Save the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra

"If prerecorded music is acceptable, why not show prerecorded video of ballet?"

""Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own." -Emerson"

"PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP THE MUSIC AND THE MUSICIANS ALIVE..AS A SINGER WHO STILL MAKES MY LIVING IN THIS BUSINESS, I WILL NEVER GO TO TAPE..IT TAKES ALL THE "ALIVENESS' OUT OF THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL THEATRE..."

"As much as I would enjoy seeing the Atlanta Ballet, I would have serious reservations about attending performances without a live orchestra. Regardless of the fact that I am a student and the price has dropped drastically."

"With out an Orchestra there is no balle"

"As a San Franciscan with roots in the South, I am appalled that people of culture would even consider eliminating the orchestra, let alone actually do it!"

"The ballet will never be the same without a live orchestra. The fans deserve what they pay for, and surely financial cuts can be made elsewhere. We're living in a world where the arts are dying, and we are making no progress towards a better life. Help sa"

"Acoustic music is an essential part of the genre of ballet. Atlanta Ballet should pursue funding to maintain the essential nature of a live and vibrant performance medium, and restore the orchestra at all performances."

"Karaoke ballet?"

"TO HAVE SPONTANEOUS PERFORMANCES YOU NEED LIVE MUSIC!"

"The Atlanta Ballet is an asset to Atlanta and I will miss their fabulous performances!"

"My former french horn teacher and brass instructor played in the orchestra and I frequently went to the ballet to see them and the performance. The AMAZING performances of the company can attain only a mediocre status without the live music."

"please- this is bogus to take away live music a sacralige"

"Must the trustees of the Atlanta Ballet start the race to the bottom? As a trustee you have a duty of undivided loyalty to the ballet audience. Pre-recorded "music" is an insult to the audience. You can do better than this and, if you can't, you don't des"