It has now been more than a year since musicians were locked out of the Minnesota Orchestra during an ongoing contract dispute. Music director Osmo Vänskä has resigned, as have other key staff members. In the weeks since Vänskä's resignation, informal conversations between representatives of the Minnesota Orchestra musicians and management ended abruptly after just two meetings.
Many observers have begun looking for alternate solutions, rather than continuing to hope for a negotiated settlement. Some have even suggested that the musicians leave the orchestra for good--to form their very own orchestra.
Attorney Lee Henderson, a member of the community-based group "SOS: Save Osmo," wrote an editorial urging the musicians and community to work together towards establishing a new symphony orchestra. Here's an excerpt from his editorial that appeared in Minneapolis' StarTribune on November 12:
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