Culture Track 2014 was released this week. What is Culture Track? Well, it is basically a big study of people’s habits related to participation in cultural events. The Culture Track website says, “Fielded since 2003, Culture Track is the largest national tracking study focused exclusively on the ever-changing attitudes and behaviors of U.S. cultural consumers,[…]
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From the League of American Orchestras: “The recent Obama Administration effort to increase restrictions on travel and trade in African Elephant ivory has placed a new focus on long-existing, but largely unimplemented permitting rules for international travel with instruments that contain endangered species material.” The League has published a helpful webpage with very detailed information[…]
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Musicians and orchestras are beginning to experiment with the many possibilities that exist with new technologies, including Google Glass. Check out the video below featuring the Kansas City Symphony and ways they envision using the technology in the future.
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April 14, 2014 – 8PM Eastern Presenters: Steve Haase, Senior eCommerce Marketing Consultant at HubSpot Mike Lemire, Senior Marketing Consultant and Team Lead at HubSpot Register for Free Description: As a musician in today’s world, you need to be able to do more than just play. Sometimes you need to stand up for your ideas[…]
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The cover story of this month’s International Musician is an interview with Genghis Barbie, “the Self-Described Leading Post Post-Feminist Feminist All-Female Horn Experience.” “One thing that we’ve learned from creating and sustaining our own group is that it’s not only about finding the opportunities that are available to you, but actually discovering what it is[…]
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Grant proposals are due September 1, 2014 for the first cycle of grants under the newly established Paul R. Judy Center for Applied Research. Anyone can apply for these grants, which are intended to support new initiatives, events, and research surrounding the topic of “Innovative ensembles.” Grants will range from $500-$2,000 and a total of[…]
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From “Barry’s Blog” – “For every job, the No. 1 thing we look for is general cognitive ability, and it’s not I.Q. It’s learning ability. It’s the ability to process on the fly. It’s the ability to pull together disparate bits of information. We assess that using structured behavioral interviews that we validate to make[…]
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The League of American Orchestras has announced its 2014 Conference, which will take place in Seattle, June 4-6. The theme of the 2014 conference is “Critical Questions, Countless Solutions.” The League announcement proclaims, “From Gabriel Prokofiev to Claire Chase, Joshua Roman to Alan Brown, we’re bringing the best minds and talent together to saturate you[…]
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In the latest edition of Symphony Magazine, Heidi Waleson reports on a number of orchestras who have experimented with a variety of innovative ideas for presenting concerts. The bulk of the article is centered around innovations at the New World Symphony, who have experimented with a number of new concert formats and also spearheaded a[…]
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This is a question examined by John Terauds in a recent post in Musical Toronto titled “Crowdfunding music: Everything old is new again as artists scramble for your contributions.” In the post, Terauds paints a picture of the enterprising and entrepreneurial young composer W.A. Mozart, who utilized different, though similar methods of “crowdfunding” his work. […]
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Here is a response from Heather Noonan, the League’s Vice President for Advocacy: This is an excellent question that does…