In Wednesday’s (4/29) Los Angeles Times, Mike Boehm and David Ng write, “The administrators of the Music Center oversee the venues at the heart of L.A.’s classical music and theater scene. The president of the Blue Ribbon [philanthropic organization] leads the Music Center’s oldest and largest fundraising ally—and she’s not happy about the way things are going. Carla Sands, who has led the Blue Ribbon since 2012, asserts that Music Center administrators spent too much money staging last year’s 50th anniversary bash.… Music Center officials declined to be interviewed but issued statements acknowledging fundraising problems. ‘There is no question it has been challenging to grow the fundraising capacity of the Music Center over the last few years,’ attorney Lisa Specht, who chairs the Music Center board, said in an email.… The Music Center comprises the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre.… Unlike some other L.A. arts organizations, the Music Center hasn’t seen a rebound in contributions amid the economic recovery from the Great Recession.”
Posted May 1, 2015
