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Recession Hits the Boston SymphonyNews: The BSO laying off people.From Ray Randall Times are tough for even the biggies.
The Assistant Concertmaster, Asst. Principal Second, Viola and Cello are gone since they were just assistants.
The entire flute section gone. One bassoon and one horn are now history and rumors persist that the triangle player also got the ax.
Ray
From Elinor Estepa
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 01:47 AM tsk! tsk! tsk! tsk! that is so sad.... From Terez Mertes
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 04:15 AM Ow. : ( What a shame to read. From SAM MIHAILOFF
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 08:18 AM the actual instruments cut are not listed but I am sure the program will not suffer....perhaps was decided on knowing what instrumental needs would be prior to cutting anyway. It's not like the second fiddle section will be pre-recorded. Hey, is Perlman on the docket this summer??????? From Ryan Frania
How can an orch. like the BSO loose an entire flute section? Tis truly unfortunate.
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 10:46 AM From SAM MIHAILOFF
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:50 PM Ryan, read the article...your leg is being pulled From Manuel Tabora
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 01:35 PM In the community orchestra where I play (I would call it a semi-professional ensemble) they took a different approach to budget cuts. For next season there is one concert that is only winds and one that is only strings, Also, a couple of concerts won't utilize all the string players, Everyone is still in but not everyone plays all the time. I'm happy with that compromise. From Bruce Bodden
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 03:31 PM The actual headline is BSO makes staff cutsbut it's kind of fun the way Ray posted it ;-)
From Ryan Frania
At least the Tubist doesnt have to worry about the recession, much anyway; his salary is funded by my friend's grandparents.
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 01:18 PM From Ryan Frania
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 09:58 PM From Stephen Brivati
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 08:02 PM where do the tubes go? Puzzled, Buri From Rick Savadow
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 07:13 PM ...and violas? Oh well, I won't go there. Not here. d:o) Rick From Scott Cole
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 09:14 PM Maybe if major orchestras they didn't pay conductors a zillion dollars to conduct a few concerts here and there they could actually save some jobs for other people who need them. From Tom Holzman
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 01:21 PM What Scott said. You could probably rehire all the flutes on what the conductor makes. From Anna Meyer
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 06:37 PM Why fire all the flutes? They are an important part of orchestra. |
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