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The Magic Bullet – Eight Prescriptions for Bringing Back Audiences

A magic bullet is an effective solution to a difficult or previously unsolvable problem. And if there is such an intractable problem in the classical music world, it is how to attract greater numbers of audience members to live events.

American music business, Community engagement, Successful orchestrasThomas WolfJanuary 16, 2024Increasing Audience Turnout

The Union, ICSOM, and Family Strife by Thomas Wolf

If one really wants to understand how the music business developed in the second half of the twentieth century, there is no better musical family to study that the Gomberg/Zazofsky clan. Their story and our family’s relationship to theirs provides a behind-the-scenes look that no history book can provide.

American Fed of Musicians, American music business, Boris Goldovsky, Goldovsky OperaClaire PurgusAugust 17, 2020American Federation of Music, American music business, George Zazofsky, Boris Goldovsky

The American Music Business Gets Nasty by Thomas Wolf

The union movement in America would have a profound impact on the music business. Unionization was a divisive issue in the music industry affecting relationships between friends, colleagues, and families…including ours.

American music business, American Fed of Musicians, James PetrilloClaire PurgusJune 29, 2020American Federation of Musicians, James Petrillo, American music business

Foreigners Learning the American Music Business by Thomas Wolf

For my family, there was a lot to learn about musical careers once they came to reside in the United States. Chief among the lessons to be mastered was the extent to which in America, music was a business.

American music business, Goldovsky, Pierre Luboshutz, Genia Nemenoff, Sol HurokClaire PurgusFebruary 18, 2020American music business, Genia Nemenoff, Pierre Luboshutz, Lea Luboshutz

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