Musicians met Tuesday night to get a briefing on symphony management’s proposals, and members will vote today in two meetings, one after a children’s performance and the other tonight after a rehearsal.

Scott Foster, spokesman for the Musicians Association of Hawai'i Local 677, said symphony management had presented two options for clearing its $1 million debt — across-the-board pay cuts or the elimination of five or six positions through attrition. The musicians’ bargaining team presented management’s options for cutting costs to members at a 2 1/2-hour meeting late Tuesday.

The union’s bylaws require a 24-hour waiting period between an official notification of proposals and a vote by the membership.

The musicians are in the second year of a five-year contract. The discussions are taking place according to existing provisions of that contract.