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Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra hornists (from right): Chandler Spoon, Michael Yopp and Jenny Doersch Mary Malizia Evans Famed musician Joe Strummer once sang, âIf you have to get the honey, then you donât go killing all the bees.â The lyrics of pro-union English punk icons like Strummer and Billy Bragg are coming back into style as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to strain the economy. The connection between labor and music, common themes in genres like folk and punk, is a new motif for symphonic music. An ongoing contract dispute between the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra (CSPO) and its musicians, represented in bargaining by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), will proceed to an arbitration process, according to Sarah Wilson, CSPO cellist and president of the local AFM chapter. ....