Detroit Symphonyに取って代わるかMichigan Philharmonic？

写真のNan Washburnという女流指揮者がMusic Director を勤めるPlymouth symphony が，その名称を　Michigan　Philharmonic　に変更して一段上のランク入りを狙うようです．

Michigan を代表すると思われていたDetroit Symphony （Leonard Slatkin,Music Director）が，2010～2011シーズンを楽団の strike で棒に振り，その存続が危ぶまれている中で，Michigan州Plymous　で66年の歴史を誇るPlymous Symphony が，名称を州の名称に引き上げ，聴衆の集まる範囲を拡大して，Detroit Symphony に代わって，一躍，Michigan州を代表するOrchestra を志向する姿勢を示したのは，たいへん興味深いことで，その成果が期待されます．

関係者も，“In a time when many orchestras across the country are struggling, we have been successful,” said Beth Stewart, the Philharmonic’s executive director. “I think it’s because we offer something good to people,” she continued, adding later that the audience “is the most important part of what we do.”　と並々ならぬ意欲を示しています，

 

Plymouth symphony changes name, bids for higher profile

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Nan Washburn is now the conductor of the Michigan Philharmonic, the new name adopted by the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra. / Bill Bresler | Staff Photographer

The Plymouth Symphony Orchestra is now the Michigan Philharmonic, a name orchestra officials say reflects its increased professionalism and broadening reach.

The name change was announced, along with several new concert dates, late Wednesday afternoon during a wine-and-cheese event at the Plymouth Community Arts Council building, the orchestra’s headquarters.

“We’re on the move and I think we’re off to bigger and better things,” said Don Soenen, president of the Michigan Philharmonic’s board of directors. “This is a major chapter, I think, in the 66 years this orchestra has been in place.”

“In a time when many orchestras across the country are struggling, we have been successful,” said Beth Stewart, the Philharmonic’s executive director. “I think it’s because we offer something good to people,” she continued, adding later that the audience “is the most important part of what we do.”

Soenen attributed much of what he called the Philharmonic’s greater professionalism to the arrival of Nan Washburn, the conductor and music director.
Washburn, in her 12th season, said she was thrilled with the changes, and thanked those involved with the orcestra.

“It’s very exciting and I could not have done it without collaboration,” she said.

The Michigan Philharmonic added four dates to this season, starting with a Friday, May 6, concert at The Village Theater at Cherry Hill in Canton Township. The show will feature the music of Bollywood, the nickname for India’s movie industry.

The Philharmonic will also play at the Canton Libertyfest in June, at Kellogg Park in downtown Plymouth in July, and at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, for the Fairy Tale Festival, also in July.

The organization also revealed a new website, www.michiganphil.org, that Stewart said should be launched by Thursday.

Soenen said the name change and higher profile for the orchestra had been planned for months, before the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s season was lost to a labor dispute