DON’T FORGET THE JANUARY 25TH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING!
I. FMA REPORT AND COMMENTS ON SELAS
II. TITLED OFFICER CONTINUES TO SEEK COMPETiTIVE EMPLOYMENT
III. WHERE IS AMIE MOORE?
IV. COMMENTS ABOUT THE THE RMA, AFM AND THE UPCOMING CONVENTION
V. COMMENTS
VI. EVENTS

Make plans now to attend the JANUARY 25th, 2010 LOCAL 47
general membership meeting! Help stop the ban on election
signature gathering on our property!

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I. FMA REPORT AND COMMENTS ON SELAS

Hello FMA-L.A. Members:

Happy New Year!

SELA update:
On November 19, 2009 our H&W Trustees met to discuss the
future of the SELA contract. As you know, the three Management
Trustees are extremely concerned about their liability regarding
the four (documented) instances of possible fraud committed
in 2009.

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Local #47 Vice President John Acosta gives us the following
report from the Nov 19 meeting:

The Trustees deferred the decision due to what they explained
was “a lengthy set of new rules & regulations that Lewis Levy
had prepared”. From what I have been told they will be meeting
soon after the holiday to make a final decision.

I am writing my own letter to them, urging them to take
action, and will let you know when that goes out.

Best,

John Acosta
Vice-President
Professional Musicians Local 47
Tel 323-993-3173 Fax 323-461-3090

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Lisa Haley again:

I just heard back from my own Tax CPA, who outlined for
me the true cost of incorporating in California. The cost to
Members to incorporate (even at the lowest rate,) or use a
Payroll service is more than most of our Members can
possibly afford in this economy - (unless one was already
making enough money that one needed an extra $2000
per year tax write-off.) The idea that any employer is going
to come up with more money in order for us to use one of
the above alternatives is extremely unrealistic in this
economy.

We truly need our SELA back.

Several members have made the following statements, which
we just submitted to John Acosta, Lewis Levy and Leslie
Lashinsky:

1.) In other Unions where there is Federal fraud, the perpetrators
are punished; no system is shut down to penalize the rest of the
membership. Why is this circumstance different? Because the
H&W Management Trustees are trying to avoid being scrutinized
by Federal authorities… at our expense.

2.) If the H&W Management Trustees have committed negligence
which resulted in a lack of oversight, encouraging fraud; Then those
Trustees fully deserve to come under the scrutiny of the IRS and DOL,
rather than penalizing those law-abiding Members who are currently
unable to receive their H&W and Pension contributions.

3.) When the SELA is reinstated, every band leader in good standing
deserves to have their H&W and Pension contributions retroactively
reinstated. After all, they are fully documented. This “hiatus” of our
SELA should never have happened in the first place.

4.) When the minimum contribution amount was $600, the “rollover”
threshold was also $600. Now that the minimum contribution amount
is $900, the rollover should also raise to $900, and it should be
retroactive to Oct 1, 2009. Why should hard-working Members lose
up to $300 apiece in this economy?

5.) Members are extremely unhappy with PacFed and its negligent
practices and we should look for a new administrator.

Jan 25 General Meeting:

We have requested a “Report on the status of our SELA” on the
Agenda. It is important that we all attend!

FMA Members, please consider emailing our Executive Board if
you would like to see SELA discussed:

pres3@promusic47.org
leslie.Lashinsky@promusic47.org
vp@promusic47.org;
secretary@promusic47.org
judychilnick@sbcglobal.net
gumbah@sbcglobal.net
pamgates@aol.com
GHuckins@aol.com
BRJanofsky@sbcglobal.net
gary@arcobass.com
lesaterry@earthlink.net
pcklar@earthlink.net
dmugger@aol.com

Regards,
Lisa Haley
President, FMA-L.A.

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II. TITLED OFFICER CONTINUES TO SEEK COMPETiTIVE EMPLOYMENT
THE $75,000+ SECRETARY STRIKES AGAIN

Pasadena Pops musicians replaced; Pasadena Symphony
season in danger; New West Symphony cuts back their
season; Long Beach Symphony cuts back their season.
Churches cut back on live performance all over our
jurisdiction, but no consideration for the Rank and File
musicians in our Local seems to put a dent in Secretary-
Treasurer Leslie Lashinsky’s insistence in trying to take
jobs from rank and file Local 47 bassoonists who help pay
her salary.

