Boston Symphony’s New Musicians Contract (And A Freelancer Pay Cut)

“BSO players’ salaries will rise from a weekly minimum of $2,170 last season to $2,270 this year, a 4.61 percent increase, and more in later years.” Meanwhile, freelancers for some of the orchestra’s pops concerts will be getting a reduction. “Those freelancers, who earned $434 per concert in 2005-06, will earn $378 for dozens of Pops concerts in the upcoming season.”