The Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have announced that the Orchestra has voted to approve a strike authorization, allowing for a labor action to take place in the near future if a new contract is not reached. The Musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have played for nearly a year without a long-term contract and despite their efforts to {…}

After months of controversy, a donor has stepped into help the San Francisco Symphony and has finally reached an agreement with the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and the SF Symphony Chorus. Per the organization’s press release, the two-year agreement that maintains current compensation rates for 32 paid AGMA choristers during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons was facilitated by {…}

Vance George, Chorus Director Emeritus of the San Francisco Symphony, has written an open letter to Matt Spivey, the CEO of the ensemble, in response to proposed chorus budget cuts. In his letter, George, who served as conductor of the Chorus for 23 years and accepted two Grammy Awards and one Emmy Award on behalf of the ensemble, noted that {…}