Minnesota Orchestra offers dates for negotiations and concerts
Minnesota Orchestra musicians can negotiate during a lockout—like SPCO musicians did
Additional classical subscription concerts are cancelled; Summer classical concerts are announced
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Minnesota Orchestra engages AKA Strategy to conduct independent financial review
Following a recent breakdown in discussions with the Musicians’ Union over the terms of a joint independent financial review, the Minnesota Orchestral Association has engaged AKA Strategy, a New York-based consulting firm, to conduct an independent financial review of the Orchestra that will begin immediately. The Orchestra also announced two additional weeks of concert cancellations through May 12.
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Minnesota Orchestra Board invites Musicians to speak at Board meeting
The Minnesota Orchestra Board of Directors has invited the Musicians’ Union Negotiating Committee to address the Board at a specially-scheduled meeting at the end of April. The invitation, which comes in response to a standing request from the players to speak before the Board, was offered by the Board last week and is currently being considered by the Union.
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Minnesota Orchestra, Union agree on firms to conduct independent financial review
The Minnesota Orchestral Association and the Musicians’ Union have agreed on two financial consultants, both based in New York, to conduct an independent financial review of the organization. Discussions are continuing to settle on specific terms of the review, which will be jointly funded by the Orchestral Association and the musicians. In a separate study, the Orchestral Association will conduct a fundraising feasibility study to accurately gauge any new funding levels available in the community to support the musicians’ contract.
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Minnesota Orchestra cancels concerts through April 27
The Minnesota Orchestral Association announced today that it has cancelled further concert performances through Saturday, April 27, 2013, noting that nearly a year into contract negotiations its musicians have yet to put forward a counterproposal and no contract settlement has been reached. All ticketholders of affected concerts are being contacted and offered a variety of options including the opportunity to exchange tickets for a future concert or receive a full refund.
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BIS releases second album in Minnesota Orchestra's cycle of Sibelius symphonies
The Swedish label BIS Records has released the second recording of the Minnesota Orchestra’s acclaimed Sibelius symphonies series, a disc that includes the First Symphony, the work that confirmed Sibelius’ status as a Finnish national hero, and the enigmatic, starkly emotional Fourth Symphony.
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Minnesota Orchestra cancels concerts through April 7
Four programs are cancelled and four are rescheduled as negotiations continue
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- Minnesota Orchestra suggests terms for joint independent financial review
- Minnesota Orchestra cancels one additional week of February concerts
- Minnesota Orchestra Board outlines four points to initiate progress in negotiations with Musicians' Union
- Minnesota Orchestra cancels or reschedules concerts through February 10
- Fiscal 2012 independent audit released: Minnesota Orchestra posts deficit of $6 million
- Minnesota Orchestra December concerts cancelled or rescheduled to next season
- Minnesota Orchestra Board to accept offer to speak at Board meeting after musicians return to table with substantive proposal
- Concerts cancelled through November 25
- Minnesota Orchestra offers final contract proposal to musicians
- Seven emerging composers chosen for 2013 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute
- Sommerfest Artistic Director Andrew Litton extends contract with Minnesota Orchestra
- Minnesota Orchestra presents two concurrent events at Symphony Ball 2012: "Music of the Night" and "Crash the Ball"
- A thank you to our audiences and patrons
- Minnesota Orchestra visits Willmar for weeklong Common Chords festival of concerts and community activities
- Minnesota Orchestra announces Jazz series lineup for 2012-2013
- 2012-13 Inside the Classics season features Brahms' First, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Britten's Young Person's Guide reimagined
- Minnesota Orchestra premieres Acadia, major new work by Judd Greenstein funded through hundreds of audience donations
- Minnesota Orchestra announces 2012-13 U.S. Bank Pops Season
- Minnesota Orchestra announces plans for 2012-13 classical season, to be held at the Auditorium of the Minneapolis Convention Center
- BIS releases first album in Minnesota Orchestra's cycle of Sibelius symphonies
- Minnesota Orchestra shares achievements of 2010-11 season in Annual Meeting
- New biography Seeking the Infinite explores life of Conductor Laureate Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
- Minnesota Orchestra names Erin Keefe as new concertmaster
- Minnesota Orchestra surpasses $20,000 fundraising goal for innovative Musical MicroCommission project
- Minnesota Orchestra visits Grand Rapids for weeklong Common Chords festival
- Minnesota Orchestra Fantasy Camp Offers Immersion Experience for Amateur Musicians, Sept. 15-16
- BIS releases Minnesota Orchestra album of Beethoven Piano Concertos No. 4 and 5
- Minnesota Orchestra to perform 2012-13 season in Minneapolis Convention Center Auditorium
- Target donates $5 million toward Orchestra Hall renovation
- Introducing Minnesota Orchestra Music On Demand
- BIS releases Minnesota Orchestra's recording of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony
- Minnesota Orchestra and Toronto architects KPMB unveil designs for expansion of Orchestra Hall
- Hyperion releases two-disc set of Tchaikovsky piano concertos, featuring Minnesota Orchestra and Stephen Hough
- Sound Space Design appointed by Minnesota Orchestra as acoustical consultant in Orchestra Hall renovation
- Sarah Hicks named Minnesota Orchestra's Principal Conductor of Pops and Presentations
- Minnesota Orchestra appoints celebrated Toronto architects KPMB to design renewal and expansion of Orchestra Hall

