on a happy NOTE (literally)

From the New York Times, Sept, 6th 2005
Many Helping Hands Offered to Louisiana Orchestra's Players

"From spare harp strings to violin repairs to a place to live and practice, offers of help from around the country are pouring in to the musicians of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Other orchestras, mostly regional ensembles where the pool of available musicians is small, are lending a hand, too. Many have offered temporary jobs or the prospect of auditions to the Philharmonic's 66 players, who have scattered around the country. All but one of the musicians had safely left the city or were already elsewhere for summer engagements, members of the orchestra said yesterday. The remaining player, Burton Callahan, a violinist, had been preparing to board an evacuation bus over the Labor Day weekend...

Yesterday the orchestra management was trying to set up shop in Baton Rouge, the state capital, and was posting information on another Web site, Adaptistration"

New Orleans' music is not only jazz. It's opera (first two titles of the season have been cancelled, the rest is on hold as of today) and classical (see above, Philarmonic's musicians are scattered all over the country, but keeping in touch) too. Look, the triumvirate will be back. Maybe with a "transgender" commission?