On 15 Jan 2007 at 8:37, dhbailey wrote: > And then there is another way of viewing things: the military bands > don't get specific subsidies to exist, they're part of the overall > military budget and the members receive the same military pay as > everybody else at the same pay grade, regardless of their job > (musician, motor pool, telecommunications, whatever). But the > non-governmental orchestras and opera companies get direct subsidies > (also drawn from our tax dollars) in the form of government grants > which they have to apply for on an annual basis (at least in the > U.S.).
I have had the impression that US government arts funding is minuscule in comparison to the actual budgets of the large arts organizations. I think that when the Met or the NY Philharmonic gives an admission-free concert in Central Park, it is mostly funded by corporate sponsors and by those who philanthropically support those music organizations. My bet is that government funding covers less than 10% of the budgets of those two organizations, but I'm only guessing on that -- if someone has hard numbers, I'd be interested to see them. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
