Forced from its performing space at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which it had called home since 1861, and facing a financial freefall, the orchestra cancelled its 2009-2010 season, its image tarnished and subscriber base eviscerated. Since then a lot has been placed on Pierson’s shoulders. Expectations are high, in part a function of his having been lauded in both New York and The New York Times for creating a portable symphony, one that will reach beyond the corridors of the Heights and Park Slope and play at venues in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brighton Beach.
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