In the January, 2010 Overture Ms. Lashinsky requests two playing
jobs, one legit and one not. (Page 21, column 4)

1) As we’ve made clear in this blog, we have no problem with the
Secretary taking jobs with Dream Street, since she was a founding
member and its a small self-contained group of set personnel.
The board in attendance voted to allow her to take that work.

Roy D’Antonio abstained.

2) As a followup however, she requested work with the Brentwood/
Westwood Symphony.

Once again, the board acted correctly and they voted not to allow
the secretary to lift more work from Local 47 bassoonists.

Those voting at that meeting were: Acosta, Muggeridge, Chilnick,
Lasley, Huckins and Gates

Roy D’Antonio abstained in this vote as well. What’s up with
that? Why is he there?

As we do each time the board does the right thing, we
thank them for putting the interests of the membership
ahead of the personal desires of the officers.

As was recently told to members of the committee:
“This is immoral, and has never been allowed in this
Local or any other major Local that I know of. I trust
that our fellow musicians will demand a change in this
practice of being a Union official and playing all the
gigs she wants!”

At least the private students that President Trombetta
teaches every Wednesday (The reason he’s almost never
at the Local on Wednesdays) aren’t union gigs!

THE COMMITTEE

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From the “We think she doth protest too much” file.

QOUTE FROM THE SECRETARY’S JANUARY 2010 OVERTURE REPORT

Also in this months’ Overture, page 17, bottom half, first paragraph,
the Secretary writes: “I offer this in part because of the escalation
in e-mail attacks aimed at me and my fellow Local 47 elected
colleagues; anonymous blog comments and editorials so inaccurate
and defamatory as to make one wonder about the humanity and
sanity of their source(s).”

COLLEAGUES,

As we explained in the last mailing, the info we get about the jobs
the secretary tries and sometimes succeeds in taking from Local 47
bassoonists who pay her salary comes from the notes of the
Executive Board meetings, notes Secretary Leslie Lashinsky herself writes.
We always supply the page number and paragraph of the Overture for
reference, and urge you to read it yourself.

Therefore, as logic and basic common sense dictate:

1) The only way OUR info is wrong is if Leslie Lashinsky herself
puts inaccurate information in the Local 47 Executive Board
meeting minutes.

2) If Secretary Lashinsky finds the “attacks” escalating, she must
be escalating the amount of work she’s trying to take within the
jurisdiction.

(Remember, the LA OPERA comments were from LA OPERA
members, and we even supplied a possible excuse for her
if she had been involved.)

3) As for the idea of defamatory attacks on the other Local 47 board
members, we report their votes as listed in the Executive Board meeting
minutes the Secretary writes. If they find that deflamatory, that merely
means they realize what they are doing is wrong. Once again the Secretary
is the one solely responsible for the info we print from the Executive Board
meeting minutes.

4) Ergo, if the Secretary finds the “attacks” inaccurate or defamatory, she
must be putting bad information into the Executive Board records.

DEFAMATION

5) Defamation: False or malicious claims that may harm someone’s
reputation.

6) Unless the Secretary is purposefully putting false or malicious claims
in the Executive Board meeting minutes (We don’t think so), there is no
validity to any claim of defamation. We’re reporting what she is doing
as listed in her own report. If there is defamation, she should take it up
with… herself.

LASTLY

If she does not want the COMMITTEE to continue to broadcast whenever
she tries to take work from Rank and File bassoonists who pay her salary,
there are only two solutions, one simple and one not:

1) STOP TRYING TO TAKE WORK AWAY FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS!
or
2) Somehow convince the board to put your work requests in executive session.
If you succeed in doing that, the board deserves equal condemnation.

It comes down to this, Secretary Lashinsky. Stop taking competative work
from those who pay your salary and the reporting will stop. When and if
that reporting stops is utterly and entirely up to you.

You know as well as we do the trouble a majority of our union brethren
are going through trying to meet their financial obligations. If you still
see nothing wrong with trying to take paying work from your constituents
and your union brethren who don’t have the advantage of a full time salary
plus benefits as you do (Paid out of the members dues), it is not us at the
committee whose humanity should be in question, is it?

