Brass Junkies Extra: Tubist Aubrey Foard of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on the state of the lockout
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Brass Junkies Extra: Tubist Aubrey Foard of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on the state of the lockout
In this special episode of The Brass Junkies, Aubrey Foard catches us up on where things stand with the BSO lockout.
From his bio:
Aubrey Foard is the principal tubist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2018. He also serves as Lecturer of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and as Artist Faculty at the Brevard Music Center. Mr. Foard was most recently principal tubist of the Charlotte Symphony, where he had performed since 2012. He has previously held principal tuba positions in the Santa Barbara, West Virginia, Canton, Youngstown, and Albany Symphonies as well as with the Britt Festival Orchestra. He has performed as a guest musician with several other orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, Arizona MusicFest, and as Acting Principal Tubist with the San Diego Symphony.
Aubrey gives us an inside look at how the lockout has impacted the musicians over these last few months.
We discuss:
Expiration of their contract
Summer bargaining sessions
His first act as a member of the BSO
Management's offers vs. the players'
Cancellation of the summer season and the start of the lockout
Lack of progress in negotiations
Aubrey taking 47 auditions before landing the BSO gig
Taiwan Tubamania
Finding Baltimore Symphony recordings in Taipei
Individual overscale negotiations
Leaving the Charlotte Symphony
The impact of previous management decisions on today's situation
The difference between a 40-week and a 52-week orchestra
Playing with the San Diego Symphony in the summers
How uncertainty of the future of the orchestra has impacted him personally
Having to hit the road to make it work
The impact on his family
15-20 other cities have already reached out to have Baltimore Symphony players sub with their orchestras
ICSOM Call to action has provided over $250,000 so far
"The BSO without the O is just BS"
Lessons from the experience (stay united and get involved)
Throwing a mega-brass concert to support the musicians
Collecting data for the creation of a fact sheet and data project
Michael Kaiser, make great art and market it brilliantly
Places and people who are doing it right in the industry
Aubrey Bergauer of the California Symphony
Deborah Borda of the New York Philharmonic
Mark Niehaus of the Milwaukee Symphony
Phil Munds and Andy Balio on The Brass Junkies
Future Symphony Institute
Here's a link to a recent article from Baltimore Sun outlining the state of things:
"BSO and musicians in marathon contract negotiations as deadline looms"
Here's a link to the musicians' Facebook page:
And their website:
The players' GoFundMe page:
