Your Turn So You Want to Lead an Orchestra! Peter Drucker calls orchestras an example of an organization design that will become increasingly popular in the 21st century, in that they employ skilled and talented people, joined together asa team to create products and services. Drucker may hear what he wants to hear. Others say orches ras are autocratic. The conductor dictates what is played and how it is played. Rather than bask- ing in the glow of orchestral teamwork, jokes like the following are common among orchestra memb ers: Q. Why do so many people take an instant dislike to the viola? A. It saves time Q. How is lightning like a key- Job descriptions for orchestras look simple: Play the music. ( boardist's fingers? A. Neither strikes the same place twice.) violins play violin parts; trumpets play trumpet parts. Yet one study reported that job satisfaction for orchestra members ranks below that of prison guards. However, orchestra members were more satisfied than operating room nurses and hockey players Exhibit 1 shows the pay structure for a regional chamber orchestra. (Q. How can you makea clarinet sound like a French horn? A. Play all the wrong notes.) The pay covers six full orchestra concerts, one Caroling by Candlelight event, three Sunday Chamber Series concerts, several Arts in Education elementary school concerts, two engagements for a flute quartet, and one Ring in the Holidays brass event as well as the regularly scheduled rehearsals. (Q. How can you tell when a trombonist is playing out of tune? A. When the slide is moving.) 1. Describe the orchestra's pay structure in terms of levels, differentials, and job- or person-based approach EXHIBIT 1 Orchestra Compensation Schedule Instrument Violin, Concertmaster Principal Bass and Conductor Principal Viola Principal Flute Principal Trumpet Principal Cello Principal Clarinet Trumpet Principal Oboe Principal Violin lI Principal Horn Keyboard I Cello Principal Percussion Violin I Cello Principal Bassoon Violin Fee $6,970 5,070 5,036 4,337 4,233 4,181 4,146 3,638 3,615 3,488 3,390 3,361 3,228 3,049 2,899 2,882 2,824 2,685 Instrument Violin I Violin I Violin I Violin II Violin II Viola Violin II Viola Oboe Trombone Viola Violin lWiola Cello Clarinet Horn Flute Keyboard II Bassoon Violin II Fee $2,483 2,483 2,483 2,483 2,483 2,483 1,975 2,212 2,206 2,137 2,033 1,784 1,634 1,548 1,548 1,455 1,392 1,265 1,178