Ever noticed how things go in seasons? Awards season, concerts announcement season, and right now it's financial results season (as well as end-of-year review season and nearly next-year-preview season). For some orchestras this has proved uncomfortable, underlining bitter disputes (Minnesota) or just particularly tough times (Milwaukee).
But there are better news stories. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and this is especially cheering as its home city has had so many problems lately (and the orchestra itself has had its share of grief in recent years, with a strike that lasted six months), is doing well. Not only has it not made a loss, the first time that has happened in five years, it has even made a profit. I'll write that again. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has made a profit. A small one. But a profit! It does rather feel like someone has spotted the dodo.
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