SFMA Calls on South Florida Symphony to Pay Delinquent Wages
South Florida Musicians Association is again calling for South Florida Symphony to pay wages to musicians who have remained unpaid since December. Musicians are owed wages for the December production of Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and the January production of Porgy and Bess.
The Symphony has had a history of having difficulty in meeting its payrolls. Musicians waited as long as eight months to be paid for work performed in 2013 and 2014. The Symphony, which gave its inaugural performance in 1998, first had difficulty making payroll when it expanded beyond Key West in 2010. The Symphony cancelled its April 2010 concert after it was unable to make payroll for its January 2010 performances. The Symphony resumed operations in October 2010 after having made only partial payment to the musicians who had performed in January 2010. The Symphony was only able to make partial payment to musicians for the October 2010 performances as well, and subsequently cancelled the balance of its 2010-11 season. The musicians who performed in January and October 2010 were not fully compensated for their services until December 2011.
Members of the community are urged to contact the South Florida Symphony and request that they pay their musicians:
South Florida Symphony Orchestra 2201 Wilton Drive Suite 12 Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Phone: 954-522-8445 E-mail: info@southfloridasymphony.org
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