“The supervisors called for the audit after reports earlier this year that the Music Center was struggling financially. A 50th anniversary gala celebration in December 2014 had fallen short of fundraising goals, and subsequently the Music Center began to cut staff, slashed a much-praised program that sent teaching artists into public schools and saw most of its department heads depart.”
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Opera Philadelphia To Switch Regular Fall Season To Festival Format
Beginning in 2017, the company will offer six productions – concentrating on contemporary works and traditional repertory in unusual stagings – over 12 days in September, just before the beginning of the regular concert season. Three additional productions will be presented from February to April.