To: Rep. W. Steube (FL-17) and Sen. Rick Scott (FL-2)

Young symphony conductors need the web to survive

Please guarantee an even playing field for the Internet in order for websites with minimal advertising budgets to send out their training message.

Why is this important?

I am an international professional symphony and opera conductor. I also teach conducting to hundreds of developing young conductors. We attract students to our program in Romania at www.rconductors.com. Because of our relatively low advertising budget, our website is our main means of informing and attracting students. If we were placed in a slow track, our program might easily fail because of lack of exposure.