Klarinet Archive - Posting 000187.txt from 2009/11

From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet Theatre...in the new multi-million dollar Winspear Hall
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:36:41 -0500

Lets not forget that the AFM itself allowed the use of Virtual Orchestra
which has displaced many musicians both in theater work and in dance
companies.
Something that should certainly be protested by every live musician.

Mike Vaccaro

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From: "Michael Nichols" <mrn.clarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:17 AM
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] Musicians Protest use of canned music...by Texas Ballet
Theatre...in the new multi-million dollar Winspear Hall

> 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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