The San Antonio Symphony orchestra has been on on strike for nine months. It started with an emergency modification of the existing contract, know as a collective bargaining agreement, in the summer of 2020. I know from personal experience that by far the biggest expense for an orchestra are the musician salaries. Everything else is pretty cheap in comparison. And that has to be balanced by earned income (from ticket sales and subscriptions), donations from music lovers, grants from foundations and governments (pretty paltry in Texas), and cash generated from the endowment. It’s a delicate balancing act every year for an organization of this type.
The Death of a Symphony
The Death of a Symphony
The Death of a Symphony
The San Antonio Symphony orchestra has been on on strike for nine months. It started with an emergency modification of the existing contract, know as a collective bargaining agreement, in the summer of 2020. I know from personal experience that by far the biggest expense for an orchestra are the musician salaries. Everything else is pretty cheap in comparison. And that has to be balanced by earned income (from ticket sales and subscriptions), donations from music lovers, grants from foundations and governments (pretty paltry in Texas), and cash generated from the endowment. It’s a delicate balancing act every year for an organization of this type.