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Article: CLASSICAL DILEMMA : Paying for that symphony orchestra.(Brief Article)
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- Commonweal
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- December 21, 2001
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Astagnant U.S. economy and complex world events have cast a shadow over North America's orchestral landscape. In California, the San Jose Symphony, with a $2.5 million deficit and declining attendance after 123 years of performances, has gone out of business. The orchestra had been counting on 60 percent of its $8 million annual budget from contributions and 40 percent from ticket sales, expectations that were cruelly disappointed. The San Jose Mercury News noted mournfully that the local symphony was "older than all the other arts groups in the city, not to mention most of the buildings. It has been and should be an important part of the community's cultural life. But age ...
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Article: San Jose orchestra bankrupt
The Scotsman;
July 29, 2002 ;
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...THE San Jose Symphony is to file for bankruptcy protection next month ... to shut down the 123-year-old orchestra, leaving San Jose as the largest US city without a symphony orchestra. The symphony has debts of more than $3 million (GBP ...
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