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700,000 to help close the orchestra's deficit. This allowed the two sides to come to an agreement of keeping musicians' salaries at its current levels for the first two years, followed by a 2% raise the third year and a 2.5% raise the fourth year. In May 2018, the FWSO announced that Harth-Bedoya was to conclude his music directorship of the orchestra at the close of the 2019–2020 season, and subsequently to take the title of conductor laureate.
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Concerts In The Garden Summer Festival began in 1991, and takes place each June-July at the
157:. The FWSO disbanded again in 1943 during World War II. In 1957, Morris again revived the orchestra, whose musicians initially performed without salary, and provided general organisational leadership. Interim conductors included Robert Hull, Rudolf Kruger, and Ralph R. Guenther. Starting in the 1968–1969 season FWSO concerts were held in the
153:. In 1925, Brooks Morris re-established the FWSO, and served as its first music director and conductor. Sixty-eight musicians performed at the first concert on December 11, 1925, before an audience of approximately 4,000 at the First Baptist Church auditorium. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presented its earliest concerts in the
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Symphony, became the FWSO's music director in 1972, holding the post until 2000, making him the longest-serving music director in the FWSO's history. Giordano was a charismatic leader and a very effective fundraiser. During his tenure, the Texas Little
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177:. The FWSO also serves as the host Orchestra for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held every 4 years in Fort Worth, accompanying the finalists in the last stages of the competition. In 1998, the FWSO took up its current residence at the Nancy Lee and Perry R.
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