Issue: December 2013
To our colleagues and friends across North America, all the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra want to express our deepest gratitude and thanks. You have helped us with financial support and offers of employment, both of which have enabled us to withstand unparalleled intransigence on the part of the Minnesota Orchestral Association (MOA). We appreciate the huge support that came from the AFM … [Read more...]
Issue: Chairperson's Reports
In February of 1979, I joined my first professional orchestra at the age of fifteen. I remember everything about the night of my first concert, and I still have the program as if to prove it really happened. I remember how my 100% polyester tuxedo didn’t fit all that well, and how my giant bow tie was probably more appropriate for those awkward senior prom photographs than for the orchestra’s … [Read more...]
Issue: December 2013
On December 5, 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that the arts and culture industry provided $500 billion, or at least 3.2% of total U.S. goods and service in 2011. In comparison, the arts and culture sector outpaced the travel and tourism industry, which was 2.8% of GDP in 2011. “Art and culture is a significant part of the U.S. economy—not just its contributions of ideas and … [Read more...]
Issue: December 2013
On December 10, in a letter to the board of the Minnesota Orchestra Association, ten Minnesota State legislators called for the resignations of Minnesota Orchestra CEO Michael Henson, board chair Jon Campbell, and past board chair Richard Davis, accusing them of financial mismanagement. They also called for an immediate end to the lockout of the musicians. The letter is excerpted … [Read more...]
Issue: December 2013
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra showcased the arrival of its thirteenth music director, Louis Langrée, with a series of special activities. In November 2012, the One City, One Symphony initiative presented Maestro Langrée as the music director designate in performances of Schoenberg’s Survivor from Warsaw and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. After that initial success, funding was secured for a … [Read more...]
