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Tag Archives: Detroit

As quantity of production increases from Q to Q2, the average cost of each unit decreases from C to C1

Economies of Scale and Orchestras

February 14, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 4 Comments

A recent post by Drew McManus at Adaptistration reminded me of a brief argument I had with Greg Sandow at his blog.  In my previous post I talked about one […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics, Music, Orchestras

Are Orchestra Musicians Replaceable?

June 7, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 4 Comments

Drew McManus pointed out a piece written by Michaela Boland which had some interesting quotes by Greg Sandow with whom I don’t necessarily agree on many points though he is […]

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Arts Funding, Orchestras, State of the Arts
Dixon of Who's Minding the Score has this to say about the Philly Orchestra situation

Orchestra News

June 1, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

Officially, the Louisville Orchestra currently employs no musicians.  Yesterday was the deadline for the bankruptcy reorganization plan to be submitted by the orchestra (which was actually filed on Monday), and […]

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“DSO: Change tune or be replaced”

February 21, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

Was going to get in a little practicing before leaving to go teach when I saw the latest development regarding the Detroit Symphony Orchestra current predicament after the Orchestra musicians […]

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