Locked out Musicians to perform Beethoven, Mozart (3 more labor stories at link)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/musicians-perform-beethoven-mozart

MINNEAPOLIS

Conducted by Hugh Wolff, the locked-out Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra will present two concerts Jan. 10-11 with featured soloists and the Minnesota Chorale.

Each concert will be at 8 p.m. at the Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota.

Selections will include works by Beethoven and Benjamin Britten and Mozart’s ‘Requiem.’ Wolf is former music director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

For tickets and more information, visit minnesotaorchestramusicians.org.

Lawn signs in support of the SPFT’s contract campaign are popping up across the city.

[catrose]

1. I wish it mentioned how we could support the musicians EOM

[Omaha Steve]

2. Here is the contact page to ask

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/contact

Let us know what you find out.

OS

[CatholicEdHead]

3. They have their own page here

http://www.minnesotaorchestramusicians.org/

[LuckyLib]

4. This is such a sad story. The MN Orchestra is premier, a gem of a talented group that was upended

by a governing group that had no idea had to run an orchestra in the 21st century. The Twin Cities is facing losing this group (the conductor has already resigned) because they are unable to figure out how to reward a group of this caliber and at the same time fund this world-class orchestra into the future. Minnesotans who love classical music are heartbroken. Step up and support the musicians -- they are going it alone!

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Even a screwed up city like Cleveland...

figured out how to keep a world class orchestra.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I still have my "Support Minnesota Orchestra Musicians" sign in my yard.

It's been there for many months, unfortunately, and probably will be there for months to come. Losing Osmo Vanska was a disaster; they won't be able to get a conductor of his caliber again for a long time, if ever. The board of directors is mostly a bunch of rich bankers who don't give a crap about music; as far as I can tell they were just in it for the prestige (which is pretty much gone by now). They were trying to run the orchestra like it was just another business. Fucking capitalist swine.