Compensation 11th Edition by George Milkovich,Jerry Newman,Barry Gerhart

Exercise 6

Peter Drucker calls orchestras an example of an organization design that will become increasingly popular in the 21st century, in that they employ skilled and talented people, joined together as a team to create products and services. Drucker may hear what he wants to hear. Others say orchestras are autocratic. The conductor dictates what is played and how it is played. Rather than basking in the glow of orchestral teamwork, jokes like the following are common among orchestra members: Q. Why do so many people take an instant dislike to the viola A. It saves time.
Job descriptions for orchestras look simple: Play the music. (Q. How is lightning like a keyboardist's fingers A. Neither strikes the same place twice.) Violins play violin parts; trumpets play trumpet parts. Yet one study reported that job satisfaction for orchestra members ranks below that of prison guards. However, orchestra members were more satisfied than operating room nurses and hockey players.
Exhibit 1 shows the pay structure for a regional chamber orchestra. (Q. How can you make a clarinet sound like a French horn A. Play all the wrong notes.) The pay covers six full orchestra concerts, one Caroling by Candlelight event, three Sunday Chamber Series concerts, several Arts in Education elementary school concerts, two engagements for a flute quartet, and one Ring in the Holidays brass event as well as the regularly scheduled rehearsals. (Q. How can you tell when a trombonist is playing out of tune A. When the slide is moving.)
EXHIBIT 1 Orchestra Compensation Schedule

What is the pay differential between the principal viola and next highest paid viola What about between the principal trumpet and the next highest paid trumpet Why these differentials between the principal and other Why aren't they larger Smaller Why is the differential between trumpet players different than between the viola players