All Entries Tagged With: "JAX"
Jacksonville CEO Resigns
According to a report published online at the Jacksonville Times-Union by Roger Bull, Jacksonville symphony Orchestra CEO, Alan Hopper, has resigned and plans to officially step down within the next few months…
Onto The Business Of Fundraising In Jacksonville
The Jacksonville Symphony Association (JSA) and the Jacksonville Symphony Players’ Association (JSPA) distributed a joint press release today announcing details for the Radiothon fundraising event scheduled this weekend…
BREAKING NEWS: Tentative Agreement in Jacksonville
The musicians of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra released the following press release at 2:19PM CT announcing a tentative agreement which provides for Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra concerts to resume this week.
(UPDATE: The Jacksonville Symphony Association distributed a press release about approximately 90 minutes after the musician release. It is included at the end of this post)…
We Value Your Option (unless it means changing our plans)
Robert Levine, president of the Milwaukee Musicians Association, International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) chairman emeritus, former editor of Senza Sordino (ICSOM’s newsletter), and principal violist of the Milwaukee Symphony [Robert must have an industrial sized business card], posted an intriguing article at his blog about the Jacksonville Symphony negotiations. In his post, Robert compares current events in Jacksonville with his own experiences in Milwaukee when faced with a refusal to move from a pre-set final offer at the onset of negotiations…
Rhetoric On The Rise In Jacksonville
After a brief hiatus following the holiday season, the Jacksonville Symphony Association (JSA) and Jacksonville Symphony Players’ Association (JSPA) have resumed their respective public relations campaigns via the nine week long lockout. First up, was an opinion piece published on 1/8/2008 by the Florida Times-Union written by JSA past board chair and current board member, Steven T. Halverson…
Concert Cancellations And New Fundraising In Jacksonville
In an email message from 1/2/2008, Jacksonville Symphony Association (JSA) Executive Director, Alan Hopper, confirmed that the message appearing on the jsomusicians.org message board on 12/28/2007 was written by JSA executive board member Tom Beames (details of that letter are available here). Hopper also confirmed that personalized versions of the letter have been distributed to some individuals; however, there was no response to questions about whether or not Tom Beames plans to step down from the JSA board or if the board will ask him to resign…
Debunking Some Spin in Jacksonville
Among the attachments in the "Jacksonville Emails" is a copy of a Jacksonville Symphony Players’ Association (JSPA) press release from December 15, 2007 which Jacksonville Symphony Association (JSA) Board Chair, Jim Van Vleck, took the time to add what he described as "’modifications’ to their claims." Although only 158 words in length, the document provides an unfiltered look into how the JSA executive board leaders communicate with fellow board members about details surrounding the negotiations…
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