At Carnegie Hall, a Season of Change and Dissonance Full story at:

   http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/25/arts/25HALL.html

Reading there requires registration,.  which is free.  The articles now
stay up 2 weeks, and while they allow us to e-mail articles to even an
email group, I'm not sure that's kosher.

Excerpts below:

   October 25, 2000
   By DOREEN CARVAJAL

   Carnegie Hall has been swept by a wave of resignations and dismissals
   as its new executive director prepares to present a strategy that
   will bring significant change to this 109-year-old landmark institution.

   In an unusual atmosphere of apprehension and resentment, five of
   the hall's top executives have resigned or been dismissed in the
   past six weeks, two yesterday.  None of those who left would comment
   on the reasons, but a growing resentment directed at the management
   style of the executive director, Franz Xaver Ohnesorg, has manifested
   itself in widespread grumbling among employees, anonymous letters to
   the news media and ugly graffiti scratched on the inner door of Mr.
   Ohnesorg's concert box.

   The anxiety ran so high that staff members were informed yesterday
   that the hall's board had hired an outside consultant to speak with
   them privately about their concerns and to report back to the trustees.

   The announcement of this hiring came at an extraordinary private
   meeting with 30 hall employees called by Isaac Stern, the revered
   violinist who spearheaded the campaign to save Carnegie Hall from
   the wrecker's ball 40 years ago and who has since served as its
   president.  Mr.  Stern, still recovering from heart surgery, traveled
   from his home in Connecticut to meet with the employees, many of whom
   he has known for years.  ...

The rest is at the URL at the start of this note and includes plans to
include rap in the future, which was interesting.

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