Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
OK, I have a ton of work to get done today but I had to chirp in with this good online discussion going on between AJ blogs: Fellow blogger Greg Sandow started a great conversation this week: How To Kill Classical Music. And never being the one to merely “gripe and leave” Greg is presenting some solutions, as is evident in his blog today. He suggests using conversations among professional that …
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I have to share an early result from Tuesday’s little self test. In response to the question: “Is an orchestra that has performed in Carnegie Hall better than one that hasn’t?” Many of you have responded by saying that you already knew that anyone can go to Carnegie so long as they can pay the rental fee, so I suppose it’s time to revise the old joke to something like the …
So why are the orchestras of New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and Cleveland considered America’s “Big Five”? Is it because they are the five best orchestras in the country with regard to artistic quality? Are these the ultimate orchestras for musicians and managers that worthy of their aspiration? Take this little self test to help you decide, answer honestly and based on what you currently know – no sneaking off to …
Hugh Resnick, the Assistant Director for Research and Analysis at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, wrote in to remedy my ignorance regarding programs in the U.S. that is similar to the Australian course I wrote about on March 19th. Hugh had this to say about a program he participated in while obtaining his MBA: “In fact, that is exactly how I got my job here at the ISO. I was an MBA student at …