And the Band Stopped Playing: The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony

Book by Thomas Wolf, Nancy Glaze

Dr. Thomas Wolf is Chairman and CEO of Wolf, Keens & Company, an international consulting firm with a focus on arts and culture. His lifelong association with symphony orchestras began with his debut as flute soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of sixteen. Since that time he has provided guidance to orchestras throughout the United States and advised grantmakers that fund orchestras. For a decade he was consultant to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Magic of Music program, helping to allocate millions of dollars toward innovation in the orchestra field. He is the author of The Financial Condition of Symphony Orchestras and an editor of Americanizing the American Orchestra, both publications of the American Symphony Orchestra League. His other books include Presenting Performances and Managing a Nonprofit Organization in the 21st Century. Nancy Glaze is Director of Arts at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Prior to joining the foundation in1983, she was executive director of the Community School of Music and Arts in Silicon Valley. She has been active at the local, state, and national levels on issues of cultural policy, arts education, and leadership development. She was a founding member of the Silicon Valley Arts Fund, a program of the Community Foundation Silicon Valley; and co-chaired the arts education task force for Cultural Initiatives/Silicon Valley. She is currently on the board of Americans for the Arts and the Classics for Kids Foundation, and also serves on the advisory committee for the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Nancy Glaze is a 2001 recipient of the California Arts Council award for exemplary contributions to the arts in California.