Word: erne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...established a "little symphony" to play rare music - both ancient and mod ern - extended the symphony's subscription series from 8 to 22 concerts, tripled both the budget and the total season at tendance. The Seattle Symphony now includes 85 musicians, nearly a third of them women; the majority have to hold other, daytime jobs (aircraft engineer, longshoreman, school bus driver) to supplement their $2,000 pay; many teach music. Above all, Katims introduced 75 works never before played in Seattle, e.g., Orff's Carmina Burana, Mahler's monumental Resurrection Symphony, Walton's Belshazzar...