“The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday that its board of directors has adopted a five-year master plan aimed at fixing longstanding financial problems,” writes Mary Carole McCauley in Tuesday’s (2/11) Baltimore Sun. “The BSO has a deadline of Feb. 23 deadline to present its blueprint for restoring the orchestra to solvency to the Maryland General Assembly. ‘We wanted people to know that we’re rapidly making progress,’ said Peter Kjome, the BSO’s president and CEO, ‘even though we’re not releasing every detail of the multi-year plan today.’ … The issue of season length will likely be resolved in the next collective bargaining agreement…. The current one-year contract expires Sept. 7…. Next year’s season … is likely to feature mini-festivals organized around a specific theme.… Beginning next season, the BSO will begin live-streaming at least some concerts…. Earlier this year, the BSO began a ‘Symphony in the City’ series of four free concerts located in Baltimore neighborhoods.… The orchestra will also perform more concerts in rural areas of Maryland…. A new, $1 million gift from the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds … brings the total of donations pledged since early December to $8.25 million.”
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