2005 Compensation Report: ROPA Executive Directors
Wed, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
Continuing with this year’s compensation reports, we move on to examine the executive director compensation at 33 ROPA & IGSOBM symphonic ensembles with annual budgets over $1 million. Following last year’s report, we discovered that the discrepancy between executive and musician base salaries was considerably larger than their counterparts in ICSOM ensembles. Let’s see what
Examining The Union’s Role
Tue, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
The recent announcement from the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union that they will leave the AFL-CIO was headline news yesterday. As a result, I received a few intriguing email messages from readers about how this will impact the American Federation of Musicians…
Appearing Today on WNYC’s Soundcheck
Mon, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
I’ll be appearing today on WNYC’s Soundcheck with Jon Schaefer between 2:00-3:00 EST today…
Peter Dobrin Couldn’t Be More Right
Mon, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
Philadelphia Inquirer music critic, Peter Dobrin, deserves the recognition for being the only mainstream media journalist to hit the bull’s-eye when it comes to this nonsense in Baltimore. His article in Sunday’s Inquirer isn’t about glass ceilings, famous firsts, sexism, elitism, or any other “-ism”. Instead, it’s about what really matters…
BSO’s Glicker: “We Need To Teach The Musicians A Lesson”
Fri, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
Throughout the course of the past week, there has been much discussion about the recent appointment of Baltimore’s new music director. From the very onset of that discussion, the bulk of the major media outlets have been focusing on the appointee and the resulting conflict between the BSO’s musicians and executive leaders….
