NJ Symphony Short On Money, Still Can’t Find A Boss

“The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra is not yet halfway toward its 18-month goal of raising $1 million from new donors by June 30 to meet a dollar-for-dollar challenge grant from the Prudential Foundation. As of this week, the orchestra had collected $423,751 from 587 new individual and corporate donors.” No one knows whether Prudential would be willing to extend the deadline. “In more gloomy news, the orchestra, which has been searching for [former executive director Simon] Woods’ replacement for almost a year, has not interviewed a single candidate for CEO since December.”