The Metropolitan Opera says a positive $31 million on its latest tax return is mostly money pledged for future seasons that the company has not yet received.
This year, when it comes time for the fireworks show, viewers can tune in to a number of radio stations in the area to hear the holiday’s patriotic fanfare. The musicians from the Colorado Springs Philharmonic say because of a labor dispute with management, it won’t be theirs.
Musicians from the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra took part in a âMarch to Save Our Orchestraâ on June 4. Carrying signs and playing Beethoven and Brahms on kazoos, the musicians marched up and down Tejon Street to raise awareness about their ongoing contract dispute with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra (CSPO).
While professional orchestras across the country moved to virtual performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CSPO invoked a force majeure clause (circumstances beyond their control) in the collective bargaining agreement to furlough musicians in July 2020. The CSPO board of directors officially canceled the collective bargaining agreement in September 2020, again citing force majeure.
SSO Musicians Say Orchestra’s Future in Jeopardy Unless Board Changes Course
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SPRINGFIELD In a letter to supporters and the media on Tuesday, a group representing Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) musicians leveled a number of complaints at SSO leadership, claiming that the lack of a 2021-22 concert schedule, failure to replace departed Executive Director Susan Beaudry or renew the contract of Music Director Kevin Rhodes, and a dispute over the musicians’ collective bargaining agreement have put the future of the organization in doubt.
Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MOSSO) also announced plans to appear at Symphony Hall on Saturday, June 12 at noon to “support the continuation of live symphonic music in Springfield.” The musicians plan to gather on the steps of Symphony Hall to call attention to the “precarious state of the SSO” and offer a free, short concert.