![]() “Let's not continue to silent here in the city. He also had another message for symphony fans: speak out. ![]() “Now we need to get the musicians back in the boat to rebuild the trust of the San Antonio Symphony brand. The musicians have the full support,” Lang-Lessing said. “We need to avoid that before the damage is done to the brand of the San Antonio Symphony. He said the on-and-off-again nature of too many San Antonio Symphony seasons needs to be fixed, once and for all. Texas Public Radio is supported by contributors to the Arts & Culture News Desk including The Guillermo Nicolas & Jim Foster Art Fund, Patricia Pratchett, and the V.H. He took a deep bow, greeted everyone, and then got the symphony started. The musicians checked their tuning, and the crowd broke out into enthusiastic applause when Sebastian Lang-Lessing strolled out. The Baptist Church sanctuary had filled just about to capacity. “It'd be a shame, to be honest, if the seventh largest city in the country couldn't manage to support a symphony, right?” he said. Symphony fan Brian Swain said this is his first time seeing the symphony at First Baptist, but he’ll be back. And it's something we've missed tremendously.” “But especially given the nature of what we do, we all have to be together on stage at one time to make music. “We've missed each other's company through the pandemic, just like all friends and colleagues have missed one another,” Francis said. Percussionist Riely Francis was at the lobby merchandise table selling Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony t-shirts and bumper stickers. And all that money's going to the musicians also.” And we had people come and pay to mingle with Sebastian. “And this past Monday, we had a fundraiser at a private home, and it was called Mingle with Sebastian. “The league gave $100,000 towards these eight concerts that they've been performing in April, May and June,” Whitely said. The Symphony League was created to support the musicians, and they’ve done so in a big way. I'm a teacher for over 35 years, and I'm passionate about this symphony and these musicians,” Whitely said. “I'm vice president of education for the San Antonio Symphony League. Those needing to buy tickets were helped by Joan Whiteley. Hundreds of people from very casually-dressed to tuxedo-wearing ones filtered into First Baptist church for the performance.
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