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Wages/Length of Season/Services - Current Season
Orchestra What are the number of weeks annually or the length of the previous season. What is the basic weekly scale for the current season? What is the minimum annual salary for the current season? If your orchestra has an Electronic Media Guarantee (EMG), what is the annual figure for the current season?
Alabama Symphony 41 $785.38 $32,200.58 No Guarantee
Atlanta Symphony 52 1350 70200 5200
Baltimore Symphony 52 19 wks @ $1400; 24 wks @ $1500, 9 wks @ $1715 $78,035 no guarantee
Boston Symphony 52 2080/week 2080/week No Guarantee
Buffalo Philharmonic 39 $1,006 $39,245 $1,755
Charlotte Symphony 38 825 31350 no guarantee
Chicago Lyric Opera 30 weeks in 2004-2005, normally only 26 weeks $1950 $58500 no guarantee
Chicago Symphony 52 2000 104000 no guarantee
Cincinnati Symphony 53 $1655 $87,715 $3710
Cleveland Orchestra 52 $1935 $100,620 No Guarantee
Wages/Length of Season/Services - Current Season
Orchestra What are the number of weeks annually or the length of the previous season. What is the basic weekly scale for the current season? What is the minimum annual salary for the current season? If your orchestra has an Electronic Media Guarantee (EMG), what is the annual figure for the current season?
Colorado Symphony 43 $949.58 $40,831.94 $2,580
Columbus Symphony 49 1125.00 55,125.00 No Guarantee
Dallas Symphony 52 1425 74100 6760
Detroit Symphony 50 $1775 (26 weeks) / $1800(24 weeks) $89,350 26 weeks of broadcasts at NPR rate plus 9% pension
Fort Worth Symphony 52 $1017.60 $52,915.20 $1000 *see note
Grant Park Symphony 10 1017.39 10173.90 910
Honolulu Symphony 30 $804 $24,120 No Guarantee
Houston Symphony 49 1,465 71,785 75
Indianapolis Symphony 52 $1288.46 $67,000 No Guarantee
Jacksonville Symphony 37 928.00 34336.00 No Guarantee
Wages/Length of Season/Services - Current Season
Orchestra What are the number of weeks annually or the length of the previous season. What is the basic weekly scale for the current season? What is the minimum annual salary for the current season? If your orchestra has an Electronic Media Guarantee (EMG), what is the annual figure for the current season?
Kansas City Symphony 42 909.62 38,204 1302
Kennedy Center Orchestra 30 $1,844/?/Ballet; $1,435 Opera $56,000* *NOTE: Unless Nsational sym increases or cuts 03/04 weekly wages. no guarantee
Los Angeles Philharmonic 52 $2025 $105,300 $2000
Louisville Orchestra 42 833 34986 n/a
Metropolitan Opera 52 1,770 120,500 no guarantee
Milwaukee Symphony 43 $1,355 $58,265 $860
Minnesota Orchestra 52 $1681 weekly $87,412 $3900
Nashville Symphony 41 890.00 36490 1040
National Symphony 52 $1,853 $96,367 No Guarantee
New Jersey Symphony 36 1240 44640 No Guarantee
Wages/Length of Season/Services - Current Season
Orchestra What are the number of weeks annually or the length of the previous season. What is the basic weekly scale for the current season? What is the minimum annual salary for the current season? If your orchestra has an Electronic Media Guarantee (EMG), what is the annual figure for the current season?
New York City Ballet Orchestra 31.5 $1635 (1st half)/$1700 (2nd half) + rehearsal pay $52705 + $4350 (reh) No Guarantee
New York City Opera 29 $1,465. for 5 perf.s, reh. extra $42,485 + approx. $7,000 for reh.s no guarantee
New York Philharmonic 52 $1980 (26 weeks) $2000 (26 weeks) 103480 No Guarantee
North Carolina Symphony 41 weeks + 2 optional weeks $1045 $42,845 No Guarantee
Oregon Symphony 41 932 40,536* inc 2.5 weeks of premium pay 553
Phoenix Symphony 38 842.10 32, 000 none
Pittsburgh Symphony 52 1599.67 83,183 no guarantee
Puerto Rico Symphony 52 weeks $631.13 $30,294.24 No Guarantee
Rochester Philharmonic 38 $950 $36,100 no guarantee
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra 32 $1,562.51 plus 20 weeks, off-season rate, $479.31 $58,050 $2,000
Wages/Length of Season/Services - Current Season
Orchestra What are the number of weeks annually or the length of the previous season. What is the basic weekly scale for the current season? What is the minimum annual salary for the current season? If your orchestra has an Electronic Media Guarantee (EMG), what is the annual figure for the current season?
San Antonio Symphony 26 minimum $900 $23400 no guarantee
San Diego Symphony 40 $1,052 $42,080 $2,000
San Francisco Ballet 105 perfs including dress reh\'s $204 (per performance/dress reh); $80 (per reh other than dress) $38,848 $1000
San Francisco Opera 23 $1,842.75 $63,021 $2,029
San Francisco Symphony 52 $2,000 $104,000 no guarantee
Syracuse Symphony 39 $728.45 $28,409.55 no guarantee
Utah Symphony 52 1110. $57,720. No guarantee
Virginia Symphony 41 $573 $23,486 No Guarantee

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