Why Do You Rob Banks?
May 22, 2009 | Drew McManus | Comments 1
“Because that’s where the money is.” In the same manner, if you want creative outreach programs, let the musicians figure out how to do it and let them oversee the monetary distribution process. To that end, I discovered a program here at the Springfield (MO) Symphony Orchestra (SSO) designed to do exactly that and I sat down with the SSO music director (more on this from his perspective) and one of the musicians responsible for helping develop the program. You can listen to that six minute interview below.
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