THE COMMITTEE

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III. WHERE IS AMIE MOORE?

Amie Moore heads up member services at Local 47. She’s
been with the Local for 13 years. Amie has done more to look
out for the rank and file members interest and making the Local
useful to the everyday members on a BROADER basis than anyone.
She’s also spent a great deal of time and energy looking out for
and protecting the employees who answer to her.

Many of the ground floor employees at our Local are vital and
invaluable to the membership in certain areas, but Amie is someone
who covers a wider area of member interest and service.

The other two who used to do a great deal for the Rank and File
membership were Barbara Markay and Errol Henry, of the CD/Radio
Airplay area and Referral Service respectively, but were fired during
a time that our member services were under siege by officers and a
board more interested in the desires of the RMA than anyone else.
While in our opinion, it is still true, there are very few left who
represent such an important position for rank and file free lance
members as Amie Moore.

We recently received this email:

“out of curiosity does any one know where Amie Moore is? A few
of us have tried to contact her for answers to things only she
can answer and we keep being told she is out of the office.
I hope this isn’t the same thing that happened to Markay. There
are so few people left in the local that try to
help the members these days.”

We sent the above to Amie and received this reply back:

“Hi there,
Wow, thanks for sending me this email. The fact is that I have been away but
I will be back starting the 19th of January. I do feel bad that I wasn’t
able to address any members concerns but I will be back soon and hopefully
be able to help once again.
Take care,
Amie”

Colleagues,

We’re not sure if there is anything afoot at Local 47 to force anyone else
out who serves the rank and file, but we’ll keep an eye and ear out for you.
If you hear anything, let us know.

THE COMMITTEE

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IV. COMMENTS ABOUT THE THE RMA, AFM AND THE UPCOMING CONVENTION

The way I see it is a convention tactic of controlling the vote
through roll call. Should, let’s say for example, a resolution
to raise per capita to a $200 per member. This would trim
membership and locals to somewhere between 12,000 and
20,000. Precisely what the RMA wants. They would not have to
vote anyone out but leave us to stew in the demise. Remember,
the RMA always finds a way for everyone else to pay dues.

While everyone feels sorry for them, they sue the AFM and
refuse to pay their dues even when it is legislated by
the convention. They now have three large locals plus the
northwest southern california arizona miami part of new
england. This could be a very different union come August.

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Well it is unfortunate that the Federation has found itself
impotent in exercising the leadership necessary to keep the
RMA as a constituent that sees itself as a part of the entire
spectrum of professional music. I do think that since it is
doubtful Vince Trombetta can be elected to the top spot,
(the RMA tried getting Hal to NY and it was a real slap in
the face that they were almost laughed out of Vegas) the
RMA is searching for someone they can promote and it
might just be in NY. Also, don’t discount the change in
the wind with John Acosta (LOCAL 47 VICE-PRESIDENT).
He wants to survive the cut and may find himself culled
by the RMA.

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What’s scary is that the RMA crowd is trying to characterize
their problems as all Tom’s fault, and are turning it
into a personality battle, when in fact it’s RMA policy
(no buyouts, no way) that is the root of their problems.
They’re doing a fairly good job of hiding their own
agenda and refocusing everything on personality issues
with Tom, and Tom’s letting them get away with it!

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IV. COMMENTS

The comments below and elsewhere in this mailing represent the
typically uncensored views of the readers and not necessarily those
of the COMMITTEE. In the faith that freedom of expression allows
for the birth and ascendancy of the most beneficial ideas, all sentiments
expressed are welcome, subject to the bounds of good taste and
decorum. If you disagree with an opinion expressed by any contributor,
we encourage you to rebut it here.

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ABOUT THE SIGNATURE LEGISLATION…

Hello!

Just read the mailing…..at first I thought… why say… We
“the membership” should codify what past practice has turned
into, i.e. parking lot is fair game? Saying that might look
like an opening for the proponents of this resolution to think
they have a fall back position that will be accepted by the
membership…that is they may get support in a vote that says the
administration CAN KEEP PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES OUT of the union
buildings when collecting signatures!

