Pfft. Just because something is hard to do, doesn’t mean it is worth lots of money to do it. It’s all about value to the customer / employer - not your expectations of your standard of living. Supply /demand - it is a simple as that when it comes to income.
Are they getting taxpayer money or is all income from selling tickets to events?
If all money is private, they deserve every penny.
Lots of people have misconceptions about how orchestras work. Most probably do think they just show up and play. The real “conducting” of an orchestra takes place during rehearsals. Even though the musicians have music in front of them, they still have to learn what the current conductor plans to do with the music. I am amazed that they can play what they play under so many different conductors. The CSO is easily one of the greatest orchestras in the world.
My son is a professional musician. On the one hand it’s a hard life, on the other hand, it’s one huge party.
99% of professional musicians have it tougher than any symphony member.
CSO musicians have it easy
How much is it if we outsource those jobs for cheap foreign labor?
‘Mozart in the Jungle’?
and the guy dinging the triangle gets paid the same as they guy playing the bassoonToo Much Talk Not Enough Music In This Thread (Ping)
CSO Summer 1997 ‘Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 1st Movement’
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