Atlanta Symphony Bosses Pushed For New World Symphony-Style Internship Model

The orchestra’s musicians say, and parent organization Woodruff Arts Center does not deny, that both the departed ASO president and Woodruff leaders argued “that the number of full-time tenured musicians of the ASO should be permanently reduced, and resulting vacancies could be filled with alumni from the ASO’s Talent Development Program (TDP), who would perform in an ‘internship’ capacity.”