> there are musicians refusing to accept fiscal reality on one side

In what way? The article specifically cites Lubbock (a significantly smaller city) as managing to handle paying their musicians and being fiscally solvent.

This doesn't seem to be an unsolvable problem yet the current Board of Directors can't seem to pull it off.

Let it go bankrupt. Surely someone will want to put a symphony together and they can avoid all the baggage.

Or not. And that will say something as well, no?