Baltimore musicians win pay rise
mainThe Baltimore Symphony has negotiated a new one-year deal with its musicians, just before its president Paul Meecham shuffles off into the Utah saltlands.
Tim Smith reports that players will get a 1.33 percent rise in September, with an extra 2.63 percent on May 1, 2017.
Base pay in Baltimore will rise to $1,560 a week.
Meecham is not the only one heading to the Utah Symphony. Associate concertmaster Madeline Adkins goes, too.
The agreement is for one year, not three.
tks
Last I heard they had 77 permanent positions – hope they can move that number up as well.
Baltimore — home of “The Wire”.
Base pay will rise to $1,560 a week. Current pay is $1,500. Also, 83 full-time members will start at the beginning of the 2016-17 season.
tks
And yet they still have NO Principal Harp position filled. It is disgusting. They are not respectable, using free-lancers for such an important job.