The Philharmonic announced a season of 13 concert programs that will be performed this fall at First Baptist Church of San Antonio.
The Philharmonic’s debut will be Sept. 16 and 17, when the orchestra performs Ravel’sThe new orchestra is being funded largely by “individual donations,” according to the press release. Earlier this year, the San Antonio Symphony League, an all-volunteer nonprofit founded in 1950 to support the Symphony, gave a $100,000 grant to MOSAS. The press release noted the Philharmonic also was seeking corporate donations, which will be “essential to the endeavor’s continued success.
“Our programming and outreach will honor the history, diversity, and culture of our city,” Petkovich said in the press release. “We are seeking ways to involve new audiences in the transformative power of music by partnering with organizations around the city.” On June 16, the Symphony Society of San Antonio board of directors abruptly dissolved the orchestra and declared bankruptcy after 83 years in existence and decades of financial instability. The move followed a breakdown in negotiations with the symphony’s musicians, who went on strike in September 2021, prompting the eventual cancellation of the organization’s 2021-22 season.
Musicians form a silent picket line outside the home of Symphony Society of San Antonio board chair Kathleen Weir Vale in December.The announcement of the Philharmonic’s concert season signaled a decision to move forward with a symphonic music organization without the support or involvement of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, whichwith the dissolution of the Symphony.
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