Author: kdk
Date: 2025-08-13 04:27
lmliberson wrote:
> Well, Donald, you're not really wrong at all - whereas my
> orchestra used the term "assistant" , some use "associate".
> Whether their duties differ due to the title is anyone's guess.
I always have assumed "associate" was a higher pay grade than "assistant.
>
> For a long time, the LA Phil had Co-Principals.
Philadelphia has both. Co-principal bassoons and trombones, associate principals in the other non-strings, and both associate and assistant concertmaster and associate and assistant principal second violins. It's a little dizzying to keep straight at the top professional level. I don't think at the community orchestra level things are nearly so complicated.
Karl
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