{"id":6181,"date":"2011-04-16T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T20:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=6181"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:43:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:43:02","slug":"philadelphia-orchestra-board-votes-to-file-for-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/16\/philadelphia-orchestra-board-votes-to-file-for-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"philadelphia orchestra board votes to file for bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The board of the Philadelphia Orchestra voted today to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This despite $140 million in the endowment. Some legal experts contend that the bankruptcy could be thrown out if it&#8217;s not perceived to have been taken in good faith. Others say that it is warranted. Some labor experts see it as an attempt to get out of pension obligations rather than to do any real reorganizing. Are there <em>any<\/em> good managers left in the League of American Orchestras, other than our own Elaine Calder?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see what happens next.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Philadephia Orchestra seeks bankruptcy reorganization<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/20110416_Philadelphia_Orchestra_seeks_bankruptcy_reorganization.html\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Board of Philadelphia Orchestra Votes to File for Bankruptcy<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/board-of-philadelphia-orchestra-votes-to-file-for-bankruptcy\">New York Times<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/20110416_Philadelphia_Orchestra_seeks_bankruptcy_reorganization.html?119975364=Y&amp;submit=Vote&amp;mr=1&amp;oid=5&amp;pid=119975364&amp;cid=8500281\">Video<\/a> from Philadelphia Inquirer.<\/li>\n<li>The Philadelphia Orchestras <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/philorchtoday.org\">new web site<\/a> dedicated to the restructuring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The board of the Philadelphia Orchestra voted today to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This despite $140 million in the endowment. Some legal experts contend that the bankruptcy could be thrown out if it&#8217;s not perceived to have been taken in good faith. Others say that it is warranted. Some labor experts see it as [&hellip;]<\/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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[186,2,2296],"tags":[2640,2650,337],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-issues","category-the-orchestra-world","category-union-music","tag-bankruptcy","tag-chapter-11","tag-philadelphia-orchestra"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1BH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6147,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/13\/on-the-brink-in-philadelphia\/","url_meta":{"origin":6181,"position":0},"title":"on the brink in philadelphia","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 UPDATED 4\/15\/11 While last-minute talks between management and musicians are underway, the Philadelphia Orchestra edges closer to filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 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