Author - Ann Drinan

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2011 League Conference: Peter Pastreich on Orchestra Management
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League Conference: New American Music Innovation Panel
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League Conference: Plenary Session Speeches, Part 2
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League Conference: Plenary Session Speeches, Part 1
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Jesse Rosen's "Red Alert" Speech at Conference
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2011 League Conference
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Baltimore Symphony Performs “OrchKids Nation”
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Flash Mob of Bach's B Minor Mass at Union Station, New Haven CT
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Memphis Symphony Orchestra
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League of American Orchestras Conference 2010

2011 League Conference: Peter Pastreich on Orchestra Management

Peter Pastreich, former Executive Director of the San Francisco and St. Louis Symphonies and currently Executive Director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Peter is a well-known management consultant in the orchestra field. Peter is often asked to consult by musicians, and likes to help musicians to think about these issues. I published an article based on[…]

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League Conference: New American Music Innovation Panel

Panel members: Patrick Castillo, Director of Artistic Planning, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Delta David Gier, Music Director, South Dakota Symphony; Paul Gunther, Principal Librarian, Minnesota Orchestra; and Aaron Kernis, composer. Aaron Kernis spoke first – he is the founder and leader of the Composers Institute in Minneapolis. A bit of history: he was part of[…]

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League Conference: Plenary Session Speeches, Part 2

Deborah Borda, President and CEO, Los Angeles Philharmonic, was the third speaker at the June 7th plenary session. She presented an interesting view of technology and innovation in her remarks titled “Toto, We’re Not in Leipzig Anymore.” First she explored the importance of innovation and being able to identify which innovations are important. In 1879,[…]

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League Conference: Plenary Session Speeches, Part 1

The opening Plenary Session on June 7 presented three speakers discussing “Creating an Environment for Innovation.” Larry A. Wendling,  Ph.D., VP of the Corporate Research Laboratory at the 3M Center in Minneapolis opened the session with a historical video of the evolution of 3M from a failed mining company to a highly successful, large multi-national[…]

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Jesse Rosen's "Red Alert" Speech at Conference

The Plenary Session on Wednesday morning, June 8, was titled Red Alert and began with a most interesting address by Jesse Rosen, President and CEO of the League. Below are highlights from Jesse’s speech; his speech will be published separately as an article. You can watch a video of the entire plenary session by clicking[…]

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2011 League Conference

I attended the 2011 League of American Orchestras Conference in Minneapolis last week (June 7 – 9) and have much to tell about what I experienced. I’ll be turning my notes into blog posts over the next few weeks, letting you experience a bit of what Conference is all about. One of the most frustrating[…]

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Flash Mob of Bach's B Minor Mass at Union Station, New Haven CT

This YouTube video features several of my colleagues from the New Haven and Hartford Symphonies as they participate in a “flash mob” at the train station in New Haven on Friday afternoon, April 29th at 6:10. The purpose was to advertise the upcoming performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor in late April by the[…]

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Memphis Symphony Orchestra

Currently Memphis is best known for its innovative community engagement programs, which bring MSO musicians into the community in a variety of very unusual ways. The orchestra recently announced that they will be receiving $1 million in support of their community engagement and professional support of musicians.

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