Considering the Fellowship? (part 1: introduction to the series)
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As many of you know and are perhaps anticipating, today's blog marks the first in a multipart series detailing my relationship with and take on the American Symphony Orchestra League's Orchestra Management Fellowship. There are probably a thousand ways I could write about the program and after a decent amount of thought, I have decided to let some of the facts surface as part of a true life story, my story.
Why am I doing this you may ask? Well the answer is pretty straightforward. Back when I started researching the Fellowship, I had a ton of questions and did not know exactly where to turn (I'll mention these questions later). It seemed as though the program was surrounded by a dark mist of mystery. During those days, I did my best to reach out, find connections, and fill that void with solid facts. I am writing this series to aid in this demystification process for anyone that might find themselves where I used to be. I will say it now for the first time and you will hear it over and over but if you ever want more info on anything you read (or don't read for that matter), please do not hesitate to e-mail me at jtsai@tsailog.com. Dozens of managers (non-Fellow and Fellow alike) helped me in this way and it is my privilege to pass the torch.
One more note before I start. There are those in the industry that believe that the Fellowship is a positive force and there are those that are adamantly against it. At this point, I would fall pretty heavily in the first clan. Realizing that it is practically impossible for anyone to be 100% unbiased against anything; I promise to do my best to remain true to my experiences in telling this story with the smallest degree of bias as possible. It is not my intent to "sell" the Fellowship to you in any way. In fact, I wholly expect several people to think to themselves, "Gee, I don't think the Fellowship is right for me."
One more housekeeping note: Over the next few entries, you will find that I will need to occasionally break away from the story to give some background info and facts that would not naturally surface in the narrative. I will make these instances extremely obvious by switching to italics whenever I stray.
I think that is enough of an intro for now. Check back soon for part 2: Fellowship facts & background.
Read other parts of this series 1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 5
As many of you know and are perhaps anticipating, today's blog marks the first in a multipart series detailing my relationship with and take on the American Symphony Orchestra League's Orchestra Management Fellowship. There are probably a thousand ways I could write about the program and after a decent amount of thought, I have decided to let some of the facts surface as part of a true life story, my story.
Why am I doing this you may ask? Well the answer is pretty straightforward. Back when I started researching the Fellowship, I had a ton of questions and did not know exactly where to turn (I'll mention these questions later). It seemed as though the program was surrounded by a dark mist of mystery. During those days, I did my best to reach out, find connections, and fill that void with solid facts. I am writing this series to aid in this demystification process for anyone that might find themselves where I used to be. I will say it now for the first time and you will hear it over and over but if you ever want more info on anything you read (or don't read for that matter), please do not hesitate to e-mail me at jtsai@tsailog.com. Dozens of managers (non-Fellow and Fellow alike) helped me in this way and it is my privilege to pass the torch.
One more note before I start. There are those in the industry that believe that the Fellowship is a positive force and there are those that are adamantly against it. At this point, I would fall pretty heavily in the first clan. Realizing that it is practically impossible for anyone to be 100% unbiased against anything; I promise to do my best to remain true to my experiences in telling this story with the smallest degree of bias as possible. It is not my intent to "sell" the Fellowship to you in any way. In fact, I wholly expect several people to think to themselves, "Gee, I don't think the Fellowship is right for me."
One more housekeeping note: Over the next few entries, you will find that I will need to occasionally break away from the story to give some background info and facts that would not naturally surface in the narrative. I will make these instances extremely obvious by switching to italics whenever I stray.
I think that is enough of an intro for now. Check back soon for part 2: Fellowship facts & background.
Read other parts of this series 1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 5
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