San Antonio, Texas, is a huge city by American standards, and yet, its orchestra is the very definition of small time, with stagnant wages, an undersized complement of musicians, and a board that seems either uninterested or incapable of raising even the bare minimum that the organization needs to avoid crisis every few years. “The board’s timidity indicates economic leadership that doesn’t have the will, energy or ambition to lead — that likes to claim the title of a major city but doesn’t want to work very hard to make it so.”