2003-04 Chorus Payroll Information

Chorus Secretary:

• Pearl Fishers: Phoenix-Bob Altizer; Tucson-
• The Mikado:
• Don Pasquale:
• Sweeney Todd:
• La Boheme:

Sign-In

• You must sign in at every rehearsal session or performance you attend.
• If you're on time, enter the rehearsal or performance call time on the sign-in sheet.
• If you're late, enter the time you actually arrived on the sign-in sheet.
• You may attend music rehearsals in the other city.

Excused Absence Requests

• From a musical rehearsal, contact the chorus secretary.
• From a production rehearsal or performance, contact both the chorus secretary and Stage Management.

Pay Rates

• Rehearsals:
  • Two hour minimum, paid in 15 minute increments
  • Rehearsal pay is $12.00/hr regular, $18.00/hour overtime (over 3 hours)
• Performances:
  • From call time to release, $115.38 per performance
  • Overtime is paid in 15 minute increments, starting 3-1/2 hours after call to places (not call time), at $44.38 per hour (15 min increments)

Meal Allowance

• Breakfast: $6.50
• Lunch: $9.50
• Dinner: $15.00

Travel Compensation

• Bus or van transportation for out-of-town choristers is provided by the company for staging rehearsals and performances.
  Phoenix pickup: Ahwatukee Plaza, 51st Street and Elliot Road
  Tucson pickup: Arizona Opera office, 3501 North Mountain Avenue
• You may drive your own car, but no mileage is paid for doing so.
• Four (4) hours at straight-time rehearsal rate ($48 total) is paid in addition to other rehearsal or performance pay for round trips between Phoenix and Tucson within a single day.

Payroll

• Choristers are paid on AZ Opera's regular payroll dates, the 7th and 22nd of each month, for pay periods ending the last day of the previous month and the 15th of the month, respectively.
• You can have your paycheck directly deposited to a bank account; you may pick it up at the opera office; or you may have it mailed to your home.
• AGMA members will have working dues deducted (2% of gross), but not regular (annual) dues or initiation fees.

Out-of-Town Housing

• The company provides housing for out-of-town choristers at these locations:
  Tucson: St. Mary's InnSuites Hotel, 475 North Granada Avenue, about 1/2 mile north of the TCC Music Hall.
  Phoenix: Wyndahm Hotel, 100 North First Street, about 2 blocks from Phoenix Symphony Hall.
• You may share a room with another chorister, or request a single room for which a charge of $25 per night will be deducted from your performance pay.