Compensation Reports
2005 Compensation Report: ROPA Executive Directors
Wed, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
Continuing with this year’s compensation reports, we move on to examine the executive director compensation at 33 ROPA & IGSOBM symphonic ensembles with annual budgets over $1 million. Following last year’s report, we discovered that the discrepancy between executive and musician base salaries was considerably larger than their counterparts in ICSOM ensembles. Let’s see what
2005 Compensation Report: ICSOM Music Directors
Thu, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
Next in this series of compensation reports is the comparison between music directors, concertmasters, and base musicians for ICSOM & IGSOBM ensembles. Much like their administrative counterparts, music directors serve as the executive “manager” for nearly all things artistic, at the top level, within an orchestra (although that model is beginning to change). As such,
2005 Compensation Report: ICSOM Executive Directors
Tue, Jul 7, 2005
by Drew McManus
The issue of executive compensation is one which draws a wide range of opinion from those inside and outside the business. The subject has been of particular interest here at Adaptistration simply because using compensation figures is a common method used to evaluate a manager’s value and effectiveness. In last year’s ICSOM Executive Director report
Reader Response: Reassessing The Music Director
Tue, Jun 6, 2004
by Drew McManus
Last weeks’ series on music directors generated a great deal of email from readers, most of which were musicians, and they have generously granted permission to include excerpts from their correspondence in today’s Reader Response. But first, I wrote to JoAnn Falletta to ask a few questions about her role as music director for both
Compensating Effort Instead Of Achievement – Wrap Up
Tue, Apr 4, 2004
by Drew McManus
The series of articles on executive compensation versus base musician salary has generated a great deal of interest and email responses from readers. Many of you wrote in with some very good questions.
