Days after receiving an order to vacate the venue it has occupied for the previous yr, the San Antonio Philharmonic has cancelled its Vacation Pops and New Yr’s Eve live shows, based on an e mail despatched to its musicians.
“We regretfully cancel all providers for each the Vacation Pops and New Years Eve productions,” reads the e-mail, dated Wednesday afternoon. The message presents no clarification for scrapping the December performances however invitations the musicians to attend a Friday afternoon assembly to “deal with questions and considerations you’ll have.”
The choice to buy tickets for the Vacation Pops reveals, initially scheduled for Dec. 19-21, and the New Yr’s efficiency have additionally been faraway from the Philharmonic’s web site. Nonetheless, the group’s Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13, classical live shows are nonetheless listed on its web site, as are a sequence of each classical and pops reveals by Might 2026.
Discover of the aborted performances comes after San Antonio’s Scottish Ceremony fraternal order despatched a letter to the Philharmonic late final month giving it till Friday, Nov. 28 to vacate the masonic lodge’s historic downtown constructing, which the group had been utilizing since final fall.
Contacted by cellphone, Philharmonic Government Director Roberto Treviño instructed the Present that legal professionals for the orchestra are in talks with the masons and hope to strike a brand new settlement for utilizing the 1924 construction and its 2,200-seat auditorium.
“These [cancellations] are the results of ongoing negotiations, and there’s not far more to report at this level, truthfully,” Treviño mentioned.
Treviño mentioned he’s hopeful the talks will wrap up quickly, permitting the Phil to proceed common use of the constructing for live shows and rehearsals.
Officers with the Philharmonic and the Scottish Ceremony masons struck a deal in October 2024 for the orchestra to make the downtown constructing its everlasting residence. On the time, Treviño, an architect and former San Antonio councilman, mentioned the Phil would work to safe upgrades to the ageing facility.
Whereas the Scottish Ceremony’s letter states the Philharmonic can now not “use or occupy” the constructing, the orchestra nonetheless could lease the auditorium for its Dec. 12 and 13 live shows in addition to reveals deliberate for Jan. 16 and 17. The paperwork makes no point out of the Vacation Pops and New Yr’s Eve reveals, nevertheless.
To carry out the December and January classical reveals, the Phil is required to pay a flat charge of $2,000 per efficiency at the least three days upfront, the doc states.
The Philharmonic can also proceed to make use of the constructing for apply classes at a price of $300 for as much as 4 hours, based on the letter.
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