SAN FRANCISCO — The sound of silence from the San Francisco Symphony appe ared to be coming to an dismiss as a tentative agreement was reached Sunday to wind up a 2 1/2-week strike.
The symphony announced in a statement that its negotiators and leaders of the musicians' union have hold to terms on a 26-month contract, subject to the approval of the bounteous orchestra and the symphony's Board of Governors. No details on the terms would be released before the contract was ratified, the symphony statement said.
Symphony leaders are planning for musicians to return to the stage at Davies Symphony entrance hall for a series of performances for schoolchildren starting Tuesday, and Thursday and Friday night concerts featuring performances of pieces by Handel and Mozart are back on the schedule, the statement said.
An East marge tour that included stops at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. had to be canceled during the strike.
The musicians' contract run out in February, and the walkout began March 13, after a long affray with management over the symphony's finances. The musicians sought a greater post in decision making and more transparency in the symphony's accounting.
Union representatives could not immediately be reached for comment Sunday.
The strike's resolution came such(prenominal) faster than the symphony's last labor stoppage, which led to the cancellation of 43 concerts in 1996 and 1997.
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