Editing Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (section)

==Labor disputes==
The ASO has suffered from labor disputes between management and musicians in recent years. In 2012, musicians agreed to decrease by ten weeks of pay yearly in order to help balance the ASO's budget, which had seen a major deficit in part due to years of mismanagement and declining ticket sales. As a result, the orchestra's status changed from a full-time, 52-week orchestra to a part-time, 42-week organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/06/arts/music/robert-spano-writes-to-board-of-atlanta-symphony.html |title=Robert Spano Writes to Board of Atlanta Symphony |newspaper=The New York Times |date= September 5, 2014 |author=Michael Cooper |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>  In 2014, per the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', the orchestra's management and principal musicians faced a 6 September 2014 deadline to reach a collective bargaining agreement or face delaying the opening of the season. This continued a rancorous history between management and players, as they attempt to extricate themselves from operating in the red, as has been the case for many years now. The local paper also indicated that their touted "operating budget" was unsustainable for a variety of reasons.  In September 2014, after musicians refused to agree to a new contract, management [[Lockout (industry)|locked out]] the players and putting the beginning of the 2014–15 season in jeopardy.<ref>/{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/the-atlanta-symphony-orchestra-locks-out-its-players-again/ |title=The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Locks Out Its Players, Again |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 7, 2014 |author=Michael Cooper |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref> The lockout ended up lasting beyond the scheduled date at which the season was supposed to start, on September 25.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2014/10/06/the-latest-orchestra-lockout-the-situation-in-atlanta/ | title=The latest orchestra lockout: the situation in Atlanta | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=6 October 2014 | access-date=1 November 2014 | author=Midgette, Anne}}</ref>