Fort Collins Symphony warms up for next 50

FORT COLLINS — If ever an organization got by with a little help from its friends, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra is it.
The 17 members of the board of the Symphony Association, the governing body, serve for three years at a time, leave and come back to serve again.
The 34-year-old Women˜s Guild —approximately 150 members strong — raises upwards of 10 percent of the symphony˜s budget and acts as a volunteer marketing arm for the symphony in its educational outreach efforts.
And then there is Maestro Will Schwartz, who founded the symphony 49 years ago and who has…