orchestras

Boost Rehearsal Attendance for Community & School Performing Ensembles

Posted by on July 2, 2010 at 3:33 pm

I was asked via a Twitter post (https://twitter.com/MusicEdTech) to provide some tips on how to boost attendance at community band rehearsals. I suppose these tips would hold true for any community-performing group that relies on volunteers for its organization and even applies to school organizations. If you really think about it, school music ensembles are [...]

Podcasting and Royalties

Posted by on March 10, 2008 at 6:56 pm

I got an email from a friend who is on the orchestra committee of a regional orchestra here in CT. He asked me if I knew anything about royalties or extra/recording pay for orchestra musicians, as the Board of Directors of the orchestra wants to do podcasts. There are two separate issues here; payment to [...]