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Paying pit musicians-high school age

Author: oboesax
Date: 2011-08-02 19:23

I was wondering if those of you who have had experience playing in a pit orchestra with high school age musicians might have some advice/answers for us.

Daughter just finished playing 1st pit for a musical where she was paid. (She's performed in eight musicals now). The other pit musicians were each paid $100 a service; she was paid less because she's a student (age 15). At what point will she get paid as much as the others? I can understand her being paid less than the others while she is still learning, but once she catches up and perhaps passes some of the adults, I think she should be paid the full amount, regardless of age.

She is getting calls from other musical directors now for more shows, presumably because she plays all the woodwinds and is an oboe soloist. I can understand that community theaters have limited budgets, but on the other hand she needs to earn money for college.

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