Save the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra

"Your watering down of the performances will result in the death of the Atlanta Ballet."

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"Please, do not fire the orchestra"

"It is shocking that you would consider counterfeiting this art form to your public."

"Please save the atlanta ballet orchestra"

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"This is worse than the US Army trying to use taped buggle music at military funerals."

"I think any live performance (whether dance or theater) loses about 50\% of its aesthetic value when someone chooses to play a recording along with it. I've been to ballet and musicals where tapes/recordings were played and I couldn't help to be distracte"

"Live music is the soul of a city."

"Atlanta has, or certainly should have, more artistic awareness than this. While we are currently too financially strapped (I am a public school performing arts teacher) for season tickets to ASB, I will make a small contribution if this is truly a budget "

"Without professional live accompaniment, the ballet cannot continue to call itself "on par" with the great ballets of the rest of the country. The need for a balanced budget is undeniable, but not to the point of destroying the quality of the entire produ"

"Don't put musicians out of work. Find another way to cut the budget!"

"The beauty of a ballet performance is the interaction of dancers and live spontaneous music emitting from the orchestra pit. It is a marriage of human artistry, emotion, and intellect. One without the other deceives the audience and the composer who inten"

"It would be a disservice to this community, especially on a cultural level to allow this to happen."

"This is how music dies. Do NOT give in to technology. The change would make me sad. Musicians need to eat, too."

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"Viva La Musica"

"live music is the cornerstone of civilization"