That answer must be NO! Concede nothing to this resolution….the
bylaws are fine like they are and if there was to be a challenge
the LMRDA will first ask “What do your bylaws say?” If we codify
restrictions we will be bound by them whether fair or not because
we voted for it! However, leaving room… for some… negotiation
….how about no gathering of signatures inside the “business office”?

This makes for a reasonable response and gives the proponents a
warm fuzzy feeling that they will get something passed. Make no
mistake…this resolution must fail at every level!

The goal of the opposition should be that.. NO CHANGES to the
existing language in our bylaws. Unless and until the DOL
sends the local a notice that it is not in compliance with
some rule or regulation the answer to this resolution must
be NO!

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ABOUT COMPOSERS AFFILIATING WITH THE TEAMSTERS…

LA Times wrote about this Teamster affiliation. The Teamsters
have more bargaining power than the AFM.

Gee, I guess everybody knows by now Local 47 does not
champion union labor. These are the unintended consequences
of our Executive Board’s decision to build our rehearsal rooms
and remodel our auditorium using virtually all non- union labor.
Why on earth would the composers and lyricists even think of
joining such an organization when the Teamsters are notorious
for solidarity?! It was the Teamsters that picketed with Local 47
when the Rockette’s came to the Universal Amphitheater with canned
music and they would not deliver the candy bars.

This is what our Executive Board has done to us. This leaves
“waiting in the wings” the PMG by design and support of our union
leadership to dismantle the AFM on the west coast. The Teamsters
would gain a powerful presence in the “above the line” entertainment
unions. Even our union paper has reported on meetings between
Pres. Vince Trombetta and the Teamsters.

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FROM RICK BLANC…
To Joe Mitchell,

Mr. Mitchell wrote: “Why does Mr. Blanc have to bring Obama and
his partisan politics into the discussion?”

Why not? Do you believe the ideological questions inherent to
national politics are unrelated to what is going on in the
music business?

Rick Blanc

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ABOUT RICK BLANC…
Has Rick Blanc rejoined the AFM yet? If not, why would he be
the spokesperson for the Committee? Why not get Manny Ramirez
or Joe Torre to weigh in? Seriously, if he doesn’t care enough to
be a member of the very organization of which he professes to
be an expert, why should anyone take him or his comments as
anything more than sour grapes? With all due respect, Mr.Blanc,
rejoin the AFM or please leave the commentary to those who
have actually have put their money where their mouth is.

[EDITOR'S COMMENT: If Mr. Blanc is no longer a member of the AFM,
that does not negate his decades of experience as a dues paying AFM
member, nor dim the validity of his views, particularly if he left
because of what he sees as rank corruption in the actions of a
particularly destructive faction of recording musicians.

Everyone who writes to the COMMITTEE, including you, is a spokesman
for your own position. Read our mission statement as it is stated on
our website:

"We are an AD HOC Committee of AFM Local 47 members in Los
Angeles concerned with our Local's direction and the future for
all our members. This blogs' purpose is to act as a forum for
members AND OTHER CONCERNED MUSICIANS to express their
opinions anonymously, free of any fear of retribution from the
present power structure."

If Mr. Blanc shines light on subjects others would prefer stay in the
dark, but is in the best interest of the entire AFM membership, we
welcome it wholeheartedly.

THE COMMITTEE]

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does Phil wants a symphony job? maybe he thinks that someone
in the ICSOM will help him get one somewhere.

the only person missing from the photo on page 8 of the January
OVERTURE was a particular contractor.

Hey, the special contractor ran more work away from town
than they brought in- the “package” of four scales for the
magic contractor, two scales for the assistant contractor
(so the magic contractor can stay home), 25% over scale
for the fave copyist, the magic contractor’s percentage of
the studio and the engineer…. wow, who wants to pay
all that just so someone can “get them composer number 1’s
orchestra” …. are you kidding ?
anyone want to guess the amount of that Special Payments
check? and how about the fave copyist with offices on two
continents….what do you guess that check was
last July 1…. over a mil ?

name withheld by request

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FROM ERIC HOSLER…

I know that I will make few friends pointing out that
all the extremism has been an impediment to progress.
While I am certainly worse than a jerk at times, where
the future is concerned, I believe I come to sound
conclusions, and stand up for them. The key word here
is Future; We all writing our opinions here are not the
young who NEED OUR RESOLVE against band-aid solutions.

