2016 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives

Orchestra Compensation Reports 2016 Executives

When it comes to executive compensation, the 2013/14 season was the first in a while where a number of the traditionally highest paying executive positions which went unfilled for a number of years were finally occupied. As a result, this year’s reports produced a more realistic average compensation figure for this particular group of stakeholders. To that end, the average executive compensation increased at more than twice the rate of average …

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2016 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Introduction

Orchestra Compensation Reports 2016 Introduction

As is the case with every annual orchestra compensation report, the most important element to keep in mind is these figures encompass the 2013/14 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 a few key elements: Most professional orchestras maintain a fiscal year structure that begins and ends at …

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Orchestra Compensation Reports Are Right Around The Corner

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Next week is the beginning of the 2016 Orchestra Compensation Reports, an annual series that examines the compensation trends among orchestra executives, music directors and concertmasters, at more than 65 professional U.S. orchestras. To date, the lion’s share of data entry is complete which means all that’s left is compiling the figures and preparing the articles. Even though these reports limit the examination to compensation figures reported in each orchestra’s IRS …

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New And Improved Orchestra Compensation Resources

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Now that the 2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports are all wrapped up, it was time to update the compensation reports index page, which is where you can find direct links to articles in the annual series stretching back to 2005, that’s eleven years of articles! The new compensation reports index page features a graphic interface that works even better than before on mobile devices. You can also find an updated Financial Reports …

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2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: The Big Picture

2015 Compensation Reports The Big Picture

Too Much Information! For the past few years, one of the most popular items in the orchestra compensation reports is a big picture overview of all compensation alongside Total Expenditure figures and it seems that adding more orchestras in this year’s reports tripped the threshold for how much info the responsive charts could process (those are the nice info tables that rearrange everything into single columns on smaller devices, like Smartphones, …

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