Threatened orchestra still $4 million short of safety

Threatened orchestra still $4 million short of safety

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norman lebrecht

December 21, 2013

They’re putting a brave face on it, announcing $1m in new donations. But the Milwaukee Symphony has only weeks in which to raise another $4m if it is to stave off bankruptcy.

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  • Robert Levine says:
    December 23, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    Two points:

    1) It’s not uncommon for the big gifts to come in at the end of a campaign like this one; people giving large sums of money want to know that that the campaign is going to succeed if they give.

    2) The labor agreement allows for a shutdown in case of financial emergency, which could be short of actually declaring bankruptcy.

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