tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post2209672700023041484..comments2023-11-03T09:05:31.265-04:00Comments on Soho the Dog: Berkshire beak-wettingMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-55271332341915777832007-04-16T15:24:00.000-04:002007-04-16T15:24:00.000-04:00The $75 charge is most mystifying because it just ...The $75 charge is most mystifying because it just wouldn't raise that much money. How many volunteers do they have? A few hundred, tops? The charge would make virtually no difference to the bottom line (certainly not enough to offset the bad publicity). It may, however, weed out volunteers management considers freeloaders. That's the best explanation, I'd say. Also, it's worth noting that many other orchestras require donations from their "volunteers."<BR/><BR/>Of course, the deeper trend remains - rapturous praise for Levine's BSO and claims that it is broadening the orchestra's audience, etc., paralleled by a steady trickle of news stories about cutbacks and money problems.Thomas Garveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492010718011287860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-78163093022911774092007-04-15T15:00:00.000-04:002007-04-15T15:00:00.000-04:00Actually, my experience with the Seattle Symphony ...Actually, my experience with the Seattle Symphony was more bizzare than that.<BR/>I was a season subscriber, contributed money, helped build Soundbridge, and had more than 1000 hours of volunteer time when they booted me for reasons or prejudices I can make no sense of.<BR/>A volunteer strike sounds like a good idea.Lane Savanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678485361119088480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-8537025115531865982007-04-14T13:23:00.000-04:002007-04-14T13:23:00.000-04:00Well, they have to pay for all those "development"...Well, they have to pay for all those "development" consultants somehow.<BR/><BR/>Professional golf tournaments, by the way, are flirting with the same shabby treatment of their legions of volunteers, insisting for instance on a donation in order to work at a parking lot all day.<BR/><BR/>So I propose that elderly volunteers unite! If you have to pay, you're not a "volunteer." The organizations can damned well pay somebody else to do your "job" if they are that greedy.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-54660706606187871342007-04-14T13:06:00.000-04:002007-04-14T13:06:00.000-04:00The problem seems to be going around.I wonder if i...The problem seems to be going around.<BR/>I wonder if it is not related to the theory that Blair Tindall expressed in "Mozart in the Jungle" <BR/>Said theory being that an abundance of arts funding in the 60's and 70's or therabouts has created a "bubble" that is beginning to break, leaving the talentless rats and weasels feeding on it in a vulnerable position.<BR/>Typical of these sorts is to abuse and blame the innocent.Lane Savanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678485361119088480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-46747388345951958472007-04-12T21:37:00.000-04:002007-04-12T21:37:00.000-04:00That will backfire for sure....how ungrateful.That will backfire for sure....how ungrateful.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-81712674559186229582007-04-12T15:50:00.000-04:002007-04-12T15:50:00.000-04:00Charles, Alex: I know Tanglewood has lost money th...Charles, Alex: I know Tanglewood has lost money the past couple of seasons, but the public excuse for that was bad weather. (To be sure, the place does seem to be getting more rainy every summer.) If they're actually starting to <I>expect</I> a deficit on the summer season, that would be a big shift indeed. I think this is something I'm going to have to poke around in a little (after this semester's juries and recitals are over, that is).Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936327293692397100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-88895134440150005202007-04-12T13:03:00.000-04:002007-04-12T13:03:00.000-04:00A sad thanks for posting the link to this story. I...A sad thanks for posting the link to this story. It is now absolutely clear to me that the Tanglewood where I spent the summers of my childhood no longer exists.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-36747784564878584632007-04-12T01:11:00.000-04:002007-04-12T01:11:00.000-04:00Right, I was going to ask that. I was always under...Right, I was going to ask that. I was always under the impression that Tanglewood was a big revenue-generator for the BSO, as the Hollywood Bowl is for the LA Phil. If it too has become a "loss center," that's bad news for the organization, although it will take them an exceedingly long time to run through those Harvard-managed assets.Alex Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023216757229249122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-28106871556794934812007-04-11T22:13:00.000-04:002007-04-11T22:13:00.000-04:00What Alex said. Good grief.What Alex said. Good grief.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-54166258623147177582007-04-11T21:35:00.000-04:002007-04-11T21:35:00.000-04:00I'm also amazed that Tanglewood is now losing mone...I'm also amazed that Tanglewood is now losing money - when I was a fellow there in 1994-1995, it was making money for the rest of the season, enough, I was told, to subsidize the entire Tanglewood Music Center. I'd be curious what sort of management missteps led to this situation.nobleviolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653908801175490728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32354680.post-48041787973646739692007-04-11T20:10:00.000-04:002007-04-11T20:10:00.000-04:00Very stupid indeed, especially coming from an orch...Very stupid indeed, especially coming from an orchestra with a $350-million-dollar endowment.Alex Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08023216757229249122noreply@blogger.com