Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

The Problem With Nonprofit Arts Admin Pay

Tue, Jul 7, 2019
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 173
There’s an excellent article in the 6/12/2019 edition of fastcampny.com by Ben Paynter that examines two recent studies on nonprofit staff compensation. Spoiler alert: both studies uncovered ample evidence that compensation is a strong pain point among most employees. Compensation is a regular topic here at Adaptistration and back in 2016, we conducted a survey
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Things Get Weird In Baltimore

Mon, Jul 7, 2019
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 140
When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) initiated a lockout of musician employees in June 2019, they also announced health care benefits would be cancelled at the end of the month. Not even two weeks later, the BSO’s executive leadership announced that while they intend to maintain the lockout throughout the course of the summer, they
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