Topics:
Briefly Behind Bars-KCS musicians play for a captive audience (Michael Gordon)
Columbus Symphony Orchestra Outreach (Betsy Sturdevant)
Chairperson's Report-Walls and Bridges (Bruce Ridge)
Recent Contract Negotiations of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Steve Lester & John Hagstrom)
Librarian Elections at the Kennedy Center-Another example of Armour-Globe elections (Barbara Jaccoma)
The Gershwin Critical Edition (Mark Clague)
Secretary's Report-Media, royalties, pension, and lawsuits (Laura Ross)
The St Louis Symphony Sells Modern Music (Chris Woehr)
Orchestra Newslets-Baltimore, Boston, Nashville, San Francisco Ballet, Minnesota, Rochester, National, New York Philharmonic
Topics:
Grand Rapids' Historic Contract
Oregon Symphony Ratifies New Three-Year Contract with Raises (Well, Sort of)
Chairperson's Report: Hello I Must Be Going
Congratulations, You're an Employee (Right?)
Community Service Lauded
A Collective Tribute to Bruce Ridge
New Jersey Site Visit
Emeritus Musings
Newslets: Nashville, Chicago, Utah
Dropping the Mute
Topics:
The Road to the Picket Line
Conference Report
Chairperson’s Report: The Nature of ICSOM
ICSOM on the Pitch: Of baseball and orchestras
Opera Down Under
Protecting Our Greatest Asset
Performance for Peace
Newslets: Detroit, Nashville, Los Angeles, Buffalo
Adopted Resolutions of the 2016 Conference
Topics:
Down to the Wire
Growth Not Cuts: A Done Deal
Chairperson’s Report: Pit Against the Money
Whack-a-Mole with the New Business Model
A Week of Relief
Newslets: Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, National, Detroit, Minnesota, Kennedy Center
Readers Respond:On past media negotiations
Dropping the Mute
Houston Symphony Orchestra
The Houston Symphony at Carnegie Hall