Musicians are told: in 2029 you’ll be earning 23% more
OrchestrasAhead of the arrival of Cristian Macelaru as music director, musicians in the Cincinnati Symphony have agreed a new wage deal. The basic salary will rise almost a quarter over the next five years, the kind of security not many employees enjoy in other sectors.
CSO CEO Jonathan Martin said it would enable the musicians to be ‘100% focused’ on the organisation’s relaunch.
Cincinnati is driving distance from Chicago.
Ostensibly, the local symphony is benefiting from the incremental attendance of estranged CSO audiences that have desperately been looking for better performances during and after the disastrous Muti era.
Chicago’s Italian Stallion is Cincinnati gain!
Cleveland and Detroit are even closer.
I can guarantee you that no one, and I mean no one, is traveling *250 miles* from Chicago to Cincinnati with any frequency out of dislike for the Chicago Symphony.
That’s 4.6% a yr. Without knowing the average salary how can one determine whether or not that is a reasonable raise?
No it isn’t. Closer to 4.2% a year. Compound increases.
Given Putin, Kim, Trump(?), Xi, Iran/Israel… the Earth’s not going to be inhabitable when they get their “promised” raise.
I’m personally looking forward to not paying rent, but YMMV.