By Mark Gresham | 2 Sep 2013
Adaptistration.com blogger Drew McManus wrote in a post this morning: “During a 2013 meeting of the Minnesota Orchestra Laureate Society, the orchestra’s President & CEO, Michael Henson, declared that ‘blogs are senseless and must be ignored.’ This comment was offered up within the context of the orchestra’s media coverage related to the season-long work stoppage.”
In response, fifteen music bloggers and music patrons who have followed the ongoing travails of the Minnesota Orchestra and its lockout decided to collectively engage in a “Minnesota Orchestra cross-blog event.” Five of the fifteen posts are by guest authors. All of the contributions are linked in the list below. McManus notes that “the authors encourage everyone to participate by sharing, commenting, or publishing something at your own culture blog.”
The ongoing year-long lockout of musicians in Minnesota and the inability of labor and management to come to a meaningful resolution has become a topic of nation-wide dialogue.
- Bill Eddins (Sticks and Drones); The Cheap Seats
- Daniel Gilliam; MOA Cross-blog contribution
- Drew McManus (Adaptistration) Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill
- Emily Green (guest author); It’s Time to Make Music Again
- Emily Hogstad (Song of the Lark); “Patron Advocates”
- Frank Almond (non divisi) Calling the questions
- Henry Peyrebrune (guest author); The Holy Grail
- Holly Mulcahy (Neo Classical) A Journey Of Legacy, Appreciation, and Heart
- Jim Lieberthal (guest author); A quiet opinion
- Joe Patti (Butts in the Seats); Of Blogs and Boards
- Kevin Case; False Equivalence
- Lisa Hirsch (Iron Tongue of Midnight); Minnesota Orchestra: Down To The Wire
- Rolf Erdahl (guest author); Reflections on Robert Frost’s Mending Wall
- Scott Chamberlain (Mask of the Flower Prince) An Un-Strategic Plan
- Tom Peters (guest author); Baseball and Beethoven: The Minnesota Orchestra, the Marlins and the Perils of Market Correction.
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