What is important here? The house and car we die with,
or a legacy of sustainable stability for future generations
of real live instrumentalists? I don’t want “He Sold Us Out”
on my little tube of ashes. Can Tom Lee say that he has
thought so far into the future? I think NOT!

Eric Hosler

[EDITOR'S COMMENT: Mr. Hosler, the buggy whip mentality
of the RMA "haves" has done more to destroy any sustainable
stability in recording than any other force has. Just ask
the thousands of fully qualified musicians who used to make
a good deal of their living nation-wide from a variety of
recording sources, (Hundreds in Los Angeles) who've had to
look outside music for work because so much of the recording
work has left for destinations worldwide. Include also those
orchestral musicians who've been politically displaced by
RMAer's whose recording work has evaporated, forcing those
orchestral musicians to look for non-music related work.

LOCAL 47 BOARD

Want an example close to home? Our own Local 47 Board
went with price rather than loyalty to fellow union brothers
by going NON-UNION to pay for most of the refurbishment
of our auditorium to the tune of more than $500,000 dollars.

That fact negates any high horse we can sit on, since
production companies are merely using the same philosophy
in their projects that the Local 47 board used in theirs.

Lee hasn't lost recording musicians a single, solitary
recording job. If you don't know this, Mr. Hosler, you've
not done your homework, or it's not in your political
interest to acknowledge what is obvious to any unbiased
observer.

THE COMMITTEE]

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V. CONCERTS AND EVENTS

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1/16/10

Los Angeles Pierce College Department of Music Presents

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
James Domine, Music Director

Saturday evening Jan. 16, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Pierce College Performing Arts Theater

Mozart
Symphony #1 in Eb major

Haydn
Symphony #9 in D major

Handel
Water Music Suite

Domine
Amsuite Serenade

This special concert is a fundraiser to benefit
San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra

General Admission: $25
Students and Seniors: $20
Children under 12 years: $15

For concert information call (818) 347-4807
www.sfvsymphony.com

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1/16/10

Ventura Baroque
presents
THE BAROQUE CHAMBER PLAYERS
Lou Pruneda, Music Director/Flute
Paul Schneider, Violin
James Gilmore, Oboe
Cavit Celayir-Monezis, Bassoon
Dr. Janice Foy,’Cello
Mark Holmstrom, Cembalo

Saturday .January 16, 2010 at 7 p.m.
in the beautiful Heritage Square Chapel Hall
731 ‘A’ Street (between 7th and 8th)
Downtown Oxnard, CA

There is ample free parking in and around the Square.
Admission is Free - a freewill donation is suggested

Works to be featured:
G. F. Handel’s: Trio Sonata in D for Violin, Oboe and Continuo (Cello and Cembalo)
and his Trio Sonata in C minor for Oboe, Violin and Continuo
G. P. Telemann’s: Trio Sonata in C minor for Flute, Oboe and Continuo
A. Vivaldi’s: Concerto in G minor for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon and Continuo and his
Concerto in G minor for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Bassoon and Continuo

THE BAROQUE CHAMBER PLAYERS
is a dedicated group of professional artists
who have prepared the present program with great enthusiasm and candor.

Join us following the program for some light refreshments

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1/17/10

The Los Angeles Pierce Symphonic Winds
presents their concert:

STARS OF THE LA WINDS
Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010 at 1pm and 4pm
Pierce College Performing Arts Theater

Music will include:
-MUSIC FOR A FESTIVAL by Gordon Jacob

-ADAGIO E TARANTELLA by E. Cavallini
featuring the LA Winds clarinet section

-SCHERZO by Edwin Franko Goldman
featuring Neil Jansen, Euphonium

- SCHERZO for French Horn and Wind Band by Charles Fernandez
WORLD PREMIERE, featuring Jennifer Bliman, Horn

-STONEHENGE by Michael Kibbe
WORLD PREMIERE

-TRIBUTE FOR ROBERT GOMEZ
Paul Witt

-WINDSOR PROCESSIONAL by Charles Fernandez

For more info and tickets contact:
info@lawinds.org
tickets@lawinds.org

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1/17/10

ORANGE COUNTY WIND SYMPHONY
plays
BEETHOVEN, ROUSE and BRAHMS

“Featuring Alice Park, Flute”

