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artistic administrator vs. music director

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.
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venzago firing update

by Charles Noble on August 1, 2009

Photo: Mario Venzago
Apparently Mario Venzago, music director of the Indianapolis Symphony, was offered a 50% pay cut for 09-10, and the 10-11 season would have been un-salaried, instead paying per-concert fees.  It’s no wonder that he turned down this ‘offer’.  More info here.

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odds and ends

by Charles Noble on July 31, 2009 · 4 comments

Some news from the orchestral front this week:

The Baltimore Symphony continues to shrink its budget, the musicians are cutting their wages from the 5.7% already conceded to 12.5% for the 2009-2010 season. [Washington Post]
Peter Dobrin writes about African-American orchestral musicians in Philadelphia. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
The Indianapolis Symphony declines to renew its music director’s contract. [Chicago Tribune] [...]

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aren’t critics supposed to be critical?

by Charles Noble on May 20, 2008 · 4 comments

I just discovered a new music blog, courtesy of Jason Heath’s Arts Advocate blog, called Mahler Owes Me Ten Bucks. It’s written by Chantal Incandela, a double bass player who has changed her career from being primarily a performer to writing as a classical music critic for NUVO, an alternative print publication in Indianapolis. [...]

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indianapolis streams with instantencore.com

by Charles Noble on March 22, 2008

I love the concept – you can go to the website and either stream the works for free or buy them for between $.99 – $1.79 per work (depending upon length). The recordings are made from live concerts (presumably from three or four of them edited together to cover audience noises, musician mishaps, etc.).

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