Pittsburgh blames sinking symphony audience for $7 million deficit

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

‘Year over year, we’re actually up about $750,000 in terms of overall revenue,’ said Melia Tourangeau, the symphony’s CEO, noting that attendance for the holiday concerts in December broke previous records. The orchestra’s overall attendance was also higher in the 2023-24 season than in the 2018-2019 season, the last season before the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, those numbers aren’t evenly split across the $34 million organization’s offerings … The symphony saw ‘sluggish’ sales for the third year in a row for its classical subscription concerts, the orchestra’s ‘core product,’ Ms. Tourangeau said… Its deficit is projected to be about $7 million for the fiscal year ending Aug. 31….

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