by Charles Noble on August 4, 2009
With Christian Thielmann leaving Munich, and Mario Venzago fired from Indianapolis, it’s interesting to note that both departures (though one was the conductor quitting and the other was the conductor being dismissed) are closely related to the overlapping of two roles in the symphony orchestra hierarchy: the artistic administrator and the music director.
For a long [...]
by Charles Noble on June 15, 2009
Dance United was an unqualified success, and if what I’m hearing through the grapevine is true, then the $750,000 bridge goal has been met and perhaps exceeded by some modest amount has nearly been met [as of June 15th OBT reports $710,000 raised so far]. So, good – we have OBT for one more season, [...]
Drew McManus has his annual compensation reports available over at adaptistration.com – I’d encourage you to take a look of how much we all get paid is of interest to you. What I found interesting was the relationship of executive and music director compensation to that of the orchestra members.
First, a bit of perspective. [...]