Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
Shortly before the Minnesota Orchestra (MO) initiated what would become a season killing work stoppage, MO violist Sam Bergman used to co-author a very popular blog with the orchestra’s Principal Conductor of Pops and Presentations, Sarah Hicks, built around the MO’s Inside The Classics outreach program. Unfortunately, the blog was cut off on 8/27/2012 following an admin notice stating that section of the MO website was being redesigned. Eight months later, …
The Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) moved another minute closer to doomsday this week following a decision to cancel concerts through May 12, 2013; in this case, doomsday is marked by organizational collapse and subsequent liquidation bankruptcy. If the cancelation weren’t reason enough, the MOA decided to set aside the progress that appeared to be taking place in the form of both sides agreeing to terms for a financial analysis, and break …
Although there is no progress to report on the six month work stoppage at the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA), Graydon Royce authored an interesting overview for the 3/30/2013 edition of the Star Tribune which provides an excellent recap alongside of a few key bits of new info. On the MOA side of the equation, the article quotes MOA president and CEO Michael Henson saying he believes the union is holding out …
According to a report by Euan Kerr in the 3/25/2013 edition of MPR News, it appears that the Minnesota Legislative Auditor, Jim Nobles, has granted the request from nearly half of the state’s legislature to conduct an audit of the Minnesota Orchestra Association’s (MOA) books. The request letter from 3/7/2013 included mention of reviewing the MOA’s feasibility study for the remodeling of Orchestra Hall, a review of the use of all …
Almost as if on cue, the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) announced that it has cancelled all concert events through April 27, 2013. In an effort to make the cancellations appear magnanimous, MOA President and CEO Michael Henson told MPRNews that the MOA has not “intentionally…cancelled the rest of the season because we want to send a very clear signal…that we really want to negotiate and find a settlement.” The MOA announcement …