I received a press release this morning from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra announcing that their president & CEO, Simon Woods, has accepted a position as the Chief Executive of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and will leave the organization by July 1st, 2005. The press release goes on to state that the orchestra’s board

At the end of last week, I published an article which examined a new marketing initiative from the Canton Symphony.  Since then, quite a few readers took the time to send an email about the idea of a calendar like this.  Additionally, I took the time to call the Canton Symphony president & CEO, Linda

As the Utah Symphony & Opera begins their European tour, they’ll be traveling without one of their long time members; violinist Misha Boguslavsky.  Mr. Boguslavsky passed away last month from complications due to diabetes and heart disease. Mr. Boguslavsky was one of the handful of musicians who came to the U.S. from the former Soviet

Perhaps classical music isn’t so far removed form cultural consciousness than we thought.  On last evening’s episode of The Simpsons, the town of Springfield’s Cultural Advisory Board determines that the best way to raise their cultural standing compared to their refined neighbors in Shelbyville is to build a new concert hall. To put themselves at

In response to the Friday’s post about an orchestra memo banning firearms in the workplace I received this note from oboist and blogger Patty Mitchell, NO firearms to rehearsals or runouts? Geesh. They sure take the fun out of everything! (But they can’t take away our reed knives.) Patty is always successful at making me

April promises to be a month chocked full of great issues: An examination of Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s 10 year strategic plan including an in depth interview with DSO President & CEO Fred Bronstein. A fascinating discussion with a fascinating individual in this business, Richard Kessler. We’ll discuss issues related to executive oversight, board development &

Sometimes I really don’t get certain ideas that come along. One of the recent ideas I’m clueless about is the concept behind the Canton Symphony’s releasing a calendar which apparently features pictures of orchestra musicians, administrators, board members, and volunteers in risque situations.

Earlier this week, The Partial Observer published one of my Neo Classical articles which examines how many of the problems classical music faced 100 years ago are the same problems it faces today. The historical material for the article came from the October, 1918 edition of The Etude, which I used for a few previous