“[Donald] Nally is leaving at the end of the 2010-11 season to spend more time with his Philadelphia choir, The Crossing. What wasn’t said: He’s leaving one of the top positions of its kind (Chicago’s previous chorus master is now at the Metropolitan Opera) – with uncertain financial prospects.”
Tag: 07.27.10
At Least There’s One Growing Newspaper in France – And It’s for Ten-Year-Olds
Mon Quotidien, a daily paper aimed at an audience aged 10 to 14, has a circulation of 60,000. While there is a small editorial staff of adults, the final choice of stories is often made by a rotating panel of the paper’s young readers.
Hollywood Finds ‘The Twitter Effect’ Is Not What They Thought It Would Be
The major studios had hoped that Twitter would be an ideal viral marketing tool; they found out that it’s no more predictable or controllable than any other form of word-of-mouth. But the microblog site “could be growing into an exceptional advertising platform.”
Choreographers Blogging About Process: Well, What Else Are We Supposed to Do?
Zachary Whittenburg: “I’ll use myself as an example. The act of putting my creative process into words is immensely helpful to me as I seek to solve the problems I encounter therein.” Besides, “[e]merging choreographers … may create in a community where there are no working dance writers.”
Why Are London’s Concert Halls So Uncomfortable? (A Rant)
Jessica Duchen, after passing out at an unusually sweltering Prom concert: “Why can’t we have venues in which we can see natural light; hear music, thanks to good acoustics; enjoy decent sight-lines; feel close to the performers even when we are far away; go to the loo without queuing for the whole interval; and, crucially, breathe?”
Reassigned Music Critic Testifies In Plain Dealer Lawsuit
Donald Rosenberg said Plain Dealer editor Susan Goldberg repeated arts association claims that his “credibility was in question,” that he had “become predictable,” that his “reviews were premeditated” and that he had “a closed mind.”
Southwest Florida Symphony In Debt, Loses Another Conductor
“The orchestra owes $300,000 — including $100,000 from this past season’s shortfall in tickets and donations — and it’s about to lose another conductor.”
CEO Of Dallas’ New Performing Arts Center Abruptly Resigns
“The President and CEO of Dallas’ brand new, Performing Arts Center has quit, effective immediately… Mark Nerenhausen (left) helped launch the $354 million center eight months ago, and had been on the job less than two years.”
A Stand For Funding The Arts. It’s Obvious This Time
“This is the first time artists have had access to sound, well-evidenced arguments for the economic value of the arts. It’s no longer in question: the arts are affordable and the arts are profitable. If the government is interested in saving money, it would be idiotic to cut them.”
Pittsburgh Symphony Faces Tough Times
Facing its “most difficult financial year in decades,” the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is proposing a budget with an $876,000 deficit next year — its third consecutive year in the red. The orchestra foresees fiscal year 2011 as the most problematic in decades.”