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The Adaptistration Orchestra Website Reviews

2007graphic01 Every September, orchestra websites were examined and ranked by how well they presented their concert schedule, sold tickets, provided organizational information, facilitated making donations, and on overall content and functionality. The reviews are divided between U.S. and Canadian organizations and presented in a series of publications. For your convenience, all of the review articles dating back to the inaugural review are listed here:

2007 Canadian Orchestra Website Reviews

  1. 2007 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: U.S. Orchestras, Take Note
  2. 2007 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Grades and Comparisons
  3. 2007 CANADIAN Orchestra Website Review: Rankings & Scores
  4. The 2007 CANADIAN Orchestra Website Review

2007 U.S. Orchestra Website Reviews

  1. 2007 Orchestra Website Review: What's New & Evaluation Criteria
  2. 2007 Orchestra Website Review: Overall Rankings
  3. 2007 Orchestra Website Review: Trends & Detailed Scores
  4. 2007 Orchestra Website Review: Special Recognition Awards
  5. 2007 Orchestra Website Review: Best & Worst
  6. The Best Orchestra Website For 2007 Is In Nashville (& Chicago)
  7. 2007 Orchestra Website Review: What Happened To Milwaukee?

2006 U.S. Orchestra Website Reviews

  1. The 3rd Annual Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review: Introduction and Evaluation Criteria
  2. What's New For The 2006 Orchestra Website Review
  3. 2006 Orchestra Website Review: Overall Rankings
  4. 2006 Orchestra Website Review: Trends
  5. 2006 Orchestra Website Review: Detailed Ratings
  6. The Best Orchestra Website For 2005 Is In Nashville
  7. 2006 Orchestra Website Review: Special Recognition Awards
  8. 2006 Orchestra Website Review: Best & Worst

2005 Canadian Orchestra Website Reviews

  1. 2005 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Unique Achievements
  2. 2005 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Detailed Ratings
  3. The 2005 CANADIAN Orchestra Website Review

2005 U.S. Orchestra Website Reviews

  1. 2005 Orchestra Website Review Criteria
  2. 2005 Orchestra Website Review Trends
  3. What's New For The 2005 Orchestra Website Review
  4. 2nd Annual Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review
  5. 2005 Orchestra Website Review: Overall Rankings
  6. The Best Orchestra Website For 2005 Is In Chicago. Barely.
  7. The 2005 Orchestra Website Review Special Recognition Awards
  8. The Best & The Worst of The 2005 Orchestra Website Review
  9. 2005 Orchestra Website Review Surprise: What's In A Name?
  10. What's In a Name? Part 2

2004 U.S. Orchestra Website Reviews

  1. 1st Annual Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review
  2. Website Reviews: Special Recognition Awards
  3. The Best Orchestra Website Is In Chicago


Website Review Publication

Webreview_2 Hot on the heels of each annual report Annual Website Review, the print version of the review is now available. The 124 page report serves as an invaluable resource guide for any orchestral organization looking to redesign, update, or validate recent changes to their website and although it contains an additional year's worth of material, the price remains exactly the same as least year's edition...

This one-of-a-kind comprehensive installment of the Annual Website Review Report contains:

  1. Detailed ratings and statistical reports not available online for each ensemble from 2004 through 2007.
  2. Thorough description of the grading formula and criteria for all five evaluation categories and 23 subcategories utilized by the evaluation.
  3. Five new orchestras to the review: Florida West Coast Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, Symphony Silicon Valley, and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.

This user friendly edition contains all of the information not published during the online reviews and has been designed to include the most requested material by managers. Order your copy today and discover exactly where your organization's website strengths and weaknesses lay. Please note that the print version only contains information for the U.S. reviews, however, a Canadian  version is in the works.

Click any of the links below for a preview:

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