Arts & Culture
Audience Accessibility a Refrain in San Antonio Symphony’s 2018-19 Season
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The San Antonio Symphony announces its 2018-19 season, featuring a Spring Culinary Festival, a popular Broadway singer, and a focus on accessibility.
Arts & Culture
New City-County Task Force Aims To Steer SA Symphony to Stability
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The City-County Symphony Transformation Task Force is charged with putting the San Antonio Symphony on stronger long-term financial footing.
Arts & Culture
He’s Got Next: Spurs Star Pau Gasol Joins San Antonio Symphony Advisory Board
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Pau Gasol, the San Antonio Spurs’ center, has joined the San Antonio Symphony’s advisory board, symphony officials announced Monday.
Arts & Culture
Smaller SA Arts Groups: Love the Symphony, But What About Us?
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Leaders of smaller San Antonio nonprofit arts organizations have expressed concern that too much attention and money have gone to the Symphony, potentially at their expense.
Commentary
As Recent Scandals Prove, Public Officials Fail at Due Diligence
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When it comes to public policy, it is easy to get caught up in the “scandal of the day” and miss the larger picture.
Arts & Culture
Sorgi Steps Down As SA Symphony Union Negotiating Chair
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With a new labor contract in place, SA Symphony violinist Craig Sorgi is stepping down as the chair of the musicians’ negotiating committee.
Gov & Politics
County Approves $350,000 in Matching Funds For SA Symphony
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Bexar County Commissioners approved a $350,000 matching grant Friday to fund the San Antonio Symphony that will come from money earlier set aside for Tricentennial support.
Arts & Culture
Stayin’ Alive: The SA Symphony’s Challenge To Fill Seats and Cashbox
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The San Antonio Symphony currently ranks 55th in terms of national orchestra budgets, says conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Whether recent outpourings of community support can give the struggling Symphony the sustainable future it needs remains an open question.
Arts & Culture
A New Era for ‘The People’s Symphony,’ Debt-Free and Focused on Audience Development
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Viability is a major issue for the San Antonio Symphony, which has struggled to recruit and maintain large corporate and individual donors in its recent past.
Arts & Culture
SA Symphony Pays Homage to MLK with Music of Ellington, Beethoven
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The concept of heroism and heroes looms large in this weekend’s SA Symphony concerts, which features selections to honor Martin Luther King Jr.