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| Recent News... • In 2005 we ended the season with a balanced budget for the seventh consecutive year. • In April of 2003 we made our fifth appearance at Carnegie Hall in 25 years. • We have released three compact discs in the past six years, including one in July of 2006. • We received a surprise visit from Senator Nancy Larraine Hoffman in 2002, where she presented us with a check for $100,000 to increase our pension. "the funds we received from Senator Hoffmann this season were targeted specifically toward increasing the Musicians' Pension Fund..."--Jeffry Comanici, Executive Director of the SSO • In 2001, we agreed to an unprecedented long term labor contract which included only minimal increases in musician compensation, but allowed the orchestra a period of time to pay down accumulated debt and complete an endowment drive. • In 1999 George Pataki presented the orchestra with the Governor's Arts Award. • Daniel Hege beomes music director of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. |
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| Senator Hoffman joined us for a summer concert in Auburn to narrate "The Colossus." She also paid us a surprise visit where she presented us with a check for $100,000 to increase the musicians pension. | |
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