Buffalo Philharmonic CEO Larry Ribits has apparently been fired, only days before the conclusion of the orchestra’s season. Official word from the Philharmonic’s board chairman is that the abrupt departure was Ribits’s own decision, but the head of the musicians’ union is publicly questioning that stance, and is also pointing out that no musicians, even those who serve on the board, were informed of the decision until Wednesday morning. Ribits’s fate may have been decided this past weekend, while he and the BPO were in New York City for a concert at Carnegie Hall.