Adaptistration: An Adaptistration Poll: Strategic Planning If you get a chance, go over and take an Adaptistration poll on what level of input should be included in an organization’s strategic planning process. (tags: adaptistration classical music management...
Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Greg Sarchet sent me a link to what is pretty much the greatest bass video of all time. I’m not sure whether to put an ‘explicit’ warning on this one–let’s just say that...
While surfing around online doing some promotional activities for the Contrabass Conversations podcast, I happened to stumble upon the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s MySpace page. Although finding an arts organization on MySpace is not exactly a rare occurrence, I was...
We hope you all enjoyed the conclusion of our interview with Pittsburgh Symphony principal bassist Jeff Turner on the podcast last weekend. It was really great to get a chance to sit down and interview Jeff, and there is a wealth of valuable knowledge for the current...
ClassicalMusicNews.tv blogger John Grillo has started a new series titled The Art of the Deficit examining how various orchestras function in the modern world and the sort of missteps or miscalculations that frequently get these organizations into financial hot water....
