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Cutbacks are front and center for arts groups

Posted in Arts community, Fundraising, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

37% drop in ASC fund drive likely means reductions in jobs, performances – or worse
By Steven Brown
sbrown@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Monday, May. 18, 2009
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/730644.html
Charlotte Symphony’s last concerts of the season, energized by jazzy music, revved up the audience and surpassed the box office goal.
Yet the orchestra and Charlotte’s other cultural groups are caught in the same recession as [...]

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WDAV to air more local flair

Posted in Industry News, NC Public Radio, WDAV General Info, WDAV Productions, tagged , on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the May 16, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Mark Washburn
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/413/story/726682.html
Stations looking to cut costs are turning increasingly toward syndicated shows.
But WDAV-FM (89.9), the classical music voice of Davidson College, is turning the other way.
Beginning July 1, WDAV will drop its overnight service “Music Through the Night,” which originates from Minnesota Public Radio, and [...]

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Charlotte Symphony gets donation

Posted in Arts community, Fundraising, Industry News, tagged , on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the May 10, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Mark Price
Posted : May 11, 2009
The Leon Levine Foundation has committed to giving $25,000 to the financially strapped Charlotte Symphony.
Foundation board members learned of the symphony’s urgent cost-cutting in a story in Friday’s Observer, including a request that players renegotiate the contract governing their pay and [...]

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Our music, our selves

Posted in Arts community, WDAV General Info, tagged , , , on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An educator shows how music can map the inner workings of our soulBy Karl Paulnack
Special to the Observer
Posted: Sunday, May. 10, 2009
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/165/story/710453.html
EDITOR’S NOTE: Karl Paulnack, director of the music division at Boston Conservatory, first gave this speech to parents of students in 2004. It has made the rounds on e-mail locally among honchos in the [...]

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Symphony must act to avoid swan song

Posted in Arts community, Fundraising, tagged , on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From the May 8, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Steven Brown
Posted:  Friday, May 8, 2009
Orchestra plans to cut costs, renegotiate the musicians’ contract and pursue donations.
Suffering a critical blow from the recession on top of several years of financial troubles, the Charlotte Symphony is turning to urgent cost-cutting and fundraising in hopes of staying [...]

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