Writing

Where to read Larry’s current work. The complete list of articles, essays, columns, and scholarly work is on the Publications page.

Unrestricted: An ArtsJournal Blog

Larry’s blog on the finances of arts and culture, built on public filings and worked arithmetic. New posts every other week on ArtsJournal.

• “The $900,000 Plug Hiding in Your Balanced Budget” November 10, 2026What a decade of the Phoenix Symphony’s filings shows about budgets that balance on paper, and the one page a board should ask for.
• “When the People Who Deliver the Mission Start to Feel Like the Mission” October 27, 2026Why an orchestra’s mission belongs to its audience, at a time when adult classical attendance fell by nearly half between 2017 and 2022.
• “What Problem Are We Actually Solving?” October 13, 2026Before picking among the many plans to save classical music, name the problem they are supposed to fix.

Boardroom-Ready Finance

Larry’s LinkedIn newsletter on nonprofit finance for boards and executives, including selected Unrestricted pieces reposted with credit to ArtsJournal.

Columns, Op-Eds, and Scholarship

Forbes Business Council columns, op-eds in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Inside Higher Ed, American Theatre, and University Business, Medium essays, and musicology articles are all listed on the Publications page.