61.   The medalists appear in major international venues with major orchestras and conductors, as well as paying their dues in small-city recital series around America.

62.   The Philharmonic is one of the few major orchestras in the nation that does not have permanent summer homes.

63.   The sacred trust of tradition is something those who run major orchestras and opera companies also extol.

64.   The search turned out to be the messiest and most public, for a major orchestra, that music professionals could remember.

65.   The Seattle Symphony remains on the periphery of the major American orchestras.

66.   There was talk, as there always is when a young American conductor begins piling up accomplishments, of a future at the helm of a major American orchestra.

67.   There were pieces to be played by major American orchestras.

68.   They have access to the archives of major orchestras and opera houses, like La Scala.

69.   This is not how many esteemed senior conductors heading other major American orchestras feel, including Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic.

70.   Thus, my brother studied the cello and to this day is a professional cellist with a major orchestra.