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Butts In the Seats
Musings on practical solutions for arts management
- Access to experts and leadership is an important membership benefit according to data collected by Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACTS Experience. (sub required) The top ranked benefit is some form of free admission followed by benefits related to […]
- Chorus America recently turned a website design presentation Drew McManus did at their recent conference into an article on their site. I have been reading Drew’s advice on webpage design for decades. I have attended a few of his conference […]
NEO CLASSICAL
Holly mulcahy on the future of classical music
- Every time I ignored the gatekeepers and naysayers and pushed my career in a new direction, it was terrifying. But I’m so glad I did. Perhaps I can thank my parents’ stubborn genes for that. Over the years, people have […]
- Several years ago, I invited a fellow musician to join me for a performance inside a prison. Before we began, my colleague was adamant about explaining the “meaning” of the music to the men in the audience. “How will they […]
Double Bass Blog
jason heath on double bass news and resources
- Danny Thompson was a towering UK double bassist whose career spanned jazz, folk-rock, and prolific session work—over 6,000 recordings with artists from Pentangle and Nick Drake to Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel—leaving an enduring legacy of impeccable tone and musicianship. […]
- We explore Dominik’s daily “musical hygiene,” his thoughts on posture, motion, sound, vibrato, setup, great instruments and bows, and how teaching keeps pushing his own playing forward. Dominik also shares what he looks for in students, how he thinks about […]
non divisi
frank almond writes a column instead of practicing
- My friends know I’m a huge fan of Seth Godin, the author, entrepreneur, and teacher. He also happens to have the most popular blog in the world (seriously, google the single word “Seth”). One of his recent posts really got my […]
- People say weird stuff during a pandemic. You read them here first. Or probably not. Great! It’s probably just a few weeks off from the orchestra. No way they will cancel next season. I thought PPP was a virus. Wait, […]
ArtsHacker
practical tips, tricks, and pointers for getting things done as an arts manager
- After years of practical, no-nonsense content built specifically for arts administrators, ArtsHacker is officially moving into archive status. The site will remain fully accessible. Every article, every tutorial, every workflow breakdown: it all stays up. Nothing disappears. You can still […]
- In March, Arts MidWest sponsored a webinar on the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on DEI. The webinar was led by attorneys from McDermott Will & Emery LLP. Lawyers were eligible to get seminar credit for participating in the webinar so […]
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Adaptistration
DREW MCMANUS ON THE ORCHESTRA BUSINESS
- After 18 years, 10 months, 17 days, and 4,821 posts it’s time to wrap things up. I was listening to the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton and the track One Last Time came on. If you’re unfamiliar with the […]
Sticks and Drones
Two conductors, on the beat
- Well, it’s happened. You’ve squandered another perfectly good practice session by reading this blog. The good news is that it’s the last time you’re going to be able to blame me for missing that F sharp 9 diminished arpeggio, because we’re […]
There’s Always Room For Cello
The official blog of cellist Lynn Harrell
- Henri Dutilleux has died. His work as a musician and composer is, and like Stravinsky, will remain a pinnacle of accomplishment from our time; and given how long his creativity lasted, it is fair to say his achievements span multiple […]
Who’s Your Audience
Doug Rosenthal on the Arts and Industry of Classical Music
- Anyone in the Classical Music Industry, or anyone connected to folks in the industry, has likely seen this widely-read article by classical tenor Zach Finkelstein on their social media newsfeeds. In a time when future paychecks for many in the […]
Scanning The Dial
Joe Goetz on Classical Music Broadcasting
- I want to start this blog by recounting a story, and one that admittedly doesn’t portray me in the greatest possible light. In the winter of 2018, I was made aware of a national hosting opportunity at APM/PRI’s Classical 24. […]
Brian Dickie
Life after 50 years in opera
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