Delaware Symphony Puts Off Next Season to Reassess Budget
June 7, 2012 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra is suspending its 2012-13 season to analyze its finances and focus on attracting new supporters, reports The News Journal of Wilmington.
In a May 31 letter to musicians, the orchestra said it “cannot financially sustain our programming and cannot go forward with the next season as originally planned.” The organization has also reorganized its board as part of an overall restructuring of its business plan.
Executive director Lee Williamson said the suspension will allow the century-old symphony to “step back” while spending the summer assessing its $2-million-a-year operations and seeking money from “those individuals who are interested in the future of orchestral music in Delaware.”
Ms. Williamson and the new board chair, Ann Hamilton, said there are no plans for the orchestra to file for bankruptcy. They said they could not comment on whether musicians will be paid during the hiatus because the organization is in contract talks with the players’ union.
