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In Tuesday\u2019s (4\/10) Detroit News<\/em><\/a>, Lawrence B. Johnson writes, \u201cOne year after the end of a debilitating six-month-long strike, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has regained its footing among its audiences. However, long-term financial issues still threaten the orchestra\u2019s future. The DSO is upbeat about its progress. It cites an upswing in ticket sales, plans to expand its successful worldwide webcasts and even a benefit concert next month with chart-topper Kid Rock. And the orchestra has raised nearly $8 million toward its annual goal of $12 million in contributions to its operating fund. That\u2019s 51 percent higher than this time last year and from 36 percent more donors. \u2026 Three factors are keeping the DSO\u2019s financial health in doubt: a $54 million building bond for The Max M. Fisher Music Center, on which the DSO has stopped making payments; a fast-dwindling unrestricted endowment; and continued annual deficits. \u2026 The DSO isn\u2019t the only orchestra in trouble. \u2018Everyone\u2019s endowment has suffered declines,\u2019 said Jesse Rosen, president and CEO of the League of American Orchestras. \u2018But there\u2019s no uniformity. The effects have been quite severe to less so. \u2026 All orchestras are facing a shift in audiences\u2014what draws and how to adapt to the public\u2019s changing habits. Detroit has been in the forefront of that (adaptation process).\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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In Tuesday\u2019s (4\/10) Detroit News<\/em>, Lawrence B. Johnson writes, \u201cOne year after the end of a debilitating six-month-long strike, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has regained its footing among its audiences. However, long-term financial issues still threaten the orchestra\u2019s future. The DSO is upbeat about its progress. 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