I have never seen any harm in organisations of special interest groups
being formed by like minded people. Once formed, they may wish to exclude
people without their special interest.
Here in Brisbane we have two pretty good orchestras - you should all look
out for their recordings - who seem to have a reasonable mix of male and
female, young and old, string players and woodwinds ...:-)>
The problem with the VPO seems to be its claim to be "the best" (always an
impossible claim) and the fact that they restrict employment for female
players in Vienna. Perhaps if they could be persuaded to adopt truth in
advertising and call themselves the VMPO most of the problems would solve
themselves.
Alan Dudley
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