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Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians

OCSM Keynote Address: Fourth Generation Theory

Wed, Aug 8, 2013
by Drew McManus
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On Thursday, August 16, 2013 I had the honor of delivering the keynote address for the 2013 Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians (OCSM) Conference and I wanted to share the slides and a transcription of the speech with Adaptistration’s readers. But first, a few provisos for context: The Q&A session at the end was fascinating
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Things That Make You Go Buh?!? AFM Leadership

Tue, Jun 6, 2010
by Drew McManus
What do you call a $10,000 discretionary spending account over and above existing annual compensation, travel expenses, and departmental budgets? Oh, and did I mention that each executive with the mad money privileges will not be required to make an accounting of what or how they spend those funds. If you’re the current leadership of
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