{"id":677,"date":"2008-01-21T10:09:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T18:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/21\/columbus-conductor-takes-a-stand\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:33:25","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:33:25","slug":"columbus-conductor-takes-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/21\/columbus-conductor-takes-a-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"columbus&#8217; conductor takes a stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/jh_head_color.jpg?resize=204%2C300\" alt=\"jh_head_color.jpg\" class=\"imageframe\" height=\"300\" width=\"204\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo credit: Koichi Miura<br \/>\nPhoto courtesy of Frank Salomon Associates<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.franksalomon.com\/Artist.asp?ArtistID=12\">Junichi Hirokami<\/a>, the music director of the Columbus Symphony (who I hear is fantastic), has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/0_CSO_--_for_saturday.ART_ART_01-19-08_A1_1H93PT7.html?sid=101\">interviewed<\/a> by the Columbus Dispatch and made some telling remarks about the situation there.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Any downsizing of the orchestra would be &#8220;catastrophic,&#8221; Junichi Hirokami said.<\/p>\n<p>He placed primary blame for the symphony&#8217;s financial woes on board members, who, he said, have been ineffectual in raising money and community support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the orchestra is reduced,&#8221; Hirokami said. &#8220;I have no purpose to stay here.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Drew McManus has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/junichi-hirokam.html\">some analysis<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/jacksonville-mu.html\">link<\/a> to comments by the music director of the Jacksonville Symphony (Fabio Mechetti) on why he remained silent during their lockout of musicians.<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo credit: Koichi Miura Photo courtesy of Frank Salomon Associates Junichi Hirokami, the music director of the Columbus Symphony (who I hear is fantastic), has been interviewed by the Columbus Dispatch and made some telling remarks about the situation there.<\/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":[299,115,2],"tags":[349,86,339,55,62],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conducting","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-columbus-symphony","tag-conductor","tag-music-director","tag-orchestra","tag-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-aV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":815,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/27\/columbus-recording-its-own-memorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":0},"title":"columbus recording its own memorial","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sad, but true: Douglas Fisher Member, Columbus Symphony Orchestra President, Local 103, AFM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2008 Columbus Symphony Musicians Vote To Allow Live Recording Next week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Columbus Symphony Orchestra program will be recorded live for the international recording company Denon, which will release it on compact disc.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;labor issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"labor issues","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/labor-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":973,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/16\/for-the-love-of-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":677,"position":1},"title":"for the love of it","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It's easy to have a well-developed sense of ennui by the end of a symphonic season, at least if you're a member of the ensemble. 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