The amounts of the various components in the mixture can vary relative to each other. For example,a person could add one or two spoons of sugar to their coffee. No. The elements that make up the compound are combined in fixed ratios. For example, water is always two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen.
Orchestral Salaries. In 2010, orchestra musicians, including violinists, averaged $28,000 to $115,000 a year, according to a survey by Berklee College of Music, a Boston-based undergraduate program.
For the 2010 to 2011 season, 10 orchestras paid their musicians six-figure salaries. Orchestral musicians at the Los Angeles Philharmonic topped the list at $136,500 a year. Those in the San Francisco Symphony orchestra and the New York Philharmonic were both close seconds, earning an average of $129,740 a year.