Orchestra-Mediation in the Music Sector

You would like…?

• • • cooperation und harmony in your orchestra

    • sustainable conflict solutions – without a judge

    • decide for yourself how your problems shall be solved

You need…?

• • • long-term sustainability of trustful artistic work relationships
    • a neutral third person who supports you during your negotiations
    • a quick and economic alternative to a law suit
    • tailored solutions

How can mediation support you?

• • • by structured negotiation support for systemising the issues to be solved
    • by revealing the deeper interests behind the predominent claims
    • by triggering a solution-focussed process of rethinking

 Which contribution is needed from you?

• • • readiness for negotiations on all sides
    • self-responsibility
    • openess for resource-orientated solutions

As an orchestra-mediator I support the conflicting parties intensively during their negotiations of their own and self-responsible solutions.

Support by Orchestra-Mediation

• lowers sickness absence rate due to sustainable conflict resolution.
• reduces the number of substitutes needed.
• safes thereby costs.
• is quick, confidential and spares the reputation.
• makes room for the essential tasks.
• creates innovation and increases efficiency and productivity of teams.
• boosts energies for a trustful artistic cooperation.
• safes costs due to preventive conflict avoidance.
• increases the success of the whole cultural institution.

Orchestra-Mediation for:

• team-focussed interaction and enjoying the music
• artistic trust and a viable togetherness
• harmonic interhuman basis
• the common goal to play better music together
• exploitation of artistic potential and full committment
• a structured conversation atmosphere during problem-solving processes
• concentration on the artistical task
• trustful playing and performings
• musical enthusiasm and an artistic teamspirit
• claer structures and orientation according to the real interests and needs
• timely and sustainable clearing up of misunderstandings
• harmonic sounds from all sides
• quality enhancement by viably solved conflicts
• support for important artistic undertakings
• emotional relief and an anxiety-free play
• reduction of psychosomatic symptoms as well as psychological pressure
• ease of musical interpretation
• quick and sustainable settlement and pacification
• sound cooperation
• harmonic and an anxiety-free working environment
• immunisation against future conflicts
• effektive avoidance of damaging the reputation
• joy of playing together
• gentle treatment of the artistic energy and resources
• harmonisation of the different interests and needs
• clear communication rules
• cooperative working athmosphere
• healthy working climate

• orchestras
• musicians
• agents
• conductors
• cultural institutions

Orchestra-Mediation assists you — best used as a preventive measure

The earlier all assemble to speak to each other (again) the quicker they will recover a common basis (again).

Orchestra-Mediation Process

Characteristics:

• negotiation support for the conflicting parties by a neutral third party
• confidential
• future-orientated, resource-orientated and needs-orientated

• voluntary
• transparent
• self-responsible

Process:

• contact
• mediation contract
• negotiations

Effects:

• clear structure through sorting of the issues to be discussed
• conflict mitigation by dividing between factual level and relationship level
• triggering a process of mutual understanding taking into account the real needs on all sides
• sustainable results due to self-negotiated solutions

Duration:

• various single appointments or all-day negotiations
• format depending on the individual needs
• flexible adjustments possible

Costs:

• depending on duration and complexity of each case
• in general hourly rates

Example for an Orchestra-Mediation

„Orchestra-Mediation“ pdf, (in German), Heiner Krabbe / Angelika Kutz

Details about Orchestra-Mediation can be found in my book

„Mediation als Instrument zur Konfliktlösung im (professionellen) Orchester
Orchestermediation — Welche Besonderheiten sind zu beachten?“ (in German)

E-Mail: kontakt[at]orchester-mediation.de