Steve Schwartz wrote:

>As to losing money - the whole damn season loses money.  A symphony
>orchestra season simply doesn't pay its way in most venues.  If you're
>going to lose money anyway, lose it on something that takes a risk and
>extends the audience's experience.

You can't take this too far.  There's money and there's MONEY.  ORchestras
run in debt all the time, but I've seen orchestras go under or be forced to
cut back if they go *too* far in debt.

Roger Hecht