{"id":2305,"date":"2009-04-08T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:37:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:37:57","slug":"more-cuts-for-orchestras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/08\/more-cuts-for-orchestras\/","title":{"rendered":"more cuts for orchestras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2306 aligncenter\" title=\"scissors\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/scissors-400x221.png?resize=400%2C221\" alt=\"scissors\" width=\"400\" height=\"221\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UPDATE 4\/08 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/ci_12093456\">link<\/a>] The Utah Symphony\/Opera cut 11.5% of of their benefits plus Keith Lockhart takes 10% pay reduction.<\/li>\n<li>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/services\/content\/printedition\/2009\/04\/07\/aso0407.html\">link<\/a>] The Atlanta Symphony musicians have reopened their previously negotiated CBA (which ran through 2011) and will be taking an 8.8% pay cut by the end of 2011 (the first drop will be 5% for 09\/10, then a further 3.8% in 2011).<\/li>\n<li>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/42527027.html\">link<\/a>] The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians have agreed to a 12% pay cut for the 09\/10 season.\u00c2\u00a0 Staff cuts were 17% cut of staff positions and a 15.5% cut of top executive pay, and a salary freeze for non-senior management.<\/li>\n<li>Philadelphia <em>Inquirer<\/em> arts writer Peter Dobrin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/42527027.html\">writes<\/a> about a possible sea change in how US orchestras will be structured in the midst and the wake of the current recession\/depression.\u00c2\u00a0 The main point concerns salaries &#8211; both executive and musician.<\/li>\n<li>David Brewster of Crosscut.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/18939\">writes<\/a> about the possibility that Seattle over-built its arts infrastructure, and points to Portland as a model of where Seattle might be headed (and that Seattle might be a place that Portland should worry about becoming).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 4\/08 [link] The Utah Symphony\/Opera cut 11.5% of of their benefits plus Keith Lockhart takes 10% pay reduction. [link] The Atlanta Symphony musicians have reopened their previously negotiated CBA (which ran through 2011) and will be taking an 8.8% pay cut by the end of 2011 (the first drop will be 5% for 09\/10, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[76,585,1525,3674],"class_list":["post-2305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-funding","tag-orchestras","tag-saint-paul-chamber-orchestra","tag-seattle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Bb","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":2305,"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. In Minnesota [from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune]: Musicians at the Minnesota Orchestra have agreed to concessions in the face of financial pressures\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;labor issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"labor issues","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/labor-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7811,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/29\/is-the-oregon-symphony-the-future-model-for-the-symphony-orchestra\/","url_meta":{"origin":2305,"position":1},"title":"is the oregon symphony the future model for the symphony orchestra?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"You have to wonder. We have a deep pool of highly talented and skilled players. We \"punch above our weight\" as our outgoing President, Elaine Calder, likes to say. We're paid about 50% less than we should be. 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For the first time in five years, the Oregon Symphony balanced its budget, although the exact numbers won't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;miscellaneous&quot;","block_context":{"text":"miscellaneous","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/miscellaneous\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":674,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/19\/columbus-lost-at-sea\/","url_meta":{"origin":2305,"position":5},"title":"columbus lost at sea?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In a move which will likely result in the permanent crippling of a once fine orchestra, the management of the Columbus Symphony (Ohio) is proposing massive cuts of both orchestra personnel positions and the length of the season: the former down from 53 to 31 full-time musicians, the latter from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;labor issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"labor issues","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/labor-issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}