Posaune2 wrote: I find myself wondering if part of their problem is that they don't have a union, other than their own orchestra membership to refer disputes to.
The Musicians of Seattle Symphony are represented by a union, the International Guild of Symphony Opera and Ballet Orchestra Musicians:
I'm sorry, but his mental state has deteriorated and taken his musical ability with it, (that being the observations of fellow musicians.) If it had happened anywhere but in this bastion of uber-liberalism Seattle he would have been given his walking papers and never a second thought given to the matter.
