Turnaround In Minnesota

By the standards of the orchestra industry, Minnesota Orchestra president Tony Woodcock did not have a smooth first few weeks on the job in 2003, as a bitter behind-the-scenes battle over his appointment spilled into the press. But in a little over a year on the job, he has “led a financial turnaround at the venerable institution and now plans to further strengthen it with a $50 million fund-raising campaign.” On top of the financial success, Woodcock’s employees say that he has begun to heal the deep wounds left by previous managements, and to reassert the orchestra as one of the Twin Cities’ most valued cultural mainstays.