It’s been a rough year at the Detroit Symphony, with mid-contract pay cuts for the musicians and serious upper management upheaval to boot, but things appear to be changing for the better. “Three of the DSO’s highest-profile donors have combined to give the orchestra an unusual $1.5-million challenge grant designed to broaden the orchestra’s base of support.” The orchestra intends to use the matching challenge as an opportunity to cultivate a new generation of donors who can stabilize the organization in the long term.