The out-of-pocket cost is usually about $50 to $55 a day (per inmate) that we pay to another county to rent the space, ... But we also have to pay for our officers' time to transport them and the cost of transport, like fuel costs.

Thanks to some diligent music historians, we now understand that when you go back to the instruments of the day and discover how the tempos would be, how the balance would be, it changes your perception. You go for a more technical approach to the strings, use less pressure with the bow and more speed.

The clear opportunity in doing something like The Lord of the Rings is that we can attract first-time concertgoers to Severance Hall. There are other ways to attract new audiences, and some used by other orchestras that don't, in my opinion, meet the standards of the Cleveland Orchestra, but Howard Shore's artistry and his music certainly meets our standards.

It's very different from a European tour. In Miami, our range of services will be the same as the range of services in Cleveland.

If you change a lot of things at once, you can't be sure what made the difference.

At the present time, I still don't think I will be a candidate, but I am not willing to rule it out,