Word: hro
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Close to $500 of the HRO's small budget is spent each year on publicity. These funds would be much better spent on acquiring new pieces for the orchestra's library. In response to the financial crunch, both the HRO and Bach Society increased their ticket prices this year, with the regrettable effect of reducing the number of students who choose to afford the concerts. One can only note that the MIT orchestra's free concerts nearly always draw over 2000 listeners...
...result of Harvard's non-support for the orchestra is quite clear: competition is fostered in the place of cooperation. With ticket sales as the orchestra's major source of revenue, the HRO is forced into open competition with the Bach Society and other music groups on campus...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, HRO, receives no financial support from the University or the Music Department. In fact the orchestra pays approximately $800 to the University each year. The HRO, as well as the Band, and the Bach Society, is charged for the use of Sanders Theatre...
...addition, the HRO pays piano rental (close to $350) when a pianist performs with the orchestra because Harvard does not own a piano for use in Sanders. During the past year, HRO and the Bach Society have paid over $2000 in piano rental...
...members just can't comfortably fit onto this stage built for chamber groups. The orchestra can't rehearse regularly in Sanders since the University rents the hall at every opportunity. Although serious consideration had been given to the use of a sound shell in Memorial Hall last May, the HRO is still rehearsing in Paine Hall and has prepared two more concerts in those cramped quarters...