Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
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 shortcut bookmark tab on the top of my web browser. On June 1st, 2005 GuideStar underwent …
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 of classical gig musicians in New York City during the 80’s. Those depictions certainly aren’t representative …
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 centered around time or money and in the case of Impromptu, Dallas seems to be focusing …
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 will be easier to find articles from the past. You can find the archives link toward …
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 acoustic and logistical issues of each individual location. Most organizations do a decent job of reviewing …