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Chicago Settles

Thu, Oct 10, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 021
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) becomes the latest group from our list of mid to large budget orchestras with expired agreements to reach a settlement. The rumor mill was rife with fodder about a potential showdown over the musicians’ defined benefit pension but when the dust settled, the retirement benefit ended up with an improvement.
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Get Into A Co-Author Groove

Wed, Sep 9, 2015
by Drew McManus
ArtsHacker.com
It took them long enough but the folks in Redmond have finally made real-time co-author editing part of Microsoft Word. If you’re an Office 365 user and haven’t upgraded to Office 2016, you should hop on that ASAP and if you’re not a subscription user, then this feature alone is worth the cost of an
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I’ve Got Good News And Bad News About Flying With Instruments

Tue, Sep 9, 2015
by Drew McManus
Airlines
First, the good news: Air Canada recently announced a new program that provides musicians with discounted fares for purchasing an extra seat for an instrument along with advance boarding in order to facilitate finding room in the overhead for carry-on size instrument cases. The details are available at the AirCanda.com website but here are the
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Dallas Ratifies A Two Year Agreement, Maintains Substitute Parity

Mon, Sep 9, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 022
The latest group to settle from our list of mid to large budget orchestras with expired agreements is the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO). Their two-year agreement contains three percent increases in base musician wages in each year along with a one-time $750 payment to each musician at the onset of the agreement’s term. And like
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An Email Summary Subscription To Help Get Out From Under The Weather

Fri, Sep 9, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 134
I’m taking a sick day, but when you’re self-employed that simply means a regular working day but with a few cold-med-inspired combat naps thrown into the mix. Consequently, this is the perfect opportunity to remind readers about Adaptistration’s Weekly Email Summary Subscription. It’s one of those things that has been so wildly successful yet runs silently
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