“The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has moved two concerts from the Music Center at Strathmore to the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore as contract negotiations between Strathmore and its ticket sellers union remain at an impasse,” writes Peggy McGlone in Thursday’s (9/17) Washington Post. “The orchestra relocated the performances, scheduled for Sept. 25 and Oct. 2, from the North Bethesda venue to ‘give Strathmore more time and space to negotiate’ with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 868, according to a BSO statement. The orchestra must also finalize its license agreement with Strathmore, explained Tonya McBride Robles, BSO vice president and chief operating officer. The Strathmore ticket sellers, who have been working without a contract for almost two years, voted unanimously last month to authorize a strike, officials said. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is a founding partner of Strathmore, where it has performed since it opened in 2005…. Strathmore typically hosts about 400 events annually in its three venues, although like most performing arts venues it has been mostly dark because of covid-19…. ‘We are committed to continuing collaborative conversations with Strathmore and look forward to returning to our second home once an agreement has been reached,’ Robles said.”
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