The board may be forced to take a closer look at its own shortcomings in bankruptcy court. Any expert who looks at the CSO's books will quickly see where the excess expenditures are. The contract that the board approved three years ago implicitly relies on their ability to raise money for the orchestra, and a monkey could see that they haven't done it. Bankruptcy proceedings will be necessary if the musicians don't go quietly into a state of unemployment (and hopefully they won't); they will bring to light what the real problem is.
Re: “The Charleston Symphony Orchestra is in peril — yet again”
The board may be forced to take a closer look at its own shortcomings in bankruptcy court. Any expert who looks at the CSO's books will quickly see where the excess expenditures are. The contract that the board approved three years ago implicitly relies on their ability to raise money for the orchestra, and a monkey could see that they haven't done it. Bankruptcy proceedings will be necessary if the musicians don't go quietly into a state of unemployment (and hopefully they won't); they will bring to light what the real problem is.