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Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Slatkin Speaks (sorta)

Tue, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 12/3/2010 edition of the Detroit Free Press published an article by Mark Stryker that reports Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) music director, Leonard Slatkin, referenced the two month old strike in a piece he wrote for his website, leonardslatin.com. Slatkin starts out by writing “Weather forecast. Stormy with little chance of sun. Temperatures remain chilly
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Joe Horowitz: Orchestra Musicians “should no longer expect to work full time”

Wed, Dec 12, 2010
by Drew McManus
WDET News broadcast a segment by Noah Ovshinsky on 11/29/2010 that examines the work rule and job description issues related to the ongoing Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) labor dispute. Clearly, this is one of the more contentious issues and in the course of examining the topic, Ovishnsky includes what might be considered inflammatory commentary from
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Catching Up On Loose Ends In Detroit

Thu, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
Since so many of us in the business are still working longer hours than usual, I’m guessing that more than a few of you are using the extra time today to catch up on news etc. so I thought it would be useful to review some of the recent news coming out of Detroit…
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Regrettable Indifference In Detroit

Wed, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
The 11/20/2010 edition of The Guardian published an article by Ed Pilkington that examines the ongoing labor dispute at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). For the most part, Pilkington’s articles covers the typical back story points but one item in particular is very new and has the potential for lurching the conflict to a new
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Jumping The Gun

Thu, Nov 11, 2010
by Drew McManus
Whenever an orchestra goes out on strike, it isn’t unusual for folks to get a little jumpy and the bigger the group that strikes, the jumpier folks get. Case in point, not long after the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) went on strike, I started receiving messages from readers asking when I was going to write
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