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Posted by Brian Frederiksen on March 10, 2002 at 19:50:38:

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The following official notice was issued by the acting executive director of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ms. Karen Deschere. Here it is verbatim:

Due to CSO budget restraints, there have been changes made to the
instrumentation of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for the 2002 - 03 season.


Civic will have a string section of 14, 12, 10, 8, 6. We will have winds of
3333 and to start the year will have brass of 4200 [4 horns, 2 trumpets, 0 trombones, 0 tubas]. Mid-year 3 trombones and
tuba as well as harp and percussion will be added. Timpani will be a
full-year position.

Civic will start the year with the smaller orchestra, focusing on repertoire
of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven as well as contemporary pieces. Mid-year we
will begin to program works requiring larger orchestras. We believe that
this makes sense pedagogically, and it helps us to be responsible to our
current fiscal restraints.

The Civic members who fill these partial year positions will receive a
stipend of $1,500. Additionally, these musicians will be able to
participate for the full season in Civic's other programming, including
seminars, master classes, chamber ensembles and LaSalle Bank MusiCorpsSM.

Auditions for these instruments will be in Chicago in the fall of 2002. The
dates will be posted shortly.

For further information, check the Civic web page at civicorchestra.org or
email us at civic(AT)cso.org.





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