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2013 Compensation Reports: Executives

Sunday, September 10th, 2017Wednesday, August 14th, 2013 by Drew McManus

By the onset of the 2010/11 season, the field was amidst the beginning of the worst austerity driven labor disputes for the last half century. Collective bargaining agreements were being reopened in order to incorporate concessions designed to forestall financial collapse and when stakeholders were unable to reach mutually agreeable terms, vitriolic public disputes erupted, oft accompanied by prolonged work stoppages. Nonetheless, the average orchestra executive experienced a 5.32 percent increase …

2013 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Twists And Turns

Sunday, September 10th, 2017Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 by Drew McManus

This year’s compensation reports are all about context. For instance, the data covers compensation for the 2010/11 season, which if you recall was the first really nasty year of austerity driven conflict between stakeholders. The Detroit Symphony went dark for nearly the entire season as did the Louisville Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra started walking down the bankruptcy path. In short, 2010/11 was the onset for a series of firestorm labor …

Compensation Report Update

Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 by Drew McManus

Let me begin with an apology; yes, I mentioned that the 2013 Orchestra Compensation reports would be up this week and as it is, they are all done and ready to go. However, due to a number of conditions, it now makes more sense to publish them during the week I’ll be away for the Organization of Canadian Symphony Musicians (OCSM) Conference in Saskatoon, SK. As such, the series will be …

Get Ready for The 2013 Orchestra Compensation Reports

Friday, June 29th, 2018Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 by Drew McManus

2013 seems to be the year of delay and this time around, it’s the 2013 Orchestra Compensation reports, which usually come out in June but this time around, it won’t be until later this month. But arrive it shall and this year’s installment is of particular interest as it covers the 2010/11 season, which ushered in the initial round of major labor disputes and related work stoppages. But in order to …

2012 Compensation Reports: Concertmasters

Sunday, September 10th, 2017Thursday, July 5th, 2012 by Drew McManus

With the exception of where concertmasters fell in the overall Top 10 earners, the 2009/10 season was a wholly unremarkable year for concertmaster compensation. Based on the figures available (which are fewer than executives or music directors, but more on that later), the average concertmaster experienced a marginal decrease of 1.9 percent in annual compensation. AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT CONCERTMASTERS COMPENSATION REPORTING Due to the changes in the IRS Form 990, …