A report today from Iraq says the Baghdad Philharmonic is still in
business, giving concerts, apparently mostly of music with political
undertones, such as a composition called "To the UN."

The musicians are paid $3 a month - and that's slightly better than in
Northern California's largest city, where the San Jose Symphony members
get zilch while operations are suspended.

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/13/MN152757.DTL

Janos Gereben/SF
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