{"id":12643,"date":"2013-05-08T08:08:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=12643"},"modified":"2013-05-08T08:08:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:08:24","slug":"sage-advice-and-not-just-for-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/08\/sage-advice-and-not-just-for-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"sage advice, and not just for minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would think that the board and management would understand that you cannot cut your way to prosperity. When you have some of the world\u2019s finest musicians and conductors making world-class music, it is not a lack of a quality product that is the problem. You need to look inward \u2014 it is management\u2019s responsibility to sell tickets, raise money and balance the budget. Very few organizations cut their way to more success. Great music is not found on a spreadsheet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lee Henderson, lawyer and arts lover, in today’s Minnesota Star Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would think that the board and management would understand that you cannot cut your way to prosperity. When you have some of the world\u2019s finest musicians and conductors making world-class music, it is not a lack of a quality product that is the problem. You need to look inward \u2014 it is management\u2019s responsibility […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1783,186,2,2296],"tags":[3349,3350,407,3351],"class_list":["post-12643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-administration-the-orchestra-world-music","category-labor-issues","category-the-orchestra-world","category-union-music","tag-editorial","tag-lee-henderson","tag-minnesota-orchestra","tag-star-tribune","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3hV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7891,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/29\/minnesota-musicians-reject-last-contract-offer\/","url_meta":{"origin":12643,"position":0},"title":"minnesota musicians reject ‘last’ contract offer","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Minnesota Star Tribune: \u00a0 The Minnesota Orchestra is on the brink of its first work stoppage since 1994. 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