bullet2 Appendix C: Interview

Interview Protocol and Code


Interview Protocol:


1. When did you decide to become an orchestra musician?

    Expectations? Reasons?

(Was it your intended goal? A backup? )

Have you found it fulfilling so far?

In what ways is your work engaging?

Disengaging?

2. Did the current preparation for contract negotiations influence your answers to the survey in any way?

    Unionization?

    Affect on others?


3. What role does teaching play in the greater scope of your career? (if none, skip to #7)


4. What do you see as your primary motivations for teaching?


5. Do you learn anything from teaching your instrument?

Does any part of it apply to your own performance?


6. Does your teaching have any effect on your performance in the orchestra?

Improvements? Distractions?


7. Many people seem to feel that teachers are failed performers.

 Do you feel that there is a stigma against teaching musicians?

What effects does that have on you?


8. Where and how were you trained for your career?

    In a nutshell, from the beginning.

    Did you have any pedagogy training?


9. Do you feel that your training was appropriate to the activities in your career?

What changes would you make?

What parts were most effective?


10. Some people seem to report that creativity is not necessary for the career of the orchestra musician.  

What do you think?

Does creativity play a greater role in your activities as a performer or as a teacher?

Do you consider yourself to be an artist?


11. How would you advise a young person who is thinking about a career in an orchestra?  

     What training should they have?

Would you try to encourage them or not?


12. What direction do you see for the future of symphony orchestras?


13. Are orchestra members generally satisfied with their careers?  

What changes would make them happier?




Interview Coding

Interview Questions
SUMS/ Means
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
decision age
15.55555556
15
12
16
16
14
  
18
20
14
15
high school
6
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
earlier
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
later
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
fulfilling
8.4
20%
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
20%
1
engaging
                      
artistic concerns
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
people
5
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
bigger job
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
challenge
6
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
repertoire
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
disengaging
                      
management
7
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
perform at unsat. Level
7
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
people
5
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
repertoire
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
conductor
4
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Negotiation effect
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
affect others?
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
  
1
    
teaching pursued
6
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
want less
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
for $
9
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
would anyway
8
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
learn from teaching
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
apply to perf
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
pos orch affect
6
1
1
0
  
1
1
0
0
1
1
neg orch affect
3
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
failed performers?
0
0
  
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
stigma?
8
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
stigma affects you?
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
undergrad BM
  
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
MM
  
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
no Pedagogy training
7
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
<= 1 yr ped
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
>1 yr ped
  
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
training appropriate?
8
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
creativity necessary in orch
7
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
cr in perform
8
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
cr in teach
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
both
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
young people encourage
w/caveat
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
love
  
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
skill
  
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
competition
8
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
direction stays
6
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
future better
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
future worse
4
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
gen sat?
ambiguous
1
0
0
1
1
1
half
half
0
0
changes in FWCS
                      
more pay
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
benefits
6
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
communication w/ mgt
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
outreach
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0