Los Angeles Philharmonic

What’s All This About A Housing Allowance?

Published on Fri, Nov 30, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Thu, Nov 29, 18 at 2:53 pm CDT by Drew McManus

In response to Wednesday’s article about the new housing shared equity program in the San Francisco Symphony’s (SFS) new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), a number of readers reached out asking about the similar program at the LA Philharmonic I referenced. It’s a straightforward item in the LA Phil’s CBA, Article 13.K: Housing Allowance: On regularly scheduled paydays that follow the close of each payroll period during the Term of this Agreement …

Better Late Than Never?

Published on Wed, Oct 24, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Tue, Oct 23, 18 at 2:47 pm CDT by Drew McManus

The 9/20/2018 edition of the Los Angeles Times published an article by Mark Swed that features an interview with Simon Woods, the LA Philharmonic’s new CEO. It a good get-to-know-you interview that provides Woods a platform to address some of the topics on his mind about where the orchestra is and where he wants it to go. To that end, one of the primary goals on Woods’ mind is increasing diversity …

A Good Way To Leverage A Microsite

Published on Tue, Sep 11, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Mon, Sep 10, 18 at 4:56 pm CDT by Drew McManus

The LA Philharmonic recently launched a dedicated microsite for their Centennial Campaign (an endowment capitalization campaign) and it’s a good example for how to go about designing a purpose built microsite. Each page is comparatively short and contains big, obvious conversion targets (making an online donation). It’s a very nice mobile first design that clearly resists the urge to stuff a desktop heavy content approach into mobile layouts. If there’s one …

Top-Tier Musician Compensation 2018

Published on Fri, May 25, 18 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Wed, May 30, 18 at 9:41 am CDT by Drew McManus

It’s time to revisit base musician compensation levels at the top eight highest paying orchestras. For a number of these orchestras, the 2017/18 season marks the end of their existing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and they have yet to ratify a new contract. In each of those instances, the outcomes will have a large impact on what many orchestra musicians consider their organization’s ability to compete for the best on-stage talent. …

In The Game Of Executive Musical Chairs, Philly Can’t Find Someone To Sit Down

Published on Tue, Nov 21, 17 at 2:00 am CDT | Updated on Tue, Nov 21, 17 at 7:24 am CDT by Drew McManus

At a time when both the LA Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra announced new CEOs within the span of one day, the Philadelphia Orchestra continues to be vexed by finding someone to fill their top executive gig. On the other side of that coin, Philly may have pulled out the chair for one or more candidates only to see them walk away. In another context, the timeline for all three …

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