Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Grant Park Music Festival

Who Doesn’t Like Timelines And Big Audiences?

Fri, Jul 7, 2009
by Drew McManus
I always enjoy it when an orchestra website includes some worthwhile info about their history at their website. Case in point, the New York Philharmonic recently released a fascinating searchable database of their performances going all the back to 1842 (BTW, they performed Beethoven’s fifth but it was only 35 years old at that time).
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Don’t Wait, Buy Your Copy Now!

Thu, Jun 6, 2009
by Drew McManus
According to the Grant Park Music Festival’s (GPMF) website, describes itself as “The nation’s only free, municipally funded, summer-long, classical music series, the Grant Park Music Festival has been a key part of the lakefront’s vibrant history.” That means it is a government sponsored, autonomous orchestra; yes, an organization thought to only exist mostly in Europe
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A Useful Look At Access and Affordability

Wed, Jan 1, 2009
by Drew McManus
The 2/2/2009 edition of the New Yorker published an intriguing article by Alex Ross who took it upon himself to find out how much live classical music he could consume in New York City on a budget of $100. As it turns out, it was quite a bit thanks in part to some fantastic free
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Grant Park Take A Friend Concert Review

Sun, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
The second of the Grant Park Music Festival’s Take a Friend to the Orchestra concerts went over wonderfully. The weather simply couldn’t have been better and just like Wednesday evening’s concert, the park was filled to capacity (12,000) with a few thousand more spilling over to the walkways and adjacent grassy areas. This performance featured
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Take A Friend To The Grant Park Orchestra Act 2

Sat, Jun 6, 2008
by Drew McManus
Tonight is the second of two Take a Friend to the Orchestra (TAFTO) concerts at Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival. Today’s event features a pre-concert CoffeeTalk discussion starting at 6:15PM CT (concert begins at 7:30PM) and located at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion Choral Hall on the east side of the Pavilion. The pre-concert event (not
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