Is it time for the Revolution?

Newsflash – Endowments are down the toilet; Arts orgs. are laying off people at record pace; donations are down; the NYCity Opera got sold a bag of rotten turnips; ponzi scheems are playing havoc with donors; orchestras/dnace companies/opera companies/etc. are folding ……… Folks, is it time for the next Revolution?

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The Customer is always………

It has been an interesting few weeks closing out the ESO’s 08-09 season. Like most orchestras we get a fair amount of feedback about the concerts we present, but unlike many orchestras every email that we receive gets distributed throughout the staff, and posted by the musician’s lounge. This leads to some interesting reading.

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R – E – S – P – E – C – T !!!

I had the joy of sharing a stage with The Pointer Sisters last weekend.  It was really fun to see the Ladies doing there thing on the stage of the Winspear Centre, and our audience jumping up and down, and the bands – the ESO and The Pointer Sisters band – funking out.  Great concerts, for sure, but even more interesting stories – and rumor of more sightings of the specie Convinsualistia Outdatie.

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The Floggings Will Continue… Part Deux

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted to this blog.   Many times over the past few weeks I meant to sit down and write a calm, well-reasoned article about how a very good friend of mine was treated by the organization to whom she gave almost two decades of fantastic service. But every time I do sit down my blood starts boiling and I find myself cursing a blue streak. So I had better get this off of my chest now before it gives me an aneurysm. Warning – this will not be a happy post and I plan on using blunt language.

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Concert Snapshots: Dr. Piano Man’s Circus

Wow, last week was a busy week.  Between the massive practicing I’m doing (recording projects in the future) and doing the parental thing I managed to catch three concerts, two of which I was directly involved with.  They have caused me to muse out loud……

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