Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
I had the genuine pleasure to be a guest on Doing What Works with Maureen Anderson, a weekly radio talk show that originates from WZFG AM 1100 and runs on Sundays from 10 to midnight Central on the Radio America network. Maureen covers a variety of topics on her program and the focus of our interview was all about what it’s like to work in the orchestra business; typically, these sorts …
Chicago, indeed the entire field of classical music, lost one of its most devoted servants when music critic and broadcaster Andrew Patner unexpectedly passed away on the morning of February 3, 2015 at the age of 55. Always affable, easy to talk with, and refreshingly candid, he was the human Wikipedia for all things related to Chicago arts and culture. Andrew was a friend and colleague, he was among one of …
If you’ve been to Adaptistration Jobs in the past several weeks, you’ve likely noticed the addition of listings outside of the traditional orchestra and opera fields. We started experimenting with expanded listings to see how it impacted traffic and social engagement and after tracking the metrics, everything points to a go for this being a good time to officially open the gates and allow postings from other sectors within the larger …
The article from 1/30/2015 about ticket revenue and artificial restrictions resulting from technical limitations from ticketing providers generated a great deal of traffic and based on public comments plus private messages, it seems there is ample interest in exploring this topic to a greater extent. To that end, gathering some data is always a good place to begin; as such, I would be grateful for those of you among the ranks …
There’s an interesting post from Jill Robinson at the TRGArts blog (Robinson is President & CEO of that consulting firm) where she examines the value of traditional subscriptions within the current arts marketing environment. The post presents some case study data to support the continued viability of that revenue stream but it never ceases to amaze me how the field gets tied into knots over this topic. Since the downturn, we’ve …