| Angel | Could you give me some smaller notes? <a href=" http://kilkennytrailsfestival.ie/?flagyl-black-box-warning.pdf#remarkable ">flagyl 750 mg tablets</a> Memo to the Minnesota Orchestra management: lots of orchestras are struggling. We know that. We understand. Fixed costs, declining revenue: it’s not a great equation, and it’s common to orchestras around the country. Everyone is trying to come up with a better solution. And there have been plenty of labor disputes, and plenty of disgruntled musicians returning to work at lower rates of pay. But here’s the thing: this is seen as a necessary evil, something we don’t want. It’s not a goal. I talked to the Minnesota Orchestra’s president, Michael Henson, in May, and he was able to cite from memory all of the recent orchestral lockouts -- Saint Paul, Indianapolis, Atlanta -- and the salary reductions they had achieved. The lesson some orchestras draw from this kind of thing is, How can we work together with our musicians to avoid this (witness the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, where musicians took two separate voluntary salary cuts, which are now gradually being restored)? The lesson Henson seemed to draw from it was, Look what’s possible. |
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