We’d like to extend a HUGE congratulations to our friends and colleagues in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the ratification of a new five year contract!
“It is incredible we are standing here one year later on the cusp of what, to me, looks like the next golden age for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,” board chair Barry Rosen said.
The new contract has musicians taking a salary reduction in the first year due to the significant financial pressures of COVID-19, which has caused the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to remain closed and the musicians to play virtually. In years two through five, the musicians’ salaries gradually increase until reaching a minimum annual wage of close to $90,000.
“The salary increases in the later part of this contract will allow us to attract world-class musicians and a five-year agreement will help retain the musicians who are already here and encourage them to put roots down,” Rosen said.
The new contract has musicians taking a salary reduction in the first year due to the significant financial pressures of COVID-19, which has caused the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall to remain closed and the musicians to play virtually. In years two through five, the musicians’ salaries gradually increase until reaching a minimum annual wage of close to $90,000.
“The salary increases in the later part of this contract will allow us to attract world-class musicians and a five-year agreement will help retain the musicians who are already here and encourage them to put roots down,” Rosen said.
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