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