{"id":1436,"date":"2010-09-20T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2010\/09\/redefining_service\/"},"modified":"2010-09-20T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T16:14:11","slug":"redefining_service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/redefining_service.php","title":{"rendered":"Redefining service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Stryker in the <i>Detroit Free Press<\/i> highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20100919\/ENT04\/9190411\/Money-not-the-only-issue-for-DSO\">a rather unique proposition<\/a> buried in the proposed new musician contract with the Detroit Symphony. While much of the attention has been on the significant proposed pay cuts to musicians &#8212; in the neighborhood of 30 percent &#8212; Stryker notes another radical departure from the norm:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;\">\n<div>Look under the hood of the proposal and you find a controversial redefinition of the job of playing in a major orchestra. Instead of the industry standard of playing only rehearsals and concerts with the orchestra, a job in the DSO would require performing chamber music, teaching, school visits, public speaking, library work or other activities related to musical skills.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The premise is that the symphony and its musicians need to be connected in many more ways to their community &#8212; and that concert performances at the highest technical and aesthetic quality are necessary but insufficient to that goal. The other premise is that a concerts-only symphony isn&#8217;t solvent anymore, especially in an economically struggling community like Detroit.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Many musicians in the mix feel like their job has been redefined in mid-career. Some came to Detroit specifically to perform at the highest level, for which they require focus on their performance. Others already provide community-based services like lessons and chamber performances, and would rather keep those activities as their own.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Regardless, it&#8217;s an extraordinary public conversation on the value of a major cultural organization, and the purpose and focus of its personnel. All eyes of major orchestras are watching, as should be major cultural organizations of any discipline.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i>Thanks <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artstrategies.org\/about\/staff\/Taylor_Russell.php\"><i>Russell<\/i><\/a><i>&nbsp;for the link!<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Stryker in the Detroit Free Press highlights a rather unique proposition buried in the proposed new musician contract with the Detroit Symphony. While much of the attention has been on the significant proposed pay cuts to musicians &#8212; in the neighborhood of 30 percent &#8212; Stryker notes another radical departure from the norm: Look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1436","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}