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Consequences — If They Cut Funding, You Go Nuclear (or Go Home)

It’s a game of chicken. If your arts organization yields, everyone loses. Wanna ...

What’s An Orchestra For? – Mulling Salonen’s Resignation and a Dispiriting San Francisco Sequel 

Esa-Pekka Salonen Among my most-read blogs is “What’s An Orchestra For?” – Mulling Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Resignation from the San

David Stout shares how AI can generate extraordinary artistic outcomes

David Stout, Professor of Composition Studies and Coordinator of the Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts at the University of North Texas, shares how to utilize AI to generate extraordinary artistic outcomes.

A Strategic Plan for Your Flailing Nonprofit Arts Organization Is Just a Waste of Time

As Kate Larsen so brilliantly puts it, a strategic planning session is not the same thing as a strategic plan ...

Re-Encountering George Kennan — and “From the River to the Sea!”

I felt impelled to write the long essay that follows after discovering Frank Costigliola’s acclaimed new biography of George Kennan.

Monica Ellis shares strategies for a successful portfolio career

Monica Ellis, Founding Member of Imani Winds & Faculty at Manhattan School of Music, shares strategies for maintaining a portfolio career and the secrets to success for Imani Winds.

From Village Voice to TikTok: Rethinking How Audiences Discover Art

From magazine listings to the For You page, how we discover art has changed—but not as much as we think. Artists should see social media as a tool for accomplishing their goals, not the enemy.

Arts Organizations: Laughing, Yelling, Insanity, and You

Nonprofit arts organizations are dropping like flies. Got a problem with that? One ...

Anthony Trionfo talks about his commitment to the next generation through a focus on inclusion

Anthony Trionfo, Founder of Umoja Flute Institute & Member of Aspen’s IDEA Committee, shares his commitment to transforming the next generation through a focus on inclusion.

UNESCO and the United States

O wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us… In the Washington Post, Charles Djou, who was a Biden administration official and briefly held an Hawaiian congressional seat, says the US should not, once again, remove itself from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), but should instead remain in and seek positive reforms. Well, who could be against that? I believe...

For Nonprofit Arts Organizations, It’s August and the Fan Is Clogged with S**t

Big protests about the war and immigration, but the arts? Just a little Monday night shindig. Before that, a subtle ...

What is Free Speech? A Review

“Freedom of speech” is never an absolute. Even in a country where people have a great amount of freedom of speech, such as the US, there will still be restrictions on the time, place, and manner of speech, laws regarding libel and defamation, and against fraud and blackmail, and against inciting violence. Freedom of speech will not give the...

Na’Zir McFadden talks about the role of an orchestra in community

Na’Zir McFadden, Assistant Conductor & Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, talks about the role of the orchestra in community and the importance of mentorship.

Remembering Leopold Stokowski

Last Friday’s “Wall Street Journal” carried my review of a new memoir by Nancy Shear: “I Knew the Man Who Knew Brahms.”

Brian Prechtl shares the balance of performing and administrating in the arts

Brian Prechtl, Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, shares the balance of both performing and administrating along with their breadth of impact on community.

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