Introducing Venture Arts Incubator
Wed, Jul 7, 2015
by Drew McManus
I’m very pleased to announce the official launch of Venture Arts Incubator (VAI), an incubator exclusively for businesses that cater to the arts field. VAI’s Success Is Measured By Participant’s Success Far too often good business ideas die early deaths due to a lack of resources and support during critical startup and stabilization phases and
New And Improved Orchestra Compensation Resources
Tue, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
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
How The Supreme Court Ruling On Same-Sex Marriages Will Impact Orchestras
Mon, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
In the wake of the landmark United States Supreme Court ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges, employers that offer spousal benefits will be required to do so for same sex couples. An article in the 6/26/2015 edition of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) by Rachel Emma Silverman reviews the FAQs that impact employers as a whole
2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: The Big Picture
Fri, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
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
2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Concertmasters
Thu, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
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
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
2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Executives
Tue, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
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
2015 Orchestra Compensation Reports: Introduction
Mon, Jun 6, 2015
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 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
Minnesota Musicians Ratify Substitute Pay Disparity Through 2020
Fri, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
On 5/19/2015, the Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra (MOMA) ratified a 3.5 year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with their employer, the Minnesota Orchestra Association (MOA). The new agreement begins 2/1/2017 and expires on 8/31/2020; at the beginning of the 2019/20 season, the base musician annual salary with electronic music guarantee (EMG) will by $110,604 and
Time For Updates
Thu, Jun 6, 2015
by Drew McManus
Thanks to some recent upgrades in the publishing framework that powers most of my web development work, there are a number of updated pages at Adaptistration and OrchestraConsulting.com. One of the biggest improvements is the ease of creating full width content sections, which you can see in action at the updated Blog Policy & Code
