Marcus Maroney wrote:

>Don Satz wrote:
>
>>It's acceptable to me because it makes sense.  "Stars" pull in audiences;
>>orchestra members do not.
>
>As an "orchestra member", I take great offense to this.  Let's see someone
>go pay to see a conductor conduct an empty stage.   How big an audience
>would that bring in?

Guess this is a problem for me...on those rare occasions that I do attend
a concert, I am there for the music.

Karl