111:, Gabriela Lena Frank, Nicole Lizeé and Nico Muhly, authors Daniel Handler and Daniel Levitin, and rock musicians Dan Deacon and Richard Reed Parry. In February 2014, the KWS announced the extension of Outwater's contract to 2017. Outwater is scheduled to conclude his tenure at the end of the 2016–2017 season. In March 2017, the KWS announced the appointment of
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the board had to resign in its entirety. Out of consideration for the colleagues who had been voted out of office, a newly elected board set conditions for re-employment that proved unacceptable to
Fischer-Dieskau. A mutually satisfactory solution could not be reached either in December 2003 or in April 2004.
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held the post from 2001 to 2003. His initial KWS contract had been for three years. However, on 27 November 2003, the KWS board dismissed
Fischer-Dieskau unfoundedly from his post about the dispute of a planned orchestra trip abroad. This decision did not stand up to the protests of the community and
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2.5 million to deal with an ongoing financial crisis, due to declining audiences and reduced funding. It launched a "Save our
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Kitchener, Ontario. The orchestra consisted of 52 professional musicians under full-time contract. KWS performed close to 90 performances during a 38-week season for a combined concert audience of over 90,000. The orchestra is regularly heard across Canada on
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began his term as music director in 2007. New programming initiatives during his tenure have included the 'Intersections' series, and collaborations with composers
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