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Issue: August 2008
On January 18, 2008, the Columbus Dispatch reported the results of a “Strategic Plan” prepared by the board of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO). The plan concluded, and the Dispatch reported, that the CSO budget was to be cut immediately by $3 million—from $12.5 million to $9.5 million. This was to be accomplished, in part, by firing 22 of the 53 full-time musicians and cutting the 46-week … [Read more...]
Issue: August 2008
I have been thinking a great deal recently about the importance of civil discourse. A few years back I wrote about what I perceived as a “culture of hostility” in our field. I meant this to include both the relationships between musicians and managers, as well as the relationships among musicians themselves. Every season we elect some of our colleagues to endure a most onerous task, that of … [Read more...]
Issue: August 2008
A s ICSOM Secretary it was my great honor at the end of May to attend the Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association (MOLA) Conference that was hosted by Nashville Symphony librarians D. Wilson Ochoa and Jennifer Goldberg. The conference began with a reception co-hosted by MOLA and the Nashville Symphony Players’ Assembly following our Friday evening Classical Series concert. Many attended the … [Read more...]
Issue: August 2008
The San Francisco Symphony has a longstanding commitment to music education, beginning in 1919 when the orchestra performed its first group of children’s concerts. At the start of the 21st century, the orchestra embarked on a multimedia project with ambitious goals and unprecedented scope: to use media in its most public and accessible forms to instill a lifelong love of music and show that … [Read more...]
Issue: August 2008
As a member of the ICSOM Electronic Media Committee, I have been involved in the AFM’s Symphony, Opera and Ballet Audio Visual negotiations since last November. These negotiations were put on hold for several months while the Managers’ Media Committee (MMC) and the AFM had “framework discussions” to explore the possibility of some type of integrated media agreement, which could include Radio, … [Read more...]
