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Compensation Reports

2019 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives

Tue, Jun 6, 2019
by Drew McManus
When it comes to executive compensation, the 2016/17 season was still seeing averages skewed thanks to the ripple effect from a larger than normal number of CEO vacancies and interim appointments among the higher paying positions. Nonetheless, even when including those lower than normal figures, the average executive compensation still managed to increase by 2.88
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2019 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Introduction

Mon, Jun 6, 2019
by Drew McManus
As is the case with every annual orchestra compensation report, the most important element to keep in mind is these figures encompass the 2016/17 season and not the current season. Although it isn’t unusual to expect that the most recent figures available would cover the previous season, that’s not how things work thanks to these reasons: Most
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Let’s Take All The Repeats For Berklee’s “Music Careers In Dollars and Cents”

Wed, Oct 10, 2018
by Drew McManus
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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
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2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: The Big Picture

Fri, Jun 6, 2018
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. Sorry, but this information is only made available for one
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2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Concertmasters

Thu, Jun 6, 2018
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
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