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Please join Mr. McManus in
the
Celebrity Chat Room
Monday,
March 6th, 2006
at 7pm Eastern
Time |
 Musician,
manager, and cultural entrepreneur Drew McManus has been involved with
every aspect of non profit performing arts and charitable organizations.
He has become one of the most unique individuals in this industry who is
trusted and respected by administrators, academics, board members, music
directors, musicians and union officials alike.
In addition to being a recognized expert in the orchestra industry, Mr.
McManus is the proprietor and author of the highly successful daily
feature
Adaptistration; the only dedicated column solely about the orchestra
business. Not only does this column discuss relevant issues related to
the industry, it also serves as a force for positive change.
Adaptistration has become standard reading for arts administration and
music business curricula throughout the world. He is regularly quoted as
an industry expert in international newspapers and trade journals such
as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Daily News, La Scena
Musicale, Baltimore Style Magazine, and the Melbourne Age. Drew has been
a featured orchestra industry expert on national radio programs such as
NPR’s All Things Considered and WNYC’s Soundcheck as well as local radio
stations in major media markets such as Washington D.C. based all-news
WTOP.
Mr. McManus is a conservatory trained musician from the Peabody
Institute in Baltimore, MD. He holds degrees in tuba performance as well
as performing on piano and conducting. In addition to a regular
performance and private teaching schedule, Mr. McManus is an avid
arranger.
As the founder and president of the Gynecologic Cancer Fund, he has a
singular understanding of governance issues and six-figure development
experience as an executive board officer. His charity has returned over
85% of gross proceeds to its beneficiaries since its establishment in
1998; the highest return of any 501(c) in the state of Maryland.
As an administrator Mr. McManus founded and served as the Executive
Director for the Baltimore Virtuosi, Baltimore’s premier chamber
orchestra, from 1998-2003. Since its inception he managed the
organization to consistently operate in the black while never reducing
its artistic budget. By approaching the business of orchestra management
with flexible, revolutionary techniques that benefit all stakeholders,
he has been able to “do more with less”.
He currently works as an orchestra consultant with clients ranging from
orchestra administrations to orchestra players associations. Recent
lecture engagements and appearances include devising and conducting a
mock contract negotiation with the Eastman School of Music’s “Realities
of Orchestral Life” class and serving as an in-studio special guest on WNYC’s
Soundcheck to answer questions and discuss his article
Performance Enhancing Drugs for Musicians? In August of 2005, he was the only non-union employed featured presenter at the International
Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) conference in San
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