Minnesota Orchestra – Page 9

Nothing’s Changed, It’s Still All About Power

Friday, September 6th, 2013 by Drew McManus

One of the most common questions coming in from readers, colleagues, and friends about the Minnesota Orchestra dispute is why; people are befuddled over why things have become this bad and why there’s no apparent end in sight. The answer is simple and it has little to do with budgets, sustainability, competitiveness, excellence, or any of the other jargon grenades lobbed back and forth in the now all-too-predictable press statements. This …

Osmo? Who Needs Him?

Thursday, September 5th, 2013 by Drew McManus

Just in case you had any hope that the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) would reach an eleventh hour agreement with its musicians to rescue the 2013/14 season, retain music director Osmo Vanska, and the upcoming Carnegie Hall performance, they made it clear to Graydon Royce in the 9/3/2013 edition of the Star-Tribune that all of those items and more are worth sacrificing in order to achieve their goals for a new …

Small Gesture, Big Impact

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 by Drew McManus

Yesterday’s Minnesota Orchestra cross-blog event was a genuine hit; loads of traffic, loads of comments, and double loads of social sharing. In case you unplugged yesterday and took a genuine holiday, make sure you go back and start catching up on everything that happened; and when you do, be sure to tag your social sharing with the #MOA_CrossBlog hashtag. Along those lines, I know I’ll be spending part of today combing …

Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill*

Monday, September 2nd, 2013 by Drew McManus

During a 2013 meeting of the Minnesota Orchestra Laureate Society, the orchestra’s President & CEO, Michael Henson, declared that “blogs are senseless and must be ignored.” This comment was offered up within the context of the orchestra’s media coverage related to the season-long work stoppage. The Arabic quote serving as today’s headline was the first thing to pop into my mind when reading Henson’s quote; likewise, it didn’t sit very well …

Minnesota Proposes A Trap Door Agreement

Friday, August 30th, 2013 by Drew McManus

The Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) issued a statement on 8/29/13 to announce they had submitted a revised contract proposal to the musicians, who have been locked out for all of the 2012/13 season. The offer comes outside the auspices of the mutually agreed upon mediator, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, and is more of a backdoor attempt to impose an agreement rather than a good faith effort to reach a mutually …