Drew McManus LLC

Providing steadfast solutions arts organizations and artists for nearly 20 years.

There Has Never Been A Better Time To Be In The Business

Debt, shrinking audiences, and rising expenses. These are the issues which plague too many of today’s ...
Counting The Costs

The December, 2011 edition of The Strad Magazine featured a cover article written by Mr. McManus ...
TEDx Michigan Ave.

On May 7, 2011 Mr. McManus was a featured presenter at TEDx Michigan Ave. event to ...
Let’s Build a Smarter Art

Designed especially for arts organizations as a sophisticated technology solution to deliver a managed web platform…

Web Based Work

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…Mr. McManus was a featured presenter at TEDx Michigan Ave on May 7, 2011. A video of his presentation on Labor Relations and the Arts is available on the Media page.

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Mr. McManus is the creator and proprietor of one one of the most revolutionary website publishing platforms ever created for arts organizations? Launched in 2011, no other system gives you so much while keeping things so simple.

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…Mr. McManus provides executive review due diligence services and is the go-to guy if you need a second opinion or executive review counsel.

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…his in-depth questions and ideas that never would have occurred to me otherwise made it clear that choosing him was the right move

Craig Mulcahy Principal Trombone, National Symphony Orchestra
The most well-respected national symphony orchestra consultant.

David Burger Pop music/pop culture writer, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10/06/09 edition
He’s the orchestra insider. Hugely informative…

Alex Ross Music critic, The New Yorker
…arts admin guru.

Anastasia Tsioulcas Deceptive Cadence blog, from NPR Classical, 9/14/2012 edition
…a distinguished arts administrator.

David Stabler Music critic, The Oregonian, 12/23/2011 edition
[A] very big brain weighing in on what it means to be a professional.

Sook-Yin Lee Host; CBC Radio One’s Definitely Not The Opera
Drew does a truly amazing job with his blog [Adaptistration]. Like nothing else I’ve seen in the field, he has opened up discussion and the light of day to classical music, particularly orchestras.

Richard Kessler Dean, Mannes College The New School for Music