The lawsuit had been filed by a 74-year-old trumpet player who believed he was dismissed from the American Ballet Theater Orchestra because of his age. ABT will pay him more than $18,000 in back pay, while making no admission of wrongdoing.
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Wharton Estate Shaken Up
“Following months of increasing financial troubles for the Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in Lenox, Mass., the president of the organization that owns and maintains the property has resigned rather than accept a new position in a restructured management.”
Why Does Classical Deserve Its Own Radio, Anyway?
Ever since the CBC announced that it would be cutting way back on classical music and adding some pop to the mix on Radio 2, reaction has been severe. But one former CBC host says that those complaining are actually just engaging in de facto class warfare, furious that “their sacrosanct precinct will be tainted by proximity to the music of the masses.”
Two Orchestras Could Summer In Southern Ontario
“If successful, plans now being hatched by the Toronto Symphony and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa would create an international summer music festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake by 2012. The ambitious scheme, which could cost $50 to $100 million, would transform a 100-hectare site at the north end of town into a 2,000-seat outdoor amphitheatre.”
Congrats, You’re A Board Member! Now, Are You Gay?
Under new requirements put in place by Britain’s Arts Council, organizations applying for grants will be “asked to state how many board members are bisexual, homosexual, heterosexual, lesbian or whose inclinations are “not known”.” The council says it’s trying to broaden its definition of diversity.
Synchronized Shakespeare
“More than 35 simultaneous performances of plays by Shakespeare are to take place around the world on April 23 to mark his 444th birthday. The shows – which include a Russian production of Much Ado About Nothing, featuring a mail-order bride, and a Serbian version of Romeo and Juliet – will all be performed by youth groups at 7pm, starting in New Zealand and ending in Hawaii.”
Life After Harry
Bloomsbury, the independent UK publisher that stumbled on the Harry Potter series and catapulted itself to international status on the back of the boy wizard, is hoping that the end of the series won’t mean a return to obscurity. “As well as discovering new authors – including, it hopes, the next Rowling – Bloomsbury seeks to make more of its archive.”
€100,000 Impac Shortlist Released
“The shortlist for the world’s largest literary award, the International Impac Dublin prize, was announced today with a selection of eight novels that further reinforce the prize’s already strong international credentials… The selection extends to books from Spain, Sri Lanka, Israel, Russia and Algeria.”
Are Business-Minded Leaders Killing The Arts?
“Filling the boards of arts companies with business appointees has been a dismal failure that has stifled creativity. That is the view of the international arts entrepreneur Justin Macdonnell, who wants a radical rethink of the way arts companies are run.”
Minister: UK Arts In Need Of Estrogen Influx
Are there too few women in leadership positions at UK arts organizations? The country’s culture minister says yes, and some of the men at the top of cultural groups agree. “We need women to reach the top in the arts, so that they can mentor and champion others.”