Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 2009/11
From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet Theatre...i...
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:06:48 -0500
Nope....no donations by musicians for musicians.... to fund a poorly run company....a non-profit company that thought it
was a good idea to pay two board members $700,000 bucks last year...for -0- results in fund raising. Or...who funded a
$400,000 fund raising party...netting..opps, $395,000. Or...a company who can spend $5,000 per Sugar Plum Fairy tutu for
the "new" production. Or....a non-profit company who can "loan" the artistic director $50,000 for a new home. A 6.5
million dollar budget per year dance company, well funded behind the scenes....
The thought of local musicians "helping" raise money for a company run like this....is unpleasant. The dancers think the
musicians should be playing for free. LOL Of course...they would get paid....'cause they are.... the stars. We feel for
them as well. 37 weeks of work....dancers for this company average about $10,000 in salary. This, of course, doesn't
reflect that only a few make more than that....and a lot of the troop make far less.
Oh well...the board seems to know how to spend the money on nice parties....and social events...and.....
-----Original Message-----
From: hns692@-----.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:36 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet Theatre...i...
The moved to canned music began a long time ago -- about 20 years ago or
more (from personal experience). It would seem that there must be a person
in the area capable of grant writing and a philanthropic organization
awarding a grant to fund the music. If every musician who plays in a bar or
every small venue were to chip in a dollar per gig, I'd bet an orchestra could
be funded. For shame!
Lee Ann Hansen
Principal Eb Clarinet
First John Philip Sousa
Memorial Band
hns692@-----.com
In a message dated 11/29/2009 11:18:07 A.M. Central Standard Time,
mrn.clarinet@-----.com writes:
Well if you ask me, it sounds like that's the beginning of the end for
the ballet around here. If they can't even manage to hire a live
orchestra for the one ballet everyone takes their kids to see (ballet
fans or not), their days are numbered.
There's a reason people usually give Tchaikovsky the credit for
writing The Nutcracker, you know, and it ain't the choreography....
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Forest Aten <forestaten@-----.com> wrote:
> I made the nightly news! LOL I'm the final interview in the video. Great
turnout. Most folks, who bought very expensive tickets....were really
ticked.
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