How Troubled Orchestras Can Bounce Back – And Flourish
Submitted by Steve on September 17, 2012
A podcast from (New York Public Radio) WQXR's Conducting Business program that aired Friday, September 14, features Jesse Rosen, president and chief executive of the League of American Orchestras; Drew McManus, an orchestra consultant and blogger at Adaptistration.com; and Graydon Royce, music critic at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Recently, WQXR.org polled listeners on what's needed to help troubled orchestras in several major American cities. Focusing on major symphonies in Atlanta, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, St. Paul and San Antonio — all of which face contract disputes and bulging deficits
— the responses varied considerably. Some listeners called for for management shakeups; others advocated more innovative programming and concert formats. A few said that orchestras need to take on a greater educational role in order to fill the void left by public school cutbacks.