Another Orchestra Is Gone

Although it was posted here on Arts Journal a few days ago, I wanted to mention that another small orchestra recently closed its doors forever: the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque has announced they will file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

I don’t claim to know what impact the ensemble had on the local Albuquerque community, but I could see from their web site (I think it’s a very tasteful website, much nicer than many other small orchestra web sites) that they gave seven concerts over the course of last year and have been in operation for 29 seasons.

So this certainly wasn’t just a pick-up group comprised of a bunch of gig players.

I also know that there isn’t an awful lot going on in Albuquerque compared to other large cities in the south-west, so in that respect loosing this orchestra will be a real loss for that community.