Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-02-11 21:36
When I was in the Army Field Band, the Army's mandatory retirement age was 55. This was for all troops, not just bandsmen. It was possible for certain people to petition to have that waived, and a couple of the senior enlisted men in the band managed to stay a couple of years beyond 55. This was still during the Vietnam War - I left in 1972. The all-volunteer army has probably changed that.
But at the same time, the Philadelphia Orchestra had a relatively young mandatory retirement age as well, and I think it was set by Federal law. I don't remember the age - either 65 or 70, and I don't remember what Federal regs were involved, whether it was a standalone statute or connected somehow with collecting Social Security, but I clearly remember at least two musicians who were forced out of the orchestra under the mandate who were still perfectly capable players. The orchestra used to bring them back as subs on a regular basis but couldn't keep them under contract.
There has not been a mandatory retirement age in the Philadelphia Orchestra for many, many years.
Karl
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