No Sympathy for the Symphony

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra had voted to go on strike. It seems that they cannot live on $73 grand with nine weeks paid vacation.

Such figures do not elicit much sympathy. With the DSO in danger of losing its very existence, the musicians surely must see that public support isn't likely to be particularly strong. Yet we must march to the beat of our drummer, we are told.

So be it. But one does wonder if we need a symphony at all; Detroit surely will survive without one. Especially one which appears content to kill itself.