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Author: Paul Miller
Date: 2011-06-14 15:49
That'll be number four this season.
In a European city the size of Bellevue, that orchestra would be full time, full salary, and financially stable. It would not be collapsing because it has to pay its musicians.
Any European BBoard members want to adopt me? All I want is a work permit...
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Author: claaaaaarinet!!!!
Date: 2011-06-14 20:19
Europe is a big place with diverse cultures and governments, but that being said, I'd agree that in general there is much more of an audience base for classical music there. There are definitely more fine orchestras per capita. Classical music is simply a more organic part of their cultural tradition. But they are seeing changes and cutbacks in Europe as well. With all of the deficits, austerity measures, credit defaults, etc. that you read about, state support for orchestras is bound to be scaled back over time. i think it will be especially interesting to see what happens in Germany.
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2011-06-14 21:02
Like banks, maybe?
Years and years before the recession hit, bankers in the U.S. were either ringing out warning or laughing in their sleeves about how the big banks were getting bigger and that soon only a few very large banking organizations would be left with a few very small, local, and quick to respond banks scattered around. When the recession came, some of the poorly managed, high risk banks went away while the large ones who survived got bigger yet, and the large middle of the banking world went away for the most part. Smaller, more locally viable banks have stuck it out if they were well managed and fast on their feet. Government props helped in the early days of the recession, but that was a hard hit to corporate versatility and banks unloaded those funds as soon as they could afford it. State funding for the arts often has the same effect.
Will orchestras and other arts organizations see the same sifting out? Perhaps only the very top well managed organizations will survive and the broad middle range will disappear. Many communities will no longer be served by their local groups. Among the smallest organizations, only the best and most productive will still be around. Those big organizations as well as the very small will have to find ways to serve the needs of the larger, and now unserved populations....like banks have been doing.
Who knows, in the long run the arts might be the better for it, although it makes me sad to see the orchestras I have played in having mighty struggles to make it to the next season.
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