Over the last two years I have been monitoring the story of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony which abruptly declared bankruptcy taking the musicians who had just negotiated a raise completely by surprise. Over the last couple years the musicians have managed to revive the organization, negotiating with creditors, and mounting a series of concerts.

There was a recent story on the CBC site with interviews with musicians reflecting on the two years since the bankruptcy.

Things aren’t back to normal for the group. One of the musicians was already working another part time job and shifted toward full-time when the orchestra went bankrupt. Another musician spent his life savings to move across Canada only to find the job no longer existed and started doing handy man jobs having never played with the organization. Where the season was once 90 concerts, they are down closer to 19.

I am glad to see that news organizations are continuing to revisit the story from time to time just to keep the musicians and the travails they have faced closer to top of mind.