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Download This Issue As Official Publication of the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians VOLUME 58 NO. 4 DECEMBER 2020 In This Issue The State of the Art The Joy of an Audience The Joy of anAudience 1 The State of the Art..... 1 Michael Kaiser interviewed by Keith By Monica Fosnaugh President’s Report ....... 2 PA on P2A Carrick and Meredith Snow Collaboration in Grand ollowing the concerts last week, the Rapids.......................... 3 CSOM invited Michael Kaiser to speak musicians of the Detroit Symphony Or- Relationship with with Member At Large Keith Carrick and Fchestra heard something that has be- management keeps the IChair Meredith Snow on the current state come incredibly rare, but was incredibly orchestra on track of the arts as we progress through this pandemic. Finding a Way..............4 Courtesy of Detroit Symphony Orchestra welcome: applause from a Currently Chairman of the DeVos Institute of live audience in Orchestra Minnesota gets out into Arts Management, Kaiser served as president of the community and on air Hall. Thirty audience mem- Music On Our Own.....5 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing bers stood with appreciation Furloughed Nashville Arts from 2001 to 2014. His work leading other for the 45 minutes of live musicians put on concerts arts organizations, such as the Kansas City Bal- music they had just heard. No Cuts........................6 let, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ameri- The subscribers and donors Fort Worth maintains can Ballet Theatre, and the Royal Opera House— of the DSO had not been to- salary and concerts in many cases leading them out of financial tally without music since A Year to Forget, peril—has made him a much sought-after arts Progress to Remember 7 March, but everything the musicians had been management consultant. He is also the author of Baltimore’s last crisis has offering was delivered digitally, a virtual world prepared it for this one several books about arts management( Note: see separating audience from artist out of necessity. Fighting COVID-19 with a review in the October 2013 issue). Here are The COVID pandemic has forced all orchestras Music Presented with some highlights; the complete interview can be to reinvent how to provide world class music to Great Care....................8 found at www.icsom.org/senzasordino/2020/11/the-state- their audiences. The DSO’s main objective dur- Dallas safely responds to of-the-art-complete-interview/. ing this time has been to keep its donors and sub- the pandemic Keith Carrick: Why Utah Symphony & Utah scribers as engaged as possible with digital Opera Airflow Study .... 8 don’t we talk about those content produced just for them, in addition to A scientific approach to phases that you have the material available to everyone. This, along orchestra staging outlined previously: with a development department that refused to Phase I: the sudden substantially alter its fundraising goals for the fiscal year, has stop at the beginning, the lockdowns led the DSO from suddenly shutting its doors in March, to live Phase II: where we are waiting to webcast concerts in the hall that are also open to a limited get back into our theaters and try- number of audience members. ing to stay relevant— The Detroit Symphony Orchestra first started venturing Michael Kaiser: —that’s where we are right past virtual performance into live concerts in August, benefit- now—Some of us can do some performance with socially dis- ting from both cooperative weather and a lightening of safety tanced audience and a tiny orchestra— protocols from the state government. These concerts were it’sgoodworktobedone,butit’snotfull held throughout the city of Detroit in multiple outdoor orchestras playing for a full audience venues. They were short, chamber music concerts, which of- and this is the hard period because ten included an interview element, and several were simulta- we’ve run out of our [Paycheck Protec- neously webcast live. The audience was limited to fewer than tion Program] money. A lot of our fun- 50 people, with full safety and disinfecting protocols in place. ders are still being generous but not a The concertgoers had to bring their own chairs, set them up lot of them are making these extra six feet apart, and keep their masks on, despite being out- grants anymore, so that money’s doors. All of these performances were voluntary by the musi- gone and we don’t know when this cians, and were considered a continuation of the virtual ends. It’s a very uncomfortable period—wanting performance and teaching work the entire orchestra had been to be of service, wanting to keep in touch, needing to stay sol- participating in since mid-March. vent, still having very little earned income and who knows While these concerts were going on, our negotiating com- when we can go back. And then having major contractual is- (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 9) Page 2 December 2020 President’s Report ByPaul Austin A Player Conference of the American Federation of Musicians of the PA on P2A United States and Canada, AFL-CIO www.icsom.org CSOM recently launched a highly-successful Phone2Action (P2A) initiative to support the musi- Icians of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO) in their “Save the Symphony” campaign. Orchestras Governing Board Long before the global pandemic, the salaries and pension Alabama Symphony Orchestra Meredith Snow, Chairperson Terry Johnston of the PRSO musicians, as well as Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 13610 Emelita Street the funding for their prestigious Boston Symphony Orchestra Van Nuys, CA 91401 Casals Festival, were in jeopardy. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 818-786-3776 Charlotte Symphony Orchestra [email protected] With a proposed 50% cut to the or- Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra Paul Austin, President Chicago Symphony Orchestra Grand Rapids Symphony chestra’s budget by the govern- Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 561 Madison Avenue SE ment’s Fiscal Oversight Board The Cleveland Orchestra Colorado Symphony Orchestra Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (FOB), announced in early 2020, Columbus Symphony Orchestra 616-304-0869 musicians and management were Dallas Symphony Orchestra [email protected] Detroit Symphony Orchestra Laura Ross, Secretary deeply concerned that this would The Florida Orchestra Nashville Symphony Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra destroy the musical and educational 1609 Tammany Drive Grand Rapids Symphony Nashville, TN 37206 mission of the PRSO, which has Grant Park Orchestra 615-227-2379 • Fax 615-259-9140 Hawaii Symphony Orchestra [email protected] been a steadfast presence in Puerto Rico for many decades Houston Symphony Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Michael Moore, Treasurer (most recently in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria). Jacksonville Symphony Atlanta Symphony With the capable assistance of ICSOM’s Public Relations Kansas City Symphony 953 Rosedale Road NE Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra Atlanta, GA 30306 consultant Randy Whatley (President, Cypress Media Los Angeles Philharmonic 404-875-TUBA (404-875-8822) Louisville Orchestra [email protected] Group), ICSOM worked with the PRSO Musicians and AFM Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Peter de Boor, Senza Sordino Editor Local 555 (Puerto Rico) to prepare a P2A letter in both Eng- Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra Minnesota Orchestra 431 North Kenmore Street lish and Spanish. The P2A was announced and launched Nashville Symphony Arlington, VA22201 National Symphony Orchestra 703-465-9157 • Fax 866-832-7838 during the September 15th Facebook Live “Save the Sym- New Jersey Symphony Orchestra [email protected] phony” event hosted by AFM Local 555 and the PRSO Musi- New York City Ballet Orchestra Keith Carrick, Member at Large New York City Opera Orchestra Utah Symphony cians (recorded and available on their Facebook page, New York Philharmonic 1529 E. Parkway Avenue @TuSinfonicaOSPR Músicos de la Orquesta Sinfónica de North Carolina Symphony Salt Lake City, UT 84106 Oregon Symphony (301) 639-6614 Puerto Rico). Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico [email protected] The Philadelphia Orchestra It was an honor to be a panelist for this hour-long Face- Phoenix Symphony Micah Howard, Member at Large Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra book Live event, along with ICSOM Chairperson Meredith Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 100 Laurel Avenue Snow and former ICSOM Chair Bruce Ridge. We spoke of St. Louis Symphony Pittsburgh, PA 15202 The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (724) 328-0917 the many reasons that the PRSO should be funded and pre- San Antonio Symphony [email protected] served. ICSOM Delegate Miguel Rivera (PRSO trombonist San Diego Symphony Orchestra Greg Mulligan, Member at Large San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and President of AFM Local 555) joined our panel and pro- San Francisco Opera Orchestra 11955 Long Lake Drive San Francisco Symphony Reisterstown, MD 21136 vided Spanish translation of our statements as well as his Symphoria personal insights. Utah Symphony 410-979-0208 Virginia Symphony Orchestra [email protected] Within 72 hours of its launch, ICSOM’s P2A campaign Dan Sweeley, Member at Large Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra generated thousands of email messages from hundreds of 1360 Evergreen Drive participants to the candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico, Lake View, NY 14085 716-553-9200 urging them to include support of funding for the PRSO in [email protected] their campaign platforms as well as arrange a meeting with Kevin Case, General Counsel Case Arts Law LLC PRSO musician representative Miguel Rivera to discuss the 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1241 Chicago, IL 60604 orchestra’s concerns. 312-234-9926 • Fax 312-962-4908 As a result of these efforts, the PRSO situation was in- [email protected] cluded as a main topic of a political debate of the candidates for Governor of Puerto Rico, which addressed the impor- Subscriptions: $10 per year, payable to Senza Sordino, tance and impact of the arts and cultural institutions.
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