Posted by Rick Denney on January 11, 2001 at 18:53:26:
In Reply to: Symphony Opening Rumor posted by Hopeful on January 11, 2001 at 18:16:01:
This is interesting, if true. The Fort Worth Symphony has been fund-raising and upgrading in the last few years, having gone from around 50 full-time musicians to 74 full-time musicians as of the current season. Don was a part-timer, with his main gig at North Texas. I wonder if the rumor, if true, is at all connected with this trend?
It's funny. Dallas is a better-sounding symphony, and with Litton has been more adventurous than in previous years, but for the years that I lived in Texas I thought Fort Worth always had more sense of adventure with programming. Dallas was always a bit too conservative, which is just the opposite of what you'd expect if you didn't live there.
But Dallas has been upgrading too, ever since moving into the Myerson.
Rick "Flamebait: Cowtown has more culture" Denney