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Donors Help Orchestra Iowa Replace Music Destroyed in Derecho Damage
The public helped through the Save Our Scores campaign, raising $40,000 to buy replacement music.by BWW News Desk
Multiple donors stepped up to purchase the music for Swan Lake for Orchestra Iowa, the final of the 153 musical scores needed after they were destroyed in the 2020 derecho, The Gazette reports.
Orchestra Iowa has already received boxes of over 600 pounds of music, ready to sort, catalog, and later file for future use.
The music was destroyed when a sprinkler burst during the August 10 hurricane, flooding the music library, storage spaces, and Opus Concert Cafe. The roof may have to be replaced, as well as all of the acoustic panels at the back of the Opus stage.
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