RE: [Harp-L] Re: how much do you get paid for a gig?

["robert mcgraw" <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Referring to Robert Bonfiglio's $6-8,000 a performance fee:
> > "Chris Michalek" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I know the level of money Robert is making may seem obscene to many
> > but I assure you it is not. While I have never made money close to that 
> I
> > know plenty of people who have.  That level of money is the "real world"
> > of the working musician.
> > Garry Hodgson added:
> not really obscene at all.  he's being paid for his talent, and for what he
> brings to the music.  and if you factor in all the time he's spent 
> attaining
> and maintaining that level of play, it starts to look like they're getting
> quite a bargain.
---Both Chris and Garry make good points. Robert Bonfiglio has a Master's 
degree in composition from the Mannes School of Music, where he studied with 
Araon Copeland. He also has studied extensively with Chamber Huang and the 
first chair flutist [can't remember the gentleman's name] of the New York 
Ballet Company...Bonfiglio practiced  a MINIMUM of four hours a day for many 
years, and eight hours a day for a number of those years.
  There's a story about one of the great classical virtuosos: after a 
concert, a man who had heard the concert said to him, " I would give 
everything to play like you do."
The virtuoso replied, " Sir, I did."
Robert Bonfiglio deserves very penny.
WVa Bob

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