Article posted: 1/26/2013 8:00 AM

Troubled times for suburban orchestras

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Soloist Robert Orth, far left, performs with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra and Elgin Choral Union.

Patrick Kunzer | Staff Photographer

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Suburban orchestras, including the venerable Elgin Symphony Orchestra and DuPage County's New Philharmonic, are facing financial and logistical woes amounting to slightly different variations on the same theme. "Orchestras are not immune to the pressures affecting all industries," said Judith Kurnick, of the League of American Orchestras, which represents 800 ensembles nationwide.

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