Detroit Symphony Cancels Season as Musicians Strike - NYTimes.com →

“The management of the debt-burdened Detroit Symphony Orchestra canceled the rest of its season on Saturday [today], after executives and the players failed to resolve a strike that has lasted four and a half months.”

The news, posted on the DSO’s Web site: http://blog.detroitsymphony.com/2011/02/musicians-rejection-of-dso-final-offer-causes-suspension-of-remaining-dso-orchestral-season/

See also: earlier post from November 4 – around the time of the start of the musicians’ work stoppage/strike.

It’s always interesting to see how organizations and their communities rebound from such situations. 

Via go:

We don’t think we’ll find anything more inspiring on the Internet today. This project is incredible.

reblogged via curiositycounts:

Underheard in New York – lovely project gives New York’s homeless a voice via social technology

Arts matters:

From Toronto’s Creative Trust:

The results of Creative Trust’s Audience Engagement Survey – a first-time, collaborative initiative by Toronto’s [small to mid-size] creative performing arts companies – were released today and are available on our website [PDF here]. The survey made it possible for 20 participating companies to hear directly from their audiences on what motivates them to attend and what helps them connect more deeply with the work they see on stage. The initiative brought music, theatre, opera and dance companies together to learn how to design and plan programs and activities – both individually and collectively – which intensify the impact of their audiences’ experience and stimulate attendance

(via Survey of 3,662 Toronto audience members released today)