![]() ![]() “And this past Monday, we had a fundraiser at a private home, and it was called Mingle with Sebastian. “The league gave $100,000 towards these eight concerts that they’ve been performing in April, May and June,” Whitely said. The Symphony League was created to support the musicians, and they’ve done so in a big way. I’m a teacher for over 35 years, and I’m passionate about this symphony and these musicians,” Whitely said. “I’m vice president of education for the San Antonio Symphony League. Those needing to buy tickets were helped by Joan Whiteley. Hundreds of people from very casually-dressed to tuxedo-wearing ones filtered into First Baptist church for the performance. As they walked they chanted “Hey-hey, ho-ho, symphony board has got to go!” Mary’s and the First Baptist Church on McCullough. And we have our music director emeritus tonight, Sebastian Lang-Lessing.”Īfter the meeting, about 40 Union supporters marched the quarter mile between the Union hall on St. And we got more in June with our music director emeritus, Chris Wilkins,” said Petkovich. Musician Brian Petkovich has worked with First Baptist Church to schedule these concerts bringing the symphony back in front of the public despite being on strike. The Symphony Society of San Antonio manages the San Antonio Symphony but they’re at loggerheads with the musicians on sweeping pay cuts, and downsizing the full-time orchestra. ![]() ”We have elements in society here that are stepping forward to take up the slack and do what the governing board and upper management of the Symphony Society of San Antonio seem incapable of doing, which is to say sustaining and nurturing a full-sized, world-class orchestra,” Oppenheim said. Oppenheim said those who paid for tickets for Friday’s performance are helping those out-of-work musicians pay their bills. Union members had met to show solidarity with the striking musicians of Local #23, the musicians of the San Antonio Symphony. The Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony have been on strike since late last September, but they’ve still been staging occasional concerts for the public at the First Baptist Church.Īn hour before the concert at the Communications Workers of America Union Hall, Richard Oppenheim helped call the meeting to order by playing Star Spangled Banner with his saxophone. ![]()
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