{"id":5893,"date":"2011-03-02T00:53:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T08:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=5893"},"modified":"2011-03-02T00:53:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T08:53:28","slug":"oregon-symphony-makes-box-office-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/02\/oregon-symphony-makes-box-office-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"oregon symphony makes box office gains"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ticket sales, according to the Oregon Symphony, are up 35% this season over last year<\/strong>, and that’s with 1\/3 of its concerts remaining to be performed. Said Oregon Symphony President Elaine Calder:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see these improvements in paid attendance, and it feels great to attend classical concerts filled with enthusiastic, happy crowds,\u201d President Elaine Calder said. \u201cWe know that people are spending carefully these days, and we\u2019ve introduced several special opportunities this year, working with internet sites like Groupon and Travelzoo and our partners in Portland\u2019s music community to make sure that as many people as possible have access to Oregon Symphony tickets. As a result, revenue growth isn\u2019t yet keeping pace with the increased attendance \u2013 but we\u2019re once again heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All told, the orchestra has sold $5.2 million in tickets to this season’s concerto thus far.<\/p>\n

Good news, indeed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ticket sales, according to the Oregon Symphony, are up 35% this season over last year, and that’s with 1\/3 of its concerts remaining to be performed. Said Oregon Symphony President Elaine Calder: \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see these improvements in paid attendance, and it feels great to attend classical concerts filled with enthusiastic, happy crowds,\u201d President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[3668,2558],"class_list":["post-5893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-ticket-sales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1x3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4879,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/23\/calder-re-ups-for-four-more-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":5893,"position":0},"title":"calder re-ups for four more years","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Good news for all of us at the Oregon Symphony: Elaine Calder has negotiated a four-year contract extension as president of the Oregon Symphony Association.\u00a0 We were sent an email from OSA board president Walt Weyler this morning: Fellow board members and Orchestra Musicians, Last week Elaine Calder signed a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "administration"","block_context":{"text":"administration","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/administration-the-orchestra-world-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/ELAINE-HEADSHOT-351x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1924,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/15\/innovative-oregon-arts-organizations\/","url_meta":{"origin":5893,"position":1},"title":"innovative oregon arts organizations","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wall Street Journal features the Oregon Symphony (complete with photo of music director Carlos Kalmar, no less) in an article about how arts groups are slashing ticket prices in order to keep audiences filling seats. 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