Binghamton Cancels Opening Concert. Reasons Unclear.
The latest labor dispute to cancel scheduled 2015-2016 concert event activity transpired this week at New York’s Binghamton Philharmonic. The orchestra’s board made the decision to cancel their opening concert after failing to reach a mediated agreement with musicians for a new collective bargaining agreement after the previous agreement expired on 5/21/15. The orchestra’s FY2012 990 lists $1.6 million in expenses and according to both sides, the crux of the dispute …