Quantity vs. Quality

My post today is commenting on a blog of my own--Proud Supporters of the Columbus Symphony.

For those of you reading this that may not be aware, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra--considered by many to be the flagship arts group in Columbus--is about to be cut back drastically. These cuts which the board has proposed (working behind the musician's backs) are so severe that if they take place, there may not be a CSO anymore.

I could go into this in greater detail, but I've already posted about why I think the arts are important and why symphony orchestras are important. See earlier for more on that.

What I do want to say is that, in my estimation, it comes down to quantity vs. quality. In this situation it seems that if the cuts go through, the quantity problem--"financial instability" will have seemed to be fixed (for another year--the same situation will resurface at the end of next year).

The cuts are simply the WRONG decision because it will destroy the fine quality of the product--the musicians themselves. The "big picture" view is that there is absolutely no reason why a city the size of Columbus cannot support a full-time orchestra. What the musicians press release has stated is that it is a gross error of mismanagement by the orchestra's board of directors. I would agree with this. The board has chosen quantity over quality.

So Columbus, is it quantity or quality??