Rova and their nonprofit, Rova:Arts, struck me as playing the game about as well as it can be played. I think it was at New Music on the Mountain that I saw some really fancy printed brochure of theirs -- in my naive youth, I thought it was a bit self-aggrandizing for a sax quartet no matter how highbrow their music. Now (in my wiser late 30s as opposed to my foolish mid-30s) I see that it's a necessary public face to show to granting agencies. Zorn connection: I think I remember Zorn listed as being on Rova's board in this brochure... don't know if he still is. William Crump ----------

From: Herb Levy <herb@eskimo.com>

If you want to help the Arkestra out, help them put together a board and staff that will look like it has a chance of sustaining the band, help them identify funders that might be more appropriate sources of support. Unless they have a stable non-profit business structure together, complaining about the Arkestra not getting grants isn't much different than complaining about them not getting air play on country stations.