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CSO musicians agree to salary reductions

News: Even the big boys are tightening their belts

From Laurie Niles
Posted May 19, 2009 at 08:49 PM

Even the big boys are tightening their belts:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0517-conductors-cuts-side2may17,0,4060116.story

From the above article by John von Rhein: "Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians have agreed to a 2.5 percent salary reduction and will donate additional services as part of institution-wide budget cuts designed to save the orchestra an estimated $4 million through the 2010-11 season. The salary cuts are part of a general cost-cutting plan designed to ensure financial stability amid the nation's economic meltdown."

From Martin Butler
Posted on May 20, 2009 at 02:58 AM

"For its part, the administration is cutting back on performance fees for conductors and guest artists."

I wonder how that is going to work?

From E. Smith
Posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM

Several costly programming initiatives have been postponed, including resident composer Osvaldo Golijov's "La Pasion Segun San Marcos," which had been announced for March 2010.

I heard La Pasion at Lincoln Center Rose Theater a few years ago-- it's a huge work involving several choirs, dancers, different types of instrumentalists. I suppose we will be seeing fewer and fewer of these types of these types of monumental productions as the result of the crisis-- really, too bad.

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