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https://www.icsom.org/senzasordino/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Allan-Kolsky-Photo.jpg9501280In 35 years as an orchestral clarinetist, I’ve held contracts with three ICSOM orchestras. Two of those orchestras tragically went bankrupt (the New Orleans Symphony in 1991 and the Syracuse Symphony in 2011). But through the courage, hard work and dedication of my colleagues, both of these orchestras successfully reorganized as musician-run “cooperative” ensembles: The... [Read more]