Music - Xavier Castañer

Artistic deficit and the determinants of cultural programming and innovation

April 17, 2011August 19, 2024

Since at least the early 1990s, several observers have argued that the USA suffers from an artistic deficit. Most of them have claimed that cultural organizations – in particular, performing art …

Conducting and organizational leadership: Are leaders like conductors? Or, are conductors leaders?

October 10, 2010August 23, 2022 - Leave a Comment

Organizational leaders are often compared with (music) conductors. The image of conducting is even used to describe a good leader. I believe the analogy is rather imperfect. Music conductors’ (whether orchestral, choral …