Your Performance Partners
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Q&A Spotlight: “Big Data” Helping the Arts
September 16, 2014Interview with Roland J. Kushner, Ph.D., Economist, Arts Researcher and Musician YPP: Why was the Local Arts Index developed? Kushner: Americans for the Arts […]
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Audience Etiquette: Leavers & Latecomers
September 9, 2014Controversial aspects of audience behavior – expressing dissatisfaction by walking out early and disrupting performances by arriving late – were recently highlighted in two […]
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Pay Comparisons: Music Careers & Pro Athletes
September 2, 2014The topic of “pay transparency” is making business headlines recently, with more companies deciding to openly share what each employee is paid rather than […]
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Rigging Problems, Part II: How to tell there’s a problem
August 26, 2014Equipment wears down with regular use. Do you know how to tell if there’s a problem with your rigging? Sudden increase in difficulty moving […]
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Inspiring Composer: Elmer Bernstein
August 19, 2014Yesterday (August 18th) marked the 10th anniversary of the death of composer Elmer Bernstein, whose prolific talent enhanced more than 200 movies and television […]
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Performing Arts on the Fringes
August 12, 2014This week we’re inspired to explore the “fringe” movement and its growing influence in the performing arts. The 21st annual Minnesota Fringe Festival (MFF) […]
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Rigging Problems, Part I: Where Should You Look for Signs of Wear?
August 5, 2014Equipment will wear down through regular use. If you increase the load, you increase the rate of wear. Do you know the common trouble […]
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Performing Arts on Main Street
July 29, 2014The title “Performing Arts” often connotes high-brow images of luxury: tuxedo-clad conductor, formally dressed musicians, wealthy patrons, multi-million dollar concert hall, etc. That aura […]
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Are Broadway Musicals Too Loud?
July 22, 2014“The increasingly loud, sometimes impossibly obstreperous volume of most recent Broadway musicals is the result of a perfect storm of the evolution in popular […]