{"id":191,"date":"2007-02-01T20:58:54","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T04:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=191"},"modified":"2007-02-01T21:38:21","modified_gmt":"2007-02-02T05:38:21","slug":"colorado-symphony-signs-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/01\/colorado-symphony-signs-new-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"colorado symphony signs new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"usa-co-co2000_www-txt2pic-com.jpg\" alt=\"usa-co-co2000_www-txt2pic-com.jpg\" id=\"image194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/usa-co-co2000_www-txt2pic-com.jpg?w=580\" \/>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockymountainnews.com\/drmn\/music\/article\/0,2792,DRMN_54_5321123,00.html\">Rocky Mountain News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Colorado Symphony officials today announced the ratification of a three-year contract with the musicians of the orchestra. The deal marks the first multi-year agreement since a five-year contract expired in 2003; single-year extensions had been approved since then. The new contract, which runs through the 2008-09 season, calls for pay increases of 6 percent, 3 percent and 3 percent respectively during the three-year period. Health benefits issues were also addressed, according to musicians&#8217; representative Bil Jackson. &#8220;In the 25 years that I have been involved with this orchestra, I have never felt so positive about our situation,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Must be nice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rocky Mountain News: Colorado Symphony officials today announced the ratification of a three-year contract with the musicians of the orchestra. The deal marks the first multi-year agreement since a five-year contract expired in 2003; single-year extensions had been approved since then. The new contract, which runs through the 2008-09 season, calls for pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[3655,55,62,3656,3660],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-news","tag-orchestra","tag-symphony","tag-the-orchestra-world","tag-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-35","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2952,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/06\/more-cuts-at-us-orchestras\/","url_meta":{"origin":191,"position":0},"title":"more cuts at US orchestras","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minnesota Orchestra and Houston Symphony have just concluded negotiations with their musicians that have resulted in substantial cuts in wages, either via pay cuts, unpaid furloughs, or both. 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