posted by James Reel
Speaking of the Tucson Symphony, Drew McManus e-mailed me a few details of the very low score he awarded the orchestra’s Web site in his annual survey: “Tucson dropped quite a bit from last year, due mostly to a number of incomplete pages, bad links, lack of secure transaction notices, and lack of contact information for staff members. In both years, they've lost a number of points for not having upcoming concerts clearly listed on the home page and having a very convoluted search feature to find concerts. However, the purpose of the review is to allow orchestras a frame of reference with regard to basic design aspects that allow them to improve upon what they currently have. Regardless of budget size, any orchestra can follow some basic parameters to successfully design an effective website.”
You’ll find a little chart detailing these point penalties by going here and scrolling down to the Tucson Symphony link.
tucson-arts,
September 22nd 2006 at 8:03 —
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posted by James Reel
In today’s Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Symphony concertmaster Stephen Moeckel declares his favorite dead musician to be “Jacqueline Dupree.” I assume Moeckel knows who he’s talking about, even if the reporter doesn’t. Hint to arts reporters who are out of their depth: If you haven’t heard of someone, even someone you should have heard of long before you got your assignment, double-check the name before you make a fool of yourself in print.
Classical Music,
September 22nd 2006 at 7:59 —
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posted by James Reel
Responding to my post linking to explanations of radio and TV call letters, soon-to-depart KUAT-FM announcer Michael Dauphinais says, “I heard a story once about KNTU, named after North Texas State University. Seems that the school's name was later changed to University of North Texas … but for obvious reasons, the old call letters remained.”
Reminds me of that probably apocryphal old story about the proposed Sam Houston Institute of Technology …
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September 22nd 2006 at 7:57 —
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