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Podcast: Chapter Ten – Looking Ahead, in Philadelphia and Beyond

When The Philadelphia Orchestra emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2012, the ensemble became a canary fluttering back out of a deep dark mine. Philadelphia’s path forward will be closely watched, and not only because music lovers at home and around the world have such a stake in this...
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Podcast: Chapter Eight – Considering Audiences, Part 1

For decades nobody thought very much about them. The audience was who showed up to fill the concert hall, in a largely predictable and reliable way. An orchestra scheduled and performed its subscription concerts, and the patrons came to hear them–a straightforward cause-and-effect relationship....
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Podcast: Chapter Seven – The View from Cleveland

The Cleveland Orchestra faces a particularly vexing dilemma: It is one of the world’s great orchestras in by far the smallest market supporting such an institution. This position has opened the organization to new ways of thinking and fresh possibilities for a reimagined future. This podcast...
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Live Blog: A behind-the-scenes conversation with The Cleveland Orchestra

What follows is a live blog from our behind-the-scenes conversation with leaders of The Cleveland Orchestra. Participants include: Gary Hanson, Executive Director of The Cleveland Orchestra Gary Ginstling, General Manager Joshua Smith, Principal Flute Dennis LaBarre, President of the Musical...
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The Cleveland Orchestra: No Longer Business as Usual

Like many organizations, The Cleveland Orchestra has faced challenges the last few years, but challenges aren’t always a bad thing. The flip-side of challenge is opportunity and as a recent article by Zachary Lewis in the San Francisco Classical Voice puts it: For better or worse, it’s...
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