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2020 Orchestra Compensation Reports: The Big Picture

Fri, Jul 7, 2020
by Drew McManus
Each year, one of the most popular items in the orchestra compensation reports is a big picture overview of all compensation alongside Total Expenditure figures. If you’ve been looking for something that shows all the report values in a single chart, this is your article. Did you know? Direct links to most of the orchestra’s financial
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2020 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Concertmasters

Thu, Jul 7, 2020
by Drew McManus
For the third year in a row, the 2017/18 season produced a positive gain in the average concertmaster’s compensation level. Having said that, and not counting years with negative growth, this was the third smallest average increase since the 99/00 season. The Information In order to provide information that is as accurate as possible, info from the
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2020 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Music Directors

Wed, Jul 7, 2020
by Drew McManus
If you were a music director during the 2017/18 season, there’s a good chance you had six hundred and forty-five thousand or so good reasons to say it was an exceptional year. One conductor managed to have more than three million good reasons. The Information In order to provide information that is as accurate as possible,
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2020 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives

Tue, Jun 6, 2020
by Drew McManus
When it comes to executive compensation, the 2017/18 season saw a sharp uptick in skewed averages since we started tracking numbers thanks to an all-time high number of CEO vacancies and interim appointments. These occurred across the entire budget spectrum but most notably, three of the usual suspects in the Top 10 earners were between
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State Of Employment Poll & Review June 29 – July 5

Mon, Jun 6, 2020
by Drew McManus
It may be Orchestra Compensation Reports week but that doesn’t mean we’re taking a break from tracking the employment status of orchestra administrators and musicians. Weekly Report Administrators continued to experience steady response ratios. Only a third indicate working or being paid at their regular full time or pat time status while the other third
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