It’s a bit ironic that though the arts are amongst the first things cut when school budgets run afoul, that the same thing is happening to the Oregon Symphony’s nationally recognized and lauded Community Music Partnership program. Seems that the Ford Family Foundation’s endowment took a major hit in the credit meltdown, and declined to continue funding the $150,000 cost of the annual program to reach children in rural areas of the state of Oregon. The future of the program is in doubt
David Stabler has complete coverage here.