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===2010β2011 DSO musicians strike and aftermath=== A labor dispute prompted DSO musicians to strike on October 4, 2010.<ref name=strike>{{cite news| url=http://www.freep.com/article/20101004/ENT04/101004019/DSO-musicians-go-on-strike | title=DSO musicians go on strike| work=Detroit Free Press| first=Mark| last=Stryker| date=October 4, 2010| access-date=2010-12-01}}</ref> On February 19, 2011, after the musicians rejected a final offer made on February 15, 2011, DSO management announced it would suspend the remainder of the 2010β2011 concert season. Following a six-month strike, the musicians and management reached an agreement on April 3, 2011.<ref name=agreement>{{cite web| title=DSO, striking musicians reach tentative agreement| url=http://www.freep.com/article/20110404/ENT04/110404003/DSO-striking-musicians-reach-tentative-agreement| work=Detroit Free Press| date=April 4, 2011| access-date=2014-05-08}}</ref> Concerts resumed April 9, 2011, with a weekend of free concerts. The DSO's first weekend back, tickets for all concerts were priced at $20. The DSO instituted similar "patron-minded pricing" for the 2011β12 season with most seats to all classical concerts priced at $15 or $25.<ref name=return>{{cite press release| title=Musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Ratify New Contract| date=April 8, 2011| url=http://www.detroitsymphony.com/page.aspx?page_id=703| publisher=Detroit Symphony Orchestra| access-date=2014-05-08| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713081427/http://www.detroitsymphony.com/page.aspx?page_id=703| archive-date=July 13, 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref> On the anniversary of the strike a member of the musicians' negotiating committee, violinist Marian Tanau, spoke to the ''[[World Socialist Web Site]]'' about the new conditions. He remarked on the loss of significant members of the orchestra and the prevalence of substitute musicians, leading to a slight decline in quality. Tanau claimed that the 30% wage cut and loss of prestige meant that the DSO could no longer attract the "best of the best".<ref name=jones>{{cite news| title=Interview with Detroit Symphony violinist: "We went on strike because we didn't want the orchestra to be destroyed"| url=http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/10/dsoi-o10.html| work=World Socialist Web Site| date=October 10, 2011| last=Jones| first=Shannon| access-date=2014-05-08}}</ref> Since the DSO returned to the stage in April 2011, the orchestra reorganised its activities under the umbrella term of 'OneDSO', with new work in such areas as community engagement and digital accessibility. The Neighborhood Series attracted new subscribers for the orchestra in venues around metro Detroit, helping to increase total subscription growth of nearly 25% from 2011 to 2014.<ref>{{cite journal| title=Detroit Symphony Orchestra Marks Three Years of Subscription Growth| url=http://internationalmusician.org/detroit-symphony-orchestra/| date=July 21, 2014| journal=[[American Federation of Musicians|International Musician]]| access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>
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