WaPo: “The National Symphony Orchestra has rapidly lost many of its audience members and individual donors since President Donald Trump seized control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, (m)

Posted on August 12, 2026 at 03:19:34 PM by crumbs

sending revenue into a two-year free fall that has pushed the internationally acclaimed orchestra into the deepest financial crisis in its recent history, according to current and former employees and confidential documents

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WaPo: “The National Symphony Orchestra has rapidly lost many of its audience members and individual donors since President Donald Trump seized control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, (m) - By crumbs August 12, 2026 at 03:19:34 PM
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WaPo: “The National Symphony Orchestra has rapidly lost many of its audience members and individual donors since President Donald Trump seized control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, (m)