31.   Most orchestra members acknowledge that quality musicianship has nothing to do with gender.

32.   Orchestra members said they were looking forward to working with Eschenbach.

33.   Orchestra members said they will continue to picket.

34.   The Atlanta Ballet plans to hire musicians from the Czech Republic to fill in for striking orchestra members, prompting protests from the strikers.

35.   Symphony officials said a committee comprised of trustees, orchestra members and staff would be formed this summer to search for a successor.

36.   The featured singers and the orchestra members are the elite, receiving a higher per diem and a full breakfast at a posh Marriott, the chorus complained.

37.   The U.S. Embassy in Moscow informed the orchestra members of the denial only Thursday morning, she said.

38.   Orchestra members practiced over the weekend despite cold weather that froze some of the instruments.