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Compensation Reports

2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Concertmasters

Thu, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
2015 Compensation Reports Concertmasters
For the second season in a row, the average concertmaster experienced a decline in compensation, although that statistic is a bit misleading thanks to an unusual spike in the 2010/11 season for a single concertmaster with record setting compensation. When that figure is filtered out the equation, average concertmaster compensation had a small increase from
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2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Music Directors

Wed, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
For the average music director, the 2012/13 season was a good year financially; although a few high profile positions remained vacant that season, such as Boston and Philadelphia, brought the average increase lower than it would have been otherwise, most music directors saw their earnings increase by 3.43 percent. The Information In order to provide information
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2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives

Tue, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
2015 Compensation Reports Executives
The 2012/13 season continued the overall field-wide trend of heated labor disputes; the Minnesota Orchestra went dark for the entire season while the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra lost most of their season and the Indianapolis Symphony had a shorter, but equally bitter, shutdown. When combined with a higher than normal number of partial year compensation
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2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Introduction

Mon, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
2015 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 2012/13 season. Although it isn’t unusual to expect that the most recent figures available would cover the previous season, in this case 2013/14, that’s not how things work thanks to a few
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Compensation Reports Are On Their Way

Tue, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
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The 2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports are in the process of wrapping up. Initially, they were scheduled to be published this week but an unusually large number of requests for clarification in order to get all the necessary pieces of the puzzle in place have slowed the process down enough to justify the small delay. Another
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