2019 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives

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 percent. The Information In order to provide information that is as accurate as possible, info from the 2016/17 …

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2019 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Introduction

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 professional orchestras maintain a fiscal year structure that begins and ends at some point from June …

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

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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 hat tip to pianist and composer Ryan Cohan for connecting me with this resource. While the …

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2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: The Big Picture

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 year until the following season’s reports are published. Copies are available for a fee (feel free …

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2018 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Concertmasters

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 …

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