The San Antonio Sympthony's 2018 season is being placed on hold, amid concerns about finances and management, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
The Symphony Society of San Antonio made the announcement in a statement late Wednesday that two concerts set for this weekend to kick off the city's Tricentennial celebration will go on as scheduled, and then the rest of the season will be 'suspended.'
The statement didn't give a specific reason, but he symphony has been a cacophony of chaos over the past three weeks.
First, a new organization called Symphonic Music for San Antonio, which was supposed to bring together major foundations, donors, and corporations to come up with a long term financial structure for the city, withdrew in late December of allegations of unfunded pensions liabilities for the musicians union, something union leaders called an 'excuse.'
Then, the musicians contract expired at the end of 2017, and no new contract talks are underway.
The move will not only silence the city's Symphony, it will also leave more than 75 professional musicians unemployed. So far, no comment from the musicians.
The San Antonio Symphony has been in and out of financial problems for decades, and filed for bankruptcy in 2002. In addition, the Symphony has had to suspend seasons before, due to financial and contract issues.
This time, however, the suspension comes just a few years after Bexar County taxpayers paid tens of millions of dollars to help build the Tobin Center, which was billed as a permanent home for the Symphony, and a place where the symphony could grow and prosper.