With American orchestras struggling to stay open and solve their finances, even big orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony are having to re-evaluate their positions. “Our moment of fiscal truth is fast approaching. There is a new labor contract to be negotiated next year, and many are expecting a dogfight. Whoever succeeds Henry Fogel as president and CEO of the CSO Association must satisfy the board’s mandate to trim costs while satisfying musicians that he or she is maintaining the CSO’s competitive edge among the Big Five U.S. orchestras. All this will place an unusually heavy burden on the CSO’s next top administrator.”