In Friday’s (9/30) Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York), Melinda Johnson reports, “M & T Bank has closed the books on what’s left of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. The bank’s regional president Allen J. Naples announced the dispersal of the SSO’s assets to three community groups at a news conference this morning at the Onondaga Historical Association. The bank was the main secured creditor for SSO assets when it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in May. Naples said the orchestra’s instruments, including a Steinway piano, and computer and electronic equipment would be donated to the Cultural Resources Council of Syracuse and Onondaga County. The SSO’s sheet music, considered to be the most valuable asset, will be given to the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University. Onondaga Historical Association will receive the orchestra’s archives, albums and paintings. … Jon Garland, spokesman for the former SSO musicians, is encouraged by the placement of the instruments and music library. ‘I think it’s positive all the assets are remaining in the community,’ he said. Garland expects the SSO sheet music will be available to Symphony Syracuse, a temporary orchestra former SSO musicians started in late spring.”
Posted September 30, 2011
