The Richmond Symphony has announced the receipt of it’s largest single donation to it’s Annual Fund. The $250,000 donation challenges the RSO to raise an additional matching $250K. Read on for the full press release.
December 2005
Monthly Archive
Thu 22 Dec 2005
Thu 15 Dec 2005
New Executive Director and Treasurer for VAPAF
Posted by Scott Cochran under Orchestra , VAPAFNo Comments
Last night Bob Mooney was elected Executive Director and James B. Hartough was elected Treasurer of the VAPAF. Mooney is volunteering his services and has indicated he is only filling the position temporarily until a permanent director can be found. Judy Ford’s position as fundraiser for the VAPAF remains unfilled.
The Times-Dispatch has this story.
Mon 12 Dec 2005
From the ROPA mailing list:
The Toledo Blade is running this story about orchestras in small cities. The article quotes Cathy Maciariello from the Mellon Foundation and discusses the Toledo Symphony and several other small orchestras.
Tue 6 Dec 2005
Community response to Audubon Quartet lawsuit
Posted by StacyMarkowitz under UncategorizedNo Comments
Dear Friends of the Audubon Quartet and Chamber Music Lovers Everywhere:
Concerned members of the Blacksburg, Virginia community have authored a declaration/petition, which calls for an end to David Ehrlich’s treatment of his former colleagues of the Audubon Quartet, Doris Lederer, and Clyde (Tom) Shaw and Akemi Takayama. When these three quartet members fired Mr. Ehrlich in February 2000 in order to preserve the musical integrity, organizational health, and viability of the Audubon Quartet, he chose to respond with lawsuits.
After a long series of misadventures with courts in Pennsylvania and Virginia, plus the federal Bankruptcy Court, the three members of the Quartet are now faced with imminent court-ordered liquidation of their personal property, including musical instruments and one home. Mr. Ehrlich will collect his former colleagues’ worldly goods on the grounds, among others, of having lost his job at Virginia Tech.
To express support for the members of the Audubon Quartet, we ask you to sign a community declaration and/or a petition to Dr. Charles Steger, President of Virginia Tech (the Quartet’s former employer and Mr. Ehrlich’s current employer), asking for his assistance in resolving the dispute without punitive confiscations.
For more information on how to express your disapproval of David Ehrlich’s actions, please visit the following website:
Also, please feel free to pass this information along to your friends on your mailing list.
If you have already signed the on-line declaration/petition, we thank you for your support!