... How did the Arkestra survive over a period of almost forty years without a dominating leader or leadership and lacking strong organizational structures? How did Horace Tapscott keep it together and replenished, when there was rarely any money involved? Why were artists continually attracted...

... spaces, declining support for the arts, and the failure to enlist the next generation would also severely restrict the organization. Throughout its history, the Arkestra had experienced periodic waves of artists leaving but was always replenished with a fresh infusion of young, committed talent...