yup, I listen to classical music a lot but feel less and less motivated to go downtown for a live concert.... greedy musicians will make me even less motivated. This orchestra just emerged from bankruptcy and the musicians should be grateful to have such high paying jobs, period. When so many tens of millions of Americans are struggling, including members of my own family, my sympathy level for people whose minimum salary is $128K is low indeed.
$128,000 isn’t enough? Tough.Millions of Americans would be overjoyed to be paid half that salary.
Many of these musicians also earn a very handsome supplemental income by teaching, often at $30/hour or more.