Pittsburgh Symphony cuts 10 jobs, including British general manager
mainThe strike has deepened the anticipated $1.5m deficit and cuts have to be made.
The CEO has told the local newspaper that the orchestra has not achieved a balanced budget in nine years. She has begun to tackle the overheads by cutting ten jobs, including Declan McGovern, vice president of orchestra operations and general manager, achieving an $800,000 saving.
McGovern is a former head of the Ulster Orchestra and RTE National Symphony Orchestra,
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What did Donald Trump say? “You have to go back”
No, I think he actually said “when we restore the budget to a surplus and get people into back into jobs none of these things will be an issue because there will be money for orchestras”.
Hmmm… what is SO ridiculous is that these USA orchestras ( and some in the UK) throw obscenely large amounts of money towards various ‘brain dead and procedural ‘ men in suits ( and a few ‘women in suits’) who have somehow got themselves managerial roles that command 5 to 10 times the salaries of their orchestral players.
It’s no wonder that so many orchestras are shutting down / ‘folding’ due to the greed of their managements!