Comments on: A Solution In Search Of A Problem At Indianapolis http://www.adaptistration.com/2009/08/14/a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem-at-indianapolis/ Drew McManus on the orchestra business Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Drew McManus http://www.adaptistration.com/2009/08/14/a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem-at-indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 Drew McManus Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:35:52 +0000 http://www.adaptistration.com/?p=5862#comment-4974 Hi Ross, I think you may be confusing the excerpt from the IndyStar.com article which quotes Venzago's manager commenting on a zero payment. I don't beleive he was referring to anything other than the offer the ISO made to Venzago as there are no US music directors that earn zero dollars annual compensation for service at a professional orchestra. If you're referring to the part about Pittsburgh and Dallas, they were amid a music director search and had no single music director that worked for an entire season during that time, therefore had no payments recorded for a music director. Consequently, the text doesn't indicate that those orchestras don't pay music directors; rather, that there were no music directors in place at that time to pay. My apologies if that was unclear. Hi Ross, I think you may be confusing the excerpt from the IndyStar.com article which quotes Venzago’s manager commenting on a zero payment. I don’t beleive he was referring to anything other than the offer the ISO made to Venzago as there are no US music directors that earn zero dollars annual compensation for service at a professional orchestra.

If you’re referring to the part about Pittsburgh and Dallas, they were amid a music director search and had no single music director that worked for an entire season during that time, therefore had no payments recorded for a music director. Consequently, the text doesn’t indicate that those orchestras don’t pay music directors; rather, that there were no music directors in place at that time to pay. My apologies if that was unclear.

]]> By: ross http://www.adaptistration.com/2009/08/14/a-solution-in-search-of-a-problem-at-indianapolis/comment-page-1/#comment-4973 ross Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:25:07 +0000 http://www.adaptistration.com/?p=5862#comment-4973 I'm confused. In the begining of the article you say most orchestras with similar operating budgets dont pay their music director. You then draw the conclusion that asking Venzago to take a paycut is "... curious given how much less Venzago is being paid compared to his peers..." I guess I don't follow the logic of leaving the unpaid music directors out of the analysis. I’m confused. In the begining of the article you say most orchestras with similar operating budgets dont pay their music director. You then draw the conclusion that asking Venzago to take a paycut is “… curious given how much less Venzago is being paid compared to his peers…” I guess I don’t follow the logic of leaving the unpaid music directors out of the analysis.

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