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Does the Symphonic Orchestra Model Work?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Musicians, Kennedy Center Arts Management Institute, Symphony, Orchestras, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

While supply and demand must be used to evaluate salaries, the salaries for orchestral musicians are virtually always less than the salaries of the stagehands who set up their music stands and chairs!

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A Unifying Voice, or, a Recommendation for Barack Obama's iPod

Albert Imperato | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Ipod, New York Philharmonic, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Barack Obama, Classical Music, Orchestras, Fanfare for the Common Man, New York News
Albert Imperato

I know that listening to Copland's Third Symphony won't stop the monthly job losses, or clean up the financial mess. But hearing this amazing work will continue to keep my hope alive.

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Cultural Diplomacy in the Caribbean: Why the New York Philharmonic Must Go to Cuba

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Caribbean, Cuba, Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Ambassadors, New York Philharmonic, Caribbean Diplomacy, Cuba-Embargo, Cuba-Sanctions, Foreign Policy, Foreign Relations, Havana, Marti Adams, Office of Foreign Asset Control, United States Treasury Department, Zarin Mehta, Orchestras, New York News
Arlene M. Roberts

A visit by the New York Philharmonic, patrons included, would be a continuation of the improving trend in U.S.-Cuban relations.

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