WHO SITS IN YOUR ORCHESTRA?

Take note of the poker club and smoke alley

In 2007, journalist Rebecca Meiser wrote this article, Sour Notes, in the Cleveland Scene. It is a rather scathing indictment of the Cleveland Orchestra* and its concertmaster, William “Bill” Preucil, as well as the local music conservatory, the Cleveland Institute of Music. Despite all that, business continued as usual from 2007 until journalists Anne …