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Tag Archives: Drew McManus

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
One of the benefits from being the composer for a production is the comp tickets!  These were from Chicago's Commedia Beauregard's production of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" winter 2011

Price Discrimination for Orchestra Tickets

February 10, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

Drew McManus (of Adaptistration.com)had a fascinating post about Placebo Pricing (also see his follow-up post) that was the subject of a blogpost by Joe Patti (of Butts in The Seats) […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics, Orchestras

The so-called sustainability of popular entertainment

December 5, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 5 Comments

Greg Sandow opened up his recent post, “A challenge for orchestras,” with this    pithy paragraph: Not so long ago, I happened to have dinner with a businessman — CEO of […]

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Arts Funding, Economics, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras, Sports

Arts Funding Is Supporting A Wealthy, White Audience: Report

October 12, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

This is the title of a recent Huffington Post piece that discusses a study by the Washington-based National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.  Given the demographic trends I’ve been blogging about, […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Arts Funding
Image/still from "Music Makes a City" documentary about the Louisville Orchestra

Whither the Louisville Orchestra?

October 5, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 2 Comments

Drew McManus has a good roundup of the current LO situation in his most recent post.  I really don’t have much to add except that given how closely I’d been […]

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Local Culture, Louisville, Orchestras

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