Thank you, Debbie. Avrum > From: Debbie Schmidt <[email protected]> > Reply-To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:54:01 -0400 > To: The Horn List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] fitting in as part of getting a job > > Sure subs use to be paid the same as a section fiddle player, or said > another way, minimum contractual salary for the Philharmonic. Now subs > (those hired on a week to week basis) get paid based on the CBA for > freelance orchestras in NY about 25-30% less per week. Once they hire you > for the season (I would need to check if there is a stipulation for long > term other then the season) you are paid at the minimum Philharmonic rate. > There are a whole set of issues arising around wanting people for the season > but unwilling to commit for the season because of the increase in pay. > > On 8/11/10 10:45 AM, "Avrum H. Golub, M.D., J.D." <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What are the two tiers, Debbie? >> Avrum >> >>> From: Debbie Schmidt <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:34:51 -0400 >>> To: The Horn List <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] fitting in as part of getting a job >>> >>> Dan and it is cheaper since the Philharmonic went to a 2 tier pay system. >>> >>> >>> On 8/11/10 10:26 AM, "PatentDan Feigelson" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hans, did you see the article last month in the New York Times about the >>>> large >>>> number of vacancies in the NY Philharmonic (not just in the horn >>>> section)? It >>>> could have been written by you. The article mentioned that it's not a lack >>>> of >>>> talented players but more a matter of finding someone who will fit into the >>>> section that has resulted in so many vacancies. If anything, the number of >>>> talented musicians in New York means the Philharmonic can take its time >>>> filling the vacancies, since finding a substitute or extra for any >>>> particular >>>> series isn't difficult. >>>> >>>> DJF >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/jasoncat%40aol.com > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/agolub%40optonline.ne> t
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