I’m happy to report that the Canadian installment of the Annual Orchestra Website Review is making a return this year. The reviews have all been completed and the data is in the process of being compiled. I don’t want to give away all the surprises but I can say that, on average, Canadian orchestra websites improved by approximately 14% since their last evaluation in 2005 (a larger increase than their U.S. counterparts). The reviews will be published beginning on Monday, October 15, 2007.
Currently, two of the top eight orchestras with the highest base musician annual salary are negotiating new collective bargaining agreements: National Symphony and Philadelphia…