April 11, 2013
Simon Crookall, who ended an often-stormy, seven-year run at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2012, has been hired to
take over the Hawaii Opera Theatre in May.
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April 9, 2013
Lou HarryThis year's event includes more promotion, more prize money—and an art installation of pianos on Monument Circle.
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March 21, 2013
Lou Harry, Dan HumanGary Ginstling is taking over an organization trying to address four years of deficits and a shrinking endowment. Days into
his new post, the CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra talks with IBJ about priorities, fundraising and keeping
musicians engaged.
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March 4, 2013
Dan HumanThe interim president and CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plans to leave the organization when her permanent replacement
takes over later this month.
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February 14, 2013
Dan HumanGary Ginstling acknowledges the heap of work that awaits him when he begins as CEO of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
on March 18.
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February 13, 2013
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced Wednesday that it has named Gary Ginstling as its new CEO. He replaces Simon
Crookall, who resigned suddenly in February 2012.
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February 9, 2013
Dan HumanThe ISO hopes that occasionally featuring classically trained artists who stray from traditional symphony conventions will
tap new audiences and fill empty seats.
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February 7, 2013
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra said Thursday that it far surpassed its $5 million goal for a fundraising campaign that
helped lock in a long-term contract for the ISO's musicians. The campaign raised a total of $8.5 million.
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February 3, 2013
Dan HumanPerformers had been working under a bridge agreement since a five-week lockout ended in October. At the time, the parties
agreed that a new, five-year contract would go into effect only if the symphony raised $5 million by Feb. 3.
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January 28, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians are hoping they'll be able to move forward with a new five-year labor contract
even though the ISO is still about $900,000 short of reaching an important $5 million fundraising target only a week before
the deadline.
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January 12, 2013
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has raised barely half the $5 million the organization says it needs by Feb. 3 to live
up to the terms of a contract it negotiated with musicians last fall.
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December 20, 2012
Dan HumanLilly Endowment has pledged $2 million to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on condition the performing arts group reaches
an important $5 million fundraising goal by Feb. 3.
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December 19, 2012
Associated PressThe donations from Jim Irsay and Herb Simon, combined with a $500,000 challenge grant from symphony board member Yvonne Shaheen,
bring the orchestra nearly halfway toward its goal of raising $5 million by Feb. 3.
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December 8, 2012
Lou HarryTradition, by definition, involves familiarity. And three of the top Indy on-stage holiday offerings embrace tradition in
their own way.
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December 3, 2012
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Society on Monday said its expenses exceeded revenue by $900,000 in the 2011-2012 fiscal year
despite $11.4 million in funding from its endowment.
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October 20, 2012
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra has until Feb. 3, 2013, to collect $5 million—almost as much as it typically raises
in a full year--or its five-year agreement with its musicians that’s set to kick in the following day will be nullified.
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October 16, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressManagement and musicians at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra have reached a labor-contract agreement, effectively ending
a month-long lockout, the musicians' union announced Tuesday morning.
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October 13, 2012
Bill Benner
The day the music dies--and I fervently hope it does not come to that--will be a day our city will be significantly diminished.
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October 8, 2012
Dan HumanIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians’ contract negotiations remain stalled and another week of concerts has been
canceled after a Saturday deadline passed with no resolution.
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October 2, 2012
Dan HumanIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra executives have given musicians until 6 p.m. Saturday to decide on a contract offer that asks
for significantly fewer concessions than previous proposals. But musicians say the offer is unacceptable due to an escape
clause.
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September 29, 2012
IBJ StaffA few weeks ago in this space, we called for someone—anyone—to step forward to take a leadership role in resolving
the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s labor dispute. The silence has been deafening.
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September 29, 2012
Dan HumanThe ailing Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra intends to step up annual donations 40 percent. But many longtime donors feel conflicted
about future contributions as they await word on whether the ISO will scale back to part time.
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September 23, 2012
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced Sunday night that it has called off shows scheduled for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday due to its ongoing labor dispute with ISO musicians.
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September 15, 2012
Dan HumanThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s decision to cancel the first two weeks of its season and lock out musicians could
carry long-term risks in alienating subscribers and donors, observers say.
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September 8, 2012
IBJ StaffIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra on Saturday canceled the first two weeks of its new season, saying even a temporary extension
of musicians’ just-expired contract would intensify the organization’s financial woes.
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.