{"id":969,"date":"2008-05-13T23:56:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T06:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=969"},"modified":"2008-05-13T23:56:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T06:56:14","slug":"more-columbus-analysis-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/13\/more-columbus-analysis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"more columbus analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Levine, writing over at Abu Bratsche<\/a>, has finally weighed in<\/a> on the Columbus Symphony debacle.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a pretty damning case he makes for the vast majority of the responsibility to be given to the board of the Columbus Symphony for the current state of affairs.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d consider it required reading – discuss.<\/p>\n

Even with the problems that the OSO is currently facing in terms of recurring budget deficits, the board has not shied away from hiring a strong, competent, clear-eyed president.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve at least had someone at the helm (except for one season after the abrupt departure of former president Tony Woodcock) throughout the time I’ve been here (12 seasons and counting), and that counts for a lot.\u00c2\u00a0 I cannot imagine why the CSO decided not to hire an executive director for THREE consecutive seasons.\u00c2\u00a0 Amazing, and not in a good way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Levine, writing over at Abu Bratsche, has finally weighed in on the Columbus Symphony debacle.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a pretty damning case he makes for the vast majority of the responsibility to be given to the board of the Columbus Symphony for the current state of affairs.\u00c2\u00a0 I’d consider it required reading – discuss. Even with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[186,115,2],"tags":[860,463,359],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labor-issues","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-abu-bratsche","tag-columbus-symphony-orchestra","tag-robert-levine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-fD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/19\/more-columbus-analysis\/","url_meta":{"origin":969,"position":0},"title":"more columbus analysis","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Robert Levine*, at his blog Abu Bratsche (best blog name I've seen in a long, long time!), points out that the problems that are coming to a head in Columbus are not financial in origin. The management and board of the Columbus Symphony have released a document with the Orwellian\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "labor issues"","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":866,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/20\/communities-boards-orchestras\/","url_meta":{"origin":969,"position":1},"title":"communities, boards, and orchestras","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As I write this, there are two orchestras in the U.S. which are currently facing an existential crisis. The Columbus Symphony and the Shreveport Symphony are both facing cuts which will forever alter how they function, sound, raise money, and basically exist. 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