Believe it: Orchestra gives back $1 million
mainThe Sydney Symphony Orchestra has given back a million-dollar grant to the New South Wales government after learning that the money had been stripped away from smaller arts organisations.
The SSO needs the money to cover extra play-away costs while its hall is being refurbished. But it won’t take crumbs from the mouths of minnows.
Good on them.
Read here.
‘Tis the season for the spirit of giving. A class act on the part of the SSO.
Bravo!
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Some very big budget orchestras in the United States have been given quite generous donations in the past (often at least 8 figures), albeit from private sources ; it’d be cool if they’d spread that money among smaller ensembles.
Agreed.
U.S. cities have a limited amount of money appropriated for arts grants, and the largest cultural institutions — typically the orchestra and main museum — scoop up most of the money. It’s such a relatively small amount that they don’t need it and are more than capable of raising it from private sources. The money would have a much larger impact if given to smaller organizations
Not true. The money was specifically to be spent on a venue they are now not performing in. They did not kindly return the money, they could no longer complete the project.
Grinch.
No; actually thank you. Fact is best even if it takes away the warm Christmas glow.