UPDATE at 9:30 p.m.: Musicians for the Fort Worth Symphony orchestra voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to authorize a strike, after rejecting a "concessionary" offer from management. "With this vote," read the musicians' statement, "a strike can be called at any time."

The musicians said they accepted a 13.5 percent cut in 2010 to "help face recessionary economic conditions. But today," their statement read, "Fort Worth is one of the most thriving and growing cities in the nation, ticket sales are on the rise and the orchestra is consistently garnering positive reviews. Reducing the budget has already caused musicians to leave the orchestra at twice the rate of the previous decade, and musicians refuse to agree to more damaging cuts."

Concertmaster Michael Shih takes a bow before performing with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. (Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)

Management responded Tuesday night with its own statement, saying, "The FWSO is extremely disappointed and surprised that the musicians rejected that agreement and voted tonight to authorize a strike that benefits no one ... To be clear, the FWSO does not want a work stoppage, but it also has an obligation to operate the orchestra in a fiscally responsible manner. We cannot allow a threat from the union to coerce us into fiscal irresponsibility."

There was that little matter of the entire orchestra needing to vote on the negotiated contract. And indeed, the musicians voted Sunday night to, in the words of the union, "reject a concessionary contract offer" from the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association.

Stewart Williams, president of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 72-147, added this:

"The rejected four-year agreement included substantial cuts in annual income for the musicians in its first three years -- ranging from a 7.5 percent cut in year one to a two percent cut in year three. By the fourth year of the agreement, musicians' income would still be more than five percent below what the musicians earned in 2010."

Violinist Joshua Bell performs with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. (Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)

Management responded a few hours later Sunday night with its own release.

UPDATE at 3:30 p.m.: Labor and management in the Fort Worth Symphony dispute have agreed to resume talks Wednesday morning, but in the meantime, the musicians have scheduled a strike authorization vote -- for tonight. Stay tuned.

The troubled Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra has, once again, sounded a discordant note.

The orchestra released a press release at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, proclaiming that its labor issues had been resolved. The official notice heralded "a tentative agreement on a new contract for the musicians" of the orchestra.

Management and the musicians' committee had negotiated "in good faith for 14 months," the release noted, adding, "This resolution was reached after four days of sessions with a federal mediator."

How ironic that it all came unraveled on Labor Day weekend.

Amy Adkins, president and CEO of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

"We are extremely disappointed by the musicians' rejection of the tentative agreement reached with the musicians' union this past Wednesday," said Amy Adkins, president and CEO of the orchestra. "This result was unexpected, and the association is reviewing its options."

Adkins said her musicians would have received "a reduction in the number of paid weeks from 46 to 43 in the first two years of the contract, increasing to 44 paid weeks in years three and four. The terms of the new agreement would have resulted in an approximate 6.5 percent reduction in annual pay in the first year with subsequent wage increases in years two through four."

But, she noted, "By the fourth year, musicians would earn 3.5 percent more than their current wage, and principal players would have been paid more than $70,000."

The symphony is scheduled to open its 2016-17 season Friday night with a concert series featuring Dvorak's New World Symphony. It is also scheduled to perform for the first time at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas from Sept. 16th through the 18th with the Texas Ballet Theater.