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
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