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executive and music director pay June 3, 2008

Posted by Charles Noble in : labor issues, the orchestra world, 7comments

Drew McManus has his annual compensation reports available over at adaptistration.com - I’d encourage you to take a look of how much we all get paid is of interest to you. What I found interesting was the relationship of executive and music director compensation to that of the orchestra members.

First, a bit of perspective. Here’s the ratio of average CEO compensation to average worker compensation from 1980 to 2006:

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stabler lists top events of 2007 December 28, 2007

Posted by Charles Noble in : appreciation/criticism, soloists & recitals, the orchestra world, add a comment

Oregonian critic David Stabler
David Stabler

David Stabler, the classical music critic of the Oregonian newspaper, has listed his top classical music happenings of 2007. (more…)