It has been a little over two months, as of this writing, since the lockout began on October 1st.
I will not say much in detail about it here, except that you can obviously guess that it has affected my life and the life of my colleagues greatly. Despite whatever you may read in the media and putting aside all cynicism about these sorts of things, the musicians truly do want a resolution to this situation as soon as possible. The Gala Concert we performed at the Convention Center in October was one of the most powerful musical experiences of my life and served as a poignant reminder of what a truly special orchestra this is. It really is a feather in the cap for the State of Minnesota and the musicians' number one goal is to make sure that tradition is preserved. If there is a way, we will find it.
Please take the time to visit the musician's website and our facebook page. We need everyone's help to bring this lockout to an end. Our audiences are de facto locked out too, after all.
There is much being written in the blogosphere about this situation. The links to most of these can be found on the musicians website as well, under the News tab > Press Links.
I will not say much in detail about it here, except that you can obviously guess that it has affected my life and the life of my colleagues greatly. Despite whatever you may read in the media and putting aside all cynicism about these sorts of things, the musicians truly do want a resolution to this situation as soon as possible. The Gala Concert we performed at the Convention Center in October was one of the most powerful musical experiences of my life and served as a poignant reminder of what a truly special orchestra this is. It really is a feather in the cap for the State of Minnesota and the musicians' number one goal is to make sure that tradition is preserved. If there is a way, we will find it.
Please take the time to visit the musician's website and our facebook page. We need everyone's help to bring this lockout to an end. Our audiences are de facto locked out too, after all.
There is much being written in the blogosphere about this situation. The links to most of these can be found on the musicians website as well, under the News tab > Press Links.
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