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Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:41 pm
by Vegasbound
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2024 4:45 pm
by Three Valves
2024-25 Season Pay Scale for Section Positions
$128.33 for 2.5-hour Rehearsals
$143.11 for Rehearsals longer than 2.5 hours
$135.08 for Concerts
Principal musicians receive a 25% overscale premium per service. Travel reimbursement of $0.49/mile, up to 160 miles roundtrip per day, with the first 40 miles exempt. The Allentown Symphony does not provide lodging or per diem.
Season appears to be July into February.
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:02 pm
by Jim Williams
I'm setting the over-under for the number of applicants at 44.5.
I'm taking the over.
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2024 9:02 am
by Three Valves
Jim Williams wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 5:02 pm
I'm setting the over-under for the number of applicants at 44.5.
I'm taking the over.
"All invited candidates are required to send a $75 audition deposit check by August 19th to secure their audition slot."
At $75/applicant that should fund the chair for two seasons!
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2024 10:09 am
by gocsick
So I have no idea how these things work, but it seems odd to me that they want to look at CVs then invite people to audition. I thought it was all about what happens behind the screen, not about how an applicant looks on paper. Are they filtering people who don't have a Masters degree or sooner other triage?
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2024 2:28 pm
by Three Valves
gocsick wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 10:09 am
So I have no idea how these things work, but it seems odd to me that they want to look at CVs then invite people to audition. I thought it was all about what happens behind the screen, not about how an applicant looks on paper. Are they filtering people who don't have a Masters degree or sooner other triage?
I'd like to think they just want to avoid recent music or HS grads who just want to do something besides cut grass for the rest of this summer.
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 7:21 am
by travisd
In most industries, having to pay an appliction fee for a job is seen as a sure sign of a scam... Is that kind of thing normal in the music biz?
Re: Allentown Symphony-Tuba job
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 8:49 am
by jtuba
travisd wrote: ↑Thu Jun 13, 2024 7:21 am
In most industries, having to pay an appliction fee for a job is seen as a sure sign of a scam... Is that kind of thing normal in the music biz?
Checks are returned upon arrival to the audition. A process put in place decades ago to discourage no shows. No idea if it really works or not