Los Angeles Philharmonic

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 …

An Updated Look At Top-Tier Musician Compensation 2016

Published on Thu, Sep 15, 16 at 2:00 am CDT by Drew McManus

Currently, two of the top eight orchestras with the highest base musician annual salary are negotiating new collective bargaining agreements: National Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra. Interestingly enough, both of these ensembles are in positions where the outcome of those negotiations will likely have a larger impact on their future competitiveness than some of the upcoming negotiations for their peers. In order to visualize these distinctions, here’s a chart illustrating the current …

Let’s Take A Look At Big Eight Musician Compensation

Published on Tue, Dec 15, 15 at 2:00 am CDT by Drew McManus

Now that Cleveland has settled, we can begin to get a sense for how base musician compensation compares across the highest tier of big budget orchestras, which we’ll call The Big Eight (Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, LA, National, New York, Philly, and San Francisco). Granted, we’ll be updating this chart with Cleveland’s figures once that data is available and when it is, it will be interesting to see how they compare with Philly, …

Get Some Facebook Cover Photo Inspiration

Published on Wed, Oct 23, 13 at 2:00 am CDT by Drew McManus

Ever since Facebook launched cover photos for profiles and pages in 2011, creative users have been pushing the boundaries of what can be done with the space. But for a field built atop creativity, most orchestra cover photos aren’t terribly creative. That doesn’t mean they aren’t any good; quite the contrary, most use overwhelmingly gorgeous glory shots of the full ensemble or rotate images to feature guest artists etc. I did …

Is LA Just A Cultural Bubble?

Published on Mon, Oct 14, 13 at 2:00 am CDT by Drew McManus

The 10/9/2013 Los Angeles Times published a fascinating article by music critic Mark Swed juxtaposes the recent round of bad news against what he describes as a thriving Los Angeles classical music scene. The article isn’t some LA centric puff piece; instead, it asks tough questions about sustainability and whether LA is just a bubble waiting to burst to a chorus of “we told you so” naysayers amidst Chicken Little pundits. …

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