The CEO of the 28-year-old chamber orchestra blames “the orchestra’s inability to reach an agreement with [the musicians’ union]. … For much of this year, Orchestra Nova had been in talks with the union over salary increases and the proposed change from typical yearlong contracts to concert-by-concert contracts for musicians.”
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Musical America’s 2012 Awards
The annual awards were presented in New York.
What Happened To The British Empire Museum’s Lost Artifacts?
The former chairman of the board of the now-closed museum says “it was fair to say that ‘dozens’ of items were unaccounted for but also admitted that it may never be known exactly how many objects went missing. ‘It’s hard to be mathematically precise,’ he said.”
Taking Fiction Out Of The Curriculum: Remarkably Stupid Idea
“The first time I write in a new format–travel essay, screenplay, apology e-mail–I read a bunch of examples. But when I want my writing to improve, I read something that forces me to think about words differently.”