by Charles Noble on June 23, 2009
Conductor Bill Eddins has a great post on the issues facing orchestras in the face of massive shrinkage of their endowment principal and subsequent attempts to adapt to what many are referring to has “the new normal”. Here are two paragraphs that I found particularly interesting:
In a move which will likely result in the permanent crippling of a once fine orchestra, the management of the Columbus Symphony (Ohio) is proposing massive cuts of both orchestra personnel positions and the length of the season: the former down from 53 to 31 full-time musicians, the latter from 46 to 34 weeks.
by Charles Noble on December 29, 2007 · 1 comment
In the upcoming Sunday edition of the New York Times, several letters are printed in the Arts section – you can read the complete letters (as printed) here.
Here are some of the best parts of some of them:
by Charles Noble on November 17, 2007
The Jacksonville Symphony has locked out their musicians as a result of a negotiating impasse. You can take a look at the musicians’ website here. I feel for the musicians – they’re one of the lower paid orchestras in ICSOM, and they’ve been having difficulties for the past several years, at least. Whatever and whoever [...]