In Friday’s (9/9) Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), Elizabeth Kramer reports, “The Louisville Orchestra on Thursday canceled the four concerts it was scheduled to perform in November because of the discord between management and musicians over a new collective bargaining agreement. The prior contract expired May 31. Orchestra CEO Robert Birman said Thursday evening that the orchestra has set a policy to cancel any concerts at least 60 days in advance if the orchestra and its musicians do not have an agreement. … The concerts include performances on Nov. 4 at the Brown Theatre and Nov. 5 at the Ogle Center at Indiana University Southeast, both with Beethoven Symphony No. 6 on the program; the Nov. 12 performance with Brian Stokes Mitchell that was scheduled for the Kentucky Center’s Whitney Hall; and a performance titled ‘Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies’ on Nov. 19 in Whitney Hall. The orchestra filed for Chapter 11 in December, and its plan to emerge from bankruptcy was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Aug. 15.”
Posted September 9, 2011
