Regardless of the size of the organization or the scope of its activities, orchestra management is an extremely complex business. The administration and planning of all of the elements directly or indirectly related to an orchestra require very special skills.

The complex nature of orchestra management is partially due to the enormous amount of data required. Consider the number of individuals involved (soloists, conductors, over one hundred musicians and instruments), the variety of background information needed (agencies, concert venues, repertoire, etc.), and the necessity to plan years in advance. For this administrative work to be efficiently managed, it is often necessary for several people, who may be in different locations, to be able to access and process the information they need in its most up-to-date form - and at a moment’s notice.

With the close cooperation and assistance of Fine Arts Management in the United States, Artifax Computer Software, Ltd. in the United Kingdom, and the American Symphony Orchestra League, Wölbitsch & Partner KG of Germany has developed OPAS, a data base system specially tailored to the needs of orchestra management. No other product available on the international market matches the flexibility and power of OPAS to organize the various areas of your operation.

ARTIFAX Interface

OPAS shares an interface with Artifax Computer Software’s Artifax EVENT.

Artifax EVENT is a flexible, comprehensive program designed to make facility management quicker, easier and more efficient. It is in use in over 100 concert halls throughout the US and Europe including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Bass Hall (Performing Arts Fort Worth), the Kravis Center, the Edinburgh Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall and many others.

OPAS Library

OPAS Library offers the most comprehensive solution for your orchestra’s library and repertoire needs. OPAS considerably enhances the OLIS™ software written and distributed by the American Symphony Orchestra League, and has been written with the full cooperation and endorsement of the League as the next generation of orchestra management software. OPAS was also written with the cooperation of orchestra librarians currently using OLIS™.

OPAS tracks and consolidates virtually every aspect of the modern Orchestral Library, giving you complete and reliable control over:

• Scheduling – Plan, schedule and track all of your orchestra’s activities by a variety of criteria including Project, Series, Activity, Conductor, Venue, etc.
  
• Contact Information – Organize Artists, Conductors, Orchestra Personnel, Publishers, Venues, Agents, etc., into one shared database that also includes a complete contact history.
  
• Repertoire – Store all complete repertoire information including Instrumentation, Duration, Themes, Genres, Styles, Premieres, Performance Rights, Performance Histories, etc. OPAS also give you the ability to modify any work’s attributes (e.g. instrumentation, timing), only as those attributes pertain to a specific performance or rehearsal.
  
• Scores – Record all relevant information for Rental and Perusal scores, and organize your Library including bowings, markings, doublings, publisher information, etc.
  
• Archives – Each performance of each piece, and each appearance by each soloist and/or conductor, is instantly archived and easily cross-referenced for future referral
  
• Moreover, OPAS does this with a great deal of flexibility. You can define the categories of virtually every data type used, enabling you to organize information, activities and repertoire attributes in a way that best suits your work.
  

With the close cooperation and assistance of Fine Arts Management in the United States, Artifax Computer Software, Ltd. in the United Kingdom, and the American Symphony Orchestra League, Wölbitsch & Partner KG of Germany has developed OPAS, a database system specially tailored to the needs of any orchestra’s library.