Beethoven 9

We had two rehearsals yesterday for the upcoming Columbus Symphony Orchestra concerts this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9, 10 and 11. Gunther Herbig is his usual refined and somewhat austere self. It’s hard to believe he’s in his…

Arts run like a business??

Artful Manager. Great blog by Andrew Taylor of Arts Journal. For four decades now, nonprofit arts and culture organizations have focused on a corporate ideal. Using the mantras of for-profit America–effectiveness, efficiency, professionalism, best practices, change management, accountability–a generation of…

A Brave new iTune?

In a Columbus Dispatch interview, Impresario with an iPhone, Rolland Valliere, the new CEO and President of the Columbus Symphony, has fresh ideas for how orchestras can compete in the crowded entertainment world. I wish we could give everyone a…