The Fort Wayne Philharmonic has thrown a farewell party for Adrian Mann, its long-serving principal double-bass. He’s not leaving, though.
Adrian, whose father was the noted musicologist Alfred Mann, is still turning up for work in his other job as staff librarian.
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Yesterday was the deadline for applying for voluntary redundancies at Welsh National Opera. From today, cost-cutting officials will be issuing redundancy notices with the aim of reducing a once-proud chorus to a payroll of twenty. […]
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