It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve as a useful resource for such a wide collection of media outlets. If you are a journalist and would like to get in touch, please feel free to call my Chicago office direct at 708-445-2675 or send an email to drewmcmanus@comcast.net. If you have any deadlines, please indicate that in your message and I will do everything possible to get back to you in advance of those requirements.
Springfield Symphony Orchestra music director, Ron Spigelman, to the Springfield Business Journal.
Newspapers
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Chicago Tribune
- Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Crain’s New York Business
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Dallas Daily News
- Dallas Morning News
- Baltimore Sun
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Detroit Free Press
- Cincinnati Enquirer
- Houston Chronicle
- New Jersey Star-Ledger
- Washington Post
- Minneapolis/St. Paul Star-Tribune
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
- Salt Lake Tribune
- Kansas City Star
- Ohio Beacon Journal
- Syracuse Post Standard
- Springfield Business Journal
- Louisville Courier-Journal
- Omaha World-Herald
- San Jose Mercury-News
- St. Petersburg Times
- Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette
- Nashville City Paper
- Traverse City Record Eagle
- The Guardian Unlimited (UK)
- The Evening Standard (UK)
- Melbourne Age (AU)
- The Scotsman (UK)
Pop music/pop culture writer, David Burger, describing Mr. McManus in the 10/06/09 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune
Broadcast Appearances
- WNYC – Soundcheck
- NPR – All Things Considered
- NPR – Weekend Edition
- CBC One – Definitely Not The Opera
- WTOP – D.C. all-news radio
- WDET – Detroit
- WGTK – Louisville; The Joe Elliot Show
- WHFR – Detroit
- KUVE – Austin Radio
- KBAQ – Arizona radio
- WFPL – Louisville public radio
- Michigan Radio – NPR affiliates
- WTVH – Syracuse CBS affiliate
- WWNO – New Orleans Radio
- WWLTV – New Orleans CBS Affiliate
- WBUR – Boston Radio
- Inside Indiana Business – TV & Radio
Trade Journals
- International Musician
- American Symphony Orchestra League
- Musical America
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Association of California Symphony Orchestras
- National Association of Music Education (MENC)
- Strings Magazine
- American Viola Society
- International Bassists Society
- International Ticketing Association
- University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication
- World Clarinet Alliance
- International Tuba Euphonium Association
- The Oberlin Review
- Wisconsin Arts Board
- Music Council of Australia
CBC Radio One's Definitely Not The Opera host Sook-Yin Lee describing Mr. McManus and a fellow panelist.
Trade/Lecture Appearances
- 2012 Conductors Guild Conference; featured panelist on “What Executive Directors Are Looking For In A Music Director” panel.
- 2011 National Arts Marketing Project; featured panelist on “Your Website Is Ugly” panel.
- TEDx Michigan Ave 2011; an independently organized TED event that will focus on how to strengthen and evolve the arts industry: the future of labor relations in the arts.
- Arizona State University Post-Graduate Orchestral Conducting Seminar 2007: Guest Lecturer
- Chamber Music America 2006 National Conference: Featured Presenter
- Chamber Music America 2006 National Conference: Featured Presenter
- Eastman School of Music 2004,2005: Guest Lecturer
- International Conference of Symphony Orchestra Musicians 2005 & 2007 National Conferences: Featured Presenter
- National Performing Arts Conference, 2008: Featured Panelist
- Northwestern University School of Music 2007 Guest Lecturer
- University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration 2006: Guest Lecturer
Magazines
- Baltimore Style
- Crosscut Seattle
- Richmond Style