Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

San Francisco Conservatory

Conservatories As Artist Management Generates Strong Responses

Thu, Jul 7, 2021
Yesterday’s post about conservatories and schools of music getting into the artist management game generated a great deal of fascinating feedback at my Facebook wall, the majority of which spanned a range of well-articulated concerns. You can join in on the conversation firsthand but here are some of the highlights worth sharing. One individual was

Things That Make You Go Buh?!? Conservatories Getting Into The Artist Management Racket

Wed, Jul 7, 2021
At first, I thought it might be a joke but sure enough, Norman Lebrecht’s post from 7/20/21 about Curtis Institute going into the artist management business is entirely legit. I still have nothing but unanswered questions about the San Francisco Conservatory acquiring Opus 3 Artists as some sort of value add for students and now