HONOLULU -- News of the Honolulu Symphony's bankruptcy announcement is sending shock waves through the community.

Now the city auditoriums department must scramble to find other acts to fill the Blaisdell on dozens of dates vacated by the Symphony.

Some young musicians, who just came from the Mainland to join the symphony, said they are wondering why they ever took the risk.

At the musician's union symphony musicians practice in spite of their uncertain future.

Matt Eckenhoff is one of eight musicians to just join the Honolulu Symphony that's now filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

"We are disappointed, really more than anything, we just want to play. That's our livelihood. That's how we make our money and we are sad we are not able to do that," said Eckenhoff.

Eckenhoff said he still has not been reimbursed thousands of dollars he paid to move to Hawaii from Houston and said he's just signed a six-month apartment lease.

"We haven't given up all hope yet," Eckenhoff said.

The city is moving ahead to find new acts to fill the Concert Hall on 33 performance days left in the symphony's season.

"We are trying to fill every date that is vacated. We are making every effort to do that," said City Enterprise Services Director Sidney Quintal.

But it's not easy to get groups on short notice.

"A lot of acts come in from out of state and it takes a tremendous amount of logistical planning," said ? Quintal.

The city said it still hopes to fill December, March, April and May vacancies.

"The revenue loss is not that great because the city always let the symphony rent the concert hall at a very reduced rate," Quintal said.

Last year, the city got $165,000 in gross revenues from the symphony but $650,000 from other acts, but the city said it was never about money.

"[It's] more this intangible value of what the symphony brings to Honolulu," Quintal said.

Money problems musicians and fans said they hope can be resolved.