The state of our music industry is of concern. This was posted by a New York pro-clarinetist to the clarinet list and is forwarded here.... Interesting. Dave Renaud It is no secret that the economy of our country is in crisis. How this and the awful attacks that have occured are affecting the professional musical community are just now becoming apparent. For instance: Half a dozen Broadway shows (each with an orchestra of 15-30 players) have closed. Others have taken across the board pay cuts of as much as 25%. That's a lot of musicians out of work. The Orchestras of Toronto, Calgary and several others are near bankruptcy. In Calgary, the Board is asking the musicians to take a 16% pay cut effective immediately. The Shreveport Symphony is facing bankruptcy and is operating week to week. The Chicago Symphony will no longer have weekly radio broadcasts for the first time in over 25 years. The Philadelphia Orchestra is running a deficit. Major record labels are laying off huge numbers of employees. On the scene here in NYC, musicians are nervous and anxious. Work is evaporating. The only thing you can do to help is to support your local arts organizations any way you can. In addition, coming to NY and seeing a few shows (if you can afford it, of course) and concerts is what we need here. The mayor has asked the same things. Buy some cds now if you have been putting it off. David Hattner, NYC _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca
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