Less Than A Decade Ago, The Detroit Symphony Seemed Doomed. Now, It’s Thriving

On top of a declining audience and debt, the orchestra had to weather a huge loss of endowment value during the Great Recession, a very bitter 2010-11 strike, and the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy. Now the DSO is expecting its seventh consecutive balanced budget, lower ticket prices and concerts in Detroit neighborhoods have led to a spurt of audience growth that includes students, and the orchestra made its first overseas tour in 16 years, wowing audiences in China and Japan. And much of the credit for all this good news goes to CEO Anne Parsons. – The Detroit News