According to two people who spoke with NBC News, the orchestra management was already planning the 2028-2029 season at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Now, the orchestra is being forced to explore outside venues and NBC News is reporting that “people familiar with the Kennedy Center’s current operations say the Trump-appointed management has also committed to helping the orchestra find another venue.” The venue that is being currently explored as a possibility is the DAR Constitution Hall near the White House.

Bialek and the orchestra’s executive director, Jean Davidson, also reassured board members, musicians, and staff that the orchestra would continue to receive funding from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, according to an email they wrote that was obtained by The Washington Post.

Before the announcement of the closing, the National Symphony Orchestra said that it refused to leave the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and said that the venue contributes about “$10 million a year to the orchestra’s $42 million budget, five times the subsidy it paid to the opera under its agreement.” Additionally, Music Director Gianandrea Noseda did not want to get caught in the politics of the Trump takeover.

Now he is in the midst of those political upheavals given that every major performer except the National Symphony Orchestra canceled its relationship with the venue.

OperaWire has reached out to Noseda for comment but has not received a reply.