Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
It’s been more than a year since the last Adaptistration reader survey; as such, it is high time to update and revise what we know about who you are and what you find most engaging. These surveys are enormously helpful in guiding Adaptistration’s content and overall direction and I’m sure this survey will be no different. In order to facilitate participation the survey is designed to be quick and easy, it won’t ask …
Have you had the time to download and read the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) recent report When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance (A.K.A NEA Research Report #59)? It’s on my to-read list but I’ve been hearing from colleagues that it has some intriguing material related to socioeconomic status. I’m looking forward to reading it given that genuine socioeconomic status considerations tend to get muddied with …
Many thanks to Barry Hessenius for including Adaptistration in his recent post My 15 Favorite Nonprofit Arts Blogs. Also on the list is Joe Patti’s Butts In The Seats and having two listings from the same blogging exchange at Inside The Arts in Hessenius’s list was a wonderful treat. It is always gratifying to learn readers find value in the content and to that end, Adaptistration has always focused on providing …
I had the pleasure of discussing the highs and lows of 2014 for WWFM ‘s 1/4/2015 edition of A Tempo with Rachel Katz. We discussed labor disputes at Minnesota Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera, and Atlanta Symphony and of particular interest is Rachel’s question about similarities and differences (of which there are no shortages). The program is now available to stream via the WWFM and in addition to the 2014 overview, we …
Following up on the One Year Later, Minnesota Orchestra Pay Disparity Continues To Elicit Strong Opinions article from 1/5/2015, I contacted both representatives from the Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra (MOMA) along with Local 30-73, American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the regional office that represents the MN Orchestra musicians, to inquire whether or not there have been any efforts from either group to help alleviate or marginalize the impact of the disparity, …