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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:56 is right.  And there are additional contributing factors (like the shutdown, the construction, a couple of individuals on the Council who have decided they're done supporting the National Phil, some leadership challenges and transitions at the Phil, some basic interpersonal/human interactions gone wrong, etc...)

The dollars it would take to close the gap now are really quite small.  The larger issues in the rent/funding model and the dynamics between the county and the Phil are more challenging.

The loss to the community is quite substantial - through the 2nd grade music program, the youth summer choral and string institutes, the "all kids free" ticket program, the  orchestral musicians who now need to find other income generators, the hundreds of musicians (volunteer and paid) who are without a musical home now (and bereft of the opportunity to perform in the beautiful hall), and on and on...

I am a part of the National Phil musical family, I am a longtime donor, I'm a parent and taxpayer in MoCo and I am crushed and dismayed by this failure to find a way to make things work.[/quote]

Agree with all of this, though I am not part of any kind of ‘musical’ family.  Wish they could have come up with a solution.  [/quote]

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