Compensation Reports

Let’s Take All The Repeats For Berklee’s “Music Careers In Dollars and Cents”

Published on Wed, Oct 17, 18 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Wed, Oct 17, 18 at 7:23 am CST by Drew McManus

Every now and then I’m fortunate enough to have someone point out a resource I missed when it was originally released. The most recent example is Berklee College of Music’s Music Careers In Dollars and Cents resource from 2016 that provides salary ranges for quite a few professions in the US music business. A big hat tip to pianist and composer Ryan Cohan for connecting me with this resource. While the …

2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: The Big Picture

Published on Fri, Jun 15, 18 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Wed, Jun 13, 18 at 12:15 pm CST 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. ENSEMBLE Total Expenditures Executive Compensation Music Director Compensation Concertmaster Compensation Alabama Symphony $6,866,906 $184,585 NA $131,803 Atlanta Symphony* NA NA $806,552 $239,669 Austin Symphony $4,757,485 $159,871 …

2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Concertmasters

Published on Thu, Jun 14, 18 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Mon, Jun 11, 18 at 6:44 pm CST by Drew McManus

After three consecutive years of decline, the 2015/16 season finally saw a positive gain in the average concertmaster’s compensation level. Nonetheless, overall growth over the last decade has been far below their music director and executive peers. The Information In order to provide information that is as accurate as possible, info from the 2015/16 season is gathered from the following source: Concertmaster compensation figures were obtained from their respective orchestra’s IRS Form 990 for …

2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Music Directors

Published on Wed, Jun 13, 18 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Thu, Jun 14, 18 at 3:45 pm CST by Drew McManus

If you were a music director during the 2015/16 season, there’s a good chance you enjoyed a sharp uptick in compensation. The 2015/16 season was also the first season the average compensation rate exceeded the $600,000 threshold. The Information In order to provide information that is as accurate as possible, info from the 2015/16 season is gathered from the following sources: Music Director compensation figures were obtained from their respective orchestra’s IRS Form 990 …

2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives

Published on Tue, Jun 12, 18 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Mon, Jun 11, 18 at 3:18 pm CST by Drew McManus

When it comes to executive compensation, the 2015/16 season was one were average figures were skewed by a larger than normal number of CEO vacancies and interim appointments among the higher paying positions. But even then, the average executive compensation increased by just over one percent. The Information In order to provide information that is as accurate as possible, info from the 2015/16 season is gathered from the following sources: Executive compensation figures …

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