“In fiscal year 2015, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra won a Grammy award, got raves at Carnegie Hall, rejoiced in a string of significant anniversaries, hired a new president and CEO, sold more tickets, received more donations and moved closer to a balanced budget,” for the fiscal year ended August 31, writes Sarah Bryan Miller in Tuesday’s (11/10) St. Louis Post-Dispatch. President and CEO Marie-Hélène Bernard said it was a year “filled with celebrations … citing the Grammy win … for ‘City Noir’ … [Music Director David] Robertson’s celebrating his own [tenth] anniversary by spotlighting 50 orchestra players as soloists, ‘along with posting the finest financial results in 15 or 16 years.’ … There was a $12 million increase in endowment and capital support; the endowment in August stood at $167.2 million. The operating deficit was $1.6 million, an improvement of $583,000 from 2014’s operating deficit of $2.2 million, the smallest deficit this century. The planned deficit was funded by special donor gifts; the orchestra does not carry accumulated deficits from earlier seasons.” Said Bernard, “This organization is really turning an important corner in its history, and I think it’s poised to embrace a new stage in its long life.”
Posted November 11, 2015
Pictured: David Robertson leads the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Scott Ferguson