Start Time: Sunday, January 17 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, January 17 at 9:00pm
Where: Servite Auditorium at Servite High School
1952 West La Palma, Anaheim. Phone: (714) 774-7575

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1/20/10

FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
(every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10-12:40 pm)

JANUARY 20, 2010
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 10 in G Major Op. 96
Jacqueline Suzuki - violin
Rosa LoGiudice - piano

Glendale Noon Concerts
First Baptist Church of Glendale
209 N. Louise St. (at Wilson)
Glendale Ca 91206
818 242 2113
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Thanks!
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UPCOMING CONCERTS in the same series:

FEBRUARY 3, 2010
Music for violin & piano by composer HANNE HELLEDIE
Frances Moore - violin
Hanne Helledie - piano

FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Chamber music by composer BEVAN MANSON
Catherine Del Russo - oboe & English horn
Bevan Manson - piano

CONCERT UPDATES:
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

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1/20/10

ASMAC presents
A PANEL DISCUSSION ON VIDEO GAME MUSIC
Moderator, SHAWN CLEMENT

with
KAVEH COHEN,
BILLY MARTIN and
MICHAEL DAVID NEILSEN

Wednesday, January 20th - 11:30 am @ CATALINA’S

This Luncheon will present composers who’ve found a place
in Video games and will discuss what led them to this
particular media, the special compositional considerations video
game composition entails, and other avenues they may still be
exploiting to make a living in this very competitive and volatile
marketplace.

about the composers…

KAVEH COHEN - A veritable force in the world of motion picture
trailers, Kaveh and co-composer Michael Nielsen, have taken the
advertising industry by storm.
Since the debut of his blockbuster trailer music library Full Tilt, with
its intense and cutting edge sound, Kaveh’s compositions have thrilled
audiences on both large and small screen in hundreds of advertising
campaigns for Hollywood’s biggest films including: G.I. Joe, Twilight
New Moon, X-Men Origins Wolverine, Transformers Revenge of the
Fallen, Terminator Salvation, Race to Witch Mountain, The Dark Knight,
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and countless others. Not stopping
at trailers, Kaveh has scored numerous commercials for clients including
Sony, SEGA, NBC, Mattel, Six Flags and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Kaveh has
also composed scores for dozens of television shows including award
winning and Emmy nominated shows and mini series such as Ocean
Adventures, The Science of Star Wars, The Crash of Flight 191, Biography:
John Travolta, Red Flag, Wolverine and the X-men and many others.
He’s also been a contributing composer for several top rated network
prime time reality shows.

BILLY MARTIN - Whether conducting a 60-piece orchestra on a sound
stage or crafting an electronic score in his own technically appointed
studio, composer Billy Martin creates music to tell stories. It may be
music that mirrors the drama of a feature film, annotates the hyper-
kinetic motion of an animated network series, or delivers the apocalyptic
doom of a futuristic computer game; in all projects, Martin’s music moves
in sonic counterpoint to the on-screen action. His outlets include Walt
Disney Pictures, Universal, Fox, the Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and
ABC, among others. Simultaneously, he composes for new media with a
range of projects for companies including Ubisoft and Disney. As a
songwriter, he has contributed songs to feature films including Outside
Providence and Selena while television series from Touched by an Angel
to Murphy Brown have also featured his lyrics and music.

MICHAEL DAVID NEILSEN is a composer and producer for motion picture
advertising, video games, television, and records. His music appears
regularly on the big screen as the sonic propulsion to some of Hollywood’s
biggest movie trailers, including Twilight: New Moon, X-Men Origins:
Wolverine, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Terminator Salvation.
In addition to writing and producing Full Tilt trailer music, Michael, with
partner and co-composer Kaveh Cohen, are scoring the highly anticipated
video game Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: ConViction. Recently, Michael worked
on the score for the animated series Wolverine and the X-Men, is programming
for Cat’s & Dog’s 2, and co-wrote and produced all of the songs for Another
Cinderella Story featuring Selena Gomez.

WEDNESDAY, January 20th
11:30 cocktails, 12 noon Lunch, followed by the panel.

Catalina’s
6725 West Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028
(1 BLOCK E OF HIGHLAND