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This information from ICSOM does not include ROPA orchestras or orchestras such as Toledo, Seattle, Houston Ballet, etc. that are not in ICSOM. The ASOL classifies orchestras according to budget size. More detailed financial information for any of these orchestras may be found at Guidestar, a guide to NPO's (non-profit organizations). Also see: Musical America, a subscription service found in most music libraries.
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Projected
Annual Budget |
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2003-04 Season |
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Boston
Symphony |
$70,747,000
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Los
Angeles Philharmonic |
$66,066,000
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Chicago
Symphony |
$62,052,000
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San
Francisco Symphony |
$50,077,962
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New
York Philharmonic |
$49,482,104
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Philadelphia
Orchestra |
$38,401,000
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Cleveland
Orchestra |
$36,147,000 |
Cincinnati
Symphony |
$31,935,653
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Detroit
Symphony |
$31,515,000 |
Atlanta
Symphony |
$30,746,343
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National
Symphony |
$29,961,939
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Pittsburgh
Symphony |
$29,600,000
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Minnesota
Orchestra |
$29,000,000
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Baltimore
Symphony |
$24,481,273
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Indianapolis
Symphony |
$24,135,000 |
Dallas
Symphony |
$22,906,000
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Saint
Louis Symphony |
$21,800,000
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Houston
Symphony |
$21,455,800 |
Utah
Symphony |
$17,672,507
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Milwaukee
Symphony |
$17,442,000 |
Oregon
Symphony |
$14,340,005 |
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New
Jersey Symphony |
$13,098,939
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San
Diego Symphony |
$11,100,000
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Columbus
Symphony |
$10,580,949
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Colorado
Symphony |
$10,331,459
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Fort
Worth Symphony |
$10,288,666
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Saint
Paul Chamber Orchestra |
$10,218,625
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Nashville
Symphony |
$9,900,000
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Buffalo
Philharmonic |
$9,790,000
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Kansas
City Symphony |
$9,126,050 |
North
Carolina Symphony |
$8,865,702
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Phoenix
Symphony |
$8,541,480
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Rochester
Philharmonic |
$8,100,000
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Florida
Orchestra |
$7,442,015
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Honolulu
Symphony |
$7,105,637
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Louisville
Orchestra |
$6,802,000
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Charlotte
Symphony |
$6,780,273 |
Jacksonville
Symphony |
$6,200,000 |
Syracuse
Symphony |
$5,683,000 |
Virginia
Symphony |
$5,193,104
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Alabama
Symphony |
$4,571,800 |
Grant
Park Symphony |
$2,700,000
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Average |
$21,247,245
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Median |
$13,719,472
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25th
percentile |
$8,622,536
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75th
percentile |
$29,871,454
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90th
percentile |
$48,373,994
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Metropolitan
Opera |
$199,237,100 (orch:
$19,087,775) |
New
York City Ballet Orchestra |
$52,161,361 (orch:
$7,863,801) |
Chicago
Lyric Opera |
$46,828,000 (orch:
$8,014,000) |
New
York City Opera |
$34,500,000 (orch:
$4,914,000) |
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ASOL uses budgets to classify orchestras. They are simply referred
to as "groups:"
Group 1: more than $13,600,000
Group 2: between $5,200,000 - $13,600,000
Group 3: between $2,500,000 - $5,200,000
Group 4: between $1,650,000 - $2,500,000
Group 5: between $870,000 - $1,650,000
Group 6: between $420,000 - $870,000
Group 7: between $65,000 - $420,000
Group 8: less than $65,000
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