Klarinet Archive - Posting 000572.txt from 2000/04

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Doubling in San Francisco
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:54:10 -0400

--- Clark W Fobes <reedman@-----.com> wrote:

> The San Francisco Symphony pays %25 for the first double and 10% for additional doubles. One
> flaw I see in their contract is this. If your part calls for Bass clarinet and clarinet , but
> you don't play the double in the service you don't get paid the double. Naturally you have
> practiced both parts, schlepped both instruments and fully expect to play both in the rehearsal.
> Is this right? NO!

What's base pay in S.F. these days? $110k? Considering how much Ray Froehlich gets paid
to bang on a triangle, it seems pretty absurd that management quibbles over doubling fees.

-- Neil

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