Klarinet Archive - Posting 000670.txt from 1999/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Orchestras & the free market (Philharmonia)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:21:06 -0400

From: <KlarBoy@-----.com>
> The Chicago Symphony would not be making the money they do if they didn't
> have a monopoly on their city's symphonic musical scene. This holds true
for
> all of America's great orchestras. They face little to no local
competition

Whoa there! Holding a monopoly? I think not - at least I don't think Chicago
has signed an agreement with the CSO to be the sole representative of
Chicago in the orchestral music scene.

If you mean a "virtual" monopoly - in the sense that there aren't too many
cities that can afford (with private & public funds) to field more than one
orchestra - I agree. Just like baseball, football, soccer, art museums,
science museums, and other endeavors that take gobs of money.

mark C.

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