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Get Pumped Up Over Flat Design 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On 7/23/2013, Adaptistration published an article about “Authentic Design,” which examined the growing design shift away from skeuomorphic and stylistic excesses (such as using realistic page turn eff...
Disingenuous MOA 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
There’s been a substantial amount of online discussion about the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) Domaingate debacle since Emily E. Hogstad made it public on 8/21/2013. In the wake of that realiz...
Link Love Friday 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
It’s been a busy month. Adaptistration broke half a dozen traffic records over the past two weeks; between the most popular compensation reports to date and the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) a...
So Much For Good Faith Bargaining 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The increasingly resourceful Emily E. Hogstad posted a fascinating exposé on 8/21/2013 which reveals the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA) purchased 13 domain names associated with typical audienc...
OCSM Keynote Address: Fourth Generation Theory 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
On Thursday, August 16, 2013 I had the honor of delivering the keynote address for the 2013 Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians (OCSM) Conference and I wanted to share the slides and a transcr...
It Looks Like Nashville Came To Its Senses 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Statements from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) board and musicians indicate that both sides have reached a tentative agreement pending musician ratification. Since the musicians are still offi...
Nothing But No In Minnesota 19 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
An article by Graydon Royce in the 8/15/13 edition of the Star-Tribune reports that the Minnesota Orchestra Association’s (MOA) lockout remains unchanged after recent attempts by the mutually agreed u...
2013 Compensation Reports: Concertmasters 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Rounding out a year of increases in the 2010/11 season, the average concertmaster did see an uptick in compensation but at 0.87 percent, it pales in comparison to executives and music directors. Nonet...
2013 Compensation Reports: Music Directors 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
For the average music director, the 2010/11 season was a good year financially. Experiencing an average increase of 12.02 percent in compensation, conductors gained more than either executives or conc...
2013 Compensation Reports: Executives 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
By the onset of the 2010/11 season, the field was amidst the beginning of the worst austerity driven labor disputes for the last half century. Collective bargaining agreements were being reopened in o...
