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Tag Archives: Robert Flanagan

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Liberating yourself from the local musician economy, or, innovative ways to replace your local musicians

May 8, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 2 Comments

After having narrowly averted a replacement Orchestra here in the Louisville Metro Area, this recent post by Drew McManus, Invasion Of The Job Snatchers?, shows some disturbingly innovative ways that […]

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Arts Funding, Audiences, Economics, Louisville, Music, Orchestra Reform, Orchestras
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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
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Flanagan and Changing Tastes for Classical Music

February 4, 2012by Jon Silpayamanant 1 Comment

In Chapter Five, “The Search for Symphony Audiences,” of Robert Flanagan’s book, The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras, the author discusses several reasons for audience decline (as well as the […]

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Audiences, Economics, Music, Orchestras, Research, State of the Arts

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