Hmmmm-- Sometimes the University steps in and says that you can't charge for your time. Especially since you would be tuning during the workday????? I have in the past, gotten paid but it was offered to me first. I think they aren't offering anymore and I did uhhhhh... youknow... ask why they weren't and I was presented with how it's a school- related function and represents the school and how I work for the school, etc... Good question, Wim- and for me, it's kinda nice to know others go through this as well. I'm curious to hear other comments. :) Stranges On Apr 7, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Wimblees at aol.com wrote: > The local symphony orchestra, (Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra), > performs on our main stage 6 times per year. Most of our applied > professors play with the TSO, as well as some of our students and > they get paid. So it's good training for them. > > On the average, there are 2 or 3 piano soloists each year. > Obviously they use one of "our" grands, which I prep for each > concert. Sometimes it's just a matter of tuning and minor voicing, > but most often it requires some additional work, as specified by > the performer. Although most of the work is done during regular > working time, there are occasions where I have to come in on a > weekend, or be present for the performances, which are on Monday > night. This weekend the TSO, along with the local Community Chorus, > (in which I sing), is performing Carmina Burana, which requires two > grands. Because of the size of the stage, instead of using our two > D, we've decided to pull two Kawai KG2 grands out of practice > rooms. They will be moved on the stage late this afternoon, and > back on Tuesday morning. I tuned them this morning, and I will also > tune them Monday afternoon. > > The TSO pays rent to use the hall, including rehearsals, etc., but > I have never charged them for any of the work I do, for the most > part, as I said, because most of the work I do is during regular > working time, when I am on the clock, and also because I want to be > a supporter of the Symphony. I do get free tickets to the concerts, > but because the concerts are at the same time that the chorus > rehearses, I don't get to attend that often. > > How do some of you with similar situations handle this? Do you do > this as part of your university job, or do you charge them > separately. If so, how much? > > Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20060407/c7ae5f6c/attachment.html
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