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Welsh National Opera

Updated: 13 February 2024 | 14:34 PM
Agreement

Agreements between Welsh National Opera (WNO) and the MU for employed and self-employed orchestral musicians.

Rates of pay for freelance players effective from 1 September 2023

1. Concerts

Concert / Daily rates

Tutti Sub-Principal Principal Section Principal
£128.10 £136.50 £141.75 £157.50

Single call (3 hours) on a day other than a concert day

Tutti Sub-Principal Principal Section Principal
£76.86 £81.90 £85.05 £94.50

Distance / Travel

Distance (where a coach is provided) Travel (where over 25 miles are travelled to reach the coach or a coach is not provided)
10p per mile 30p per mile

Meal allowances: leaving before 1.30 pm & returning after 6.30pm

Coach round trip up to 250 miles 250-400 miles up to 250 miles (other times)
Standard venues £13.26 £17.89 £6.63
Premium venues £16.58 £22.37 £8.29
London n/a £24.16 n/a

Late return

Midnight - 12:30 am 00:30 am - 2:00 am
£6.63 £13.26

2. Opera

Opera performance

(A- up to 3½ hours; B - up to 6 hours)

  Tutti Sub-Principal Principal Section Principal
A £97.70 £104.71 £106.06 £114.45
B £195.51 £209.41 £212.12 £228.90

Opera rehearsal

(A - up to 3½ hours;  B - up to 2 hours; C - up to 1 hour)

  Tutti Sub-Principal Principal Section Principal
A £88.37 £94.33 £95.73 £104.95
B £66.54 £72.69 £74.07 £80.14
C £44.18 £47.18 £47.87 £52.44

Travel

Over 25 miles from musicians normal centre: 30p per mile.

Meal allowances

Returning to base following an overnight stay.

City After 13:30 After 18:30 After 21:30
London £8.95 £17.90 £26.85
Aberdeen, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Inverness, Bath, Milton Keynes, Oxford £8.29 £16.58 £24.87
All other UK towns & cities £6.63 £13.26 £19.89

Contact details

Orchestra & Concerts Manager: Matthew Downes

WNO, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff, CF10 5AL

029 2063 5076

matthew.downes@wno.org.uk

MU Steward: Dean Wright
MU H&S Representative: Barry Friend