With regard to orchestras, GuideStar provides an invaluable service by making IRS Form 990’s available to anyone with a computer and an internet connection. I use it so much, I keep a

It’s come to my attention through several reader email messages that I have failed to point out an important point in previous articles about Blair Tindall’s new book that what she discusses regarding the free wheeling lifestyle of classical gig musicians in New York City during the 80’s is just that; the free wheel lifestyle

The Dallas Symphony has started a new ticket buying program called Impromptu, which is essentially something like a flex subscription package without the subscription. It’s an intriguing idea which continues the efforts of orchestras to move away from relying on the old, tired subscription model. In general, much of the complaints surrounding subscriptions have been

Adaptistration’s anticipated switch to the Moveable Type blogging software is now a reality. With it comes a bevy of new features: You can now email individual articles directly to someone via the “email this entry” link located at the end of each post. Moveable Type maintains an ongoing automatic archive of all posts so it

When it comes to planning orchestra concerts there’s a tremendous amount of logistics involved and the more venues an orchestra utilizes, the more plans need to be reviewed.  As a result, one issue which appears to fall through the cracks at a number of organizations is on site review, which entails reviewing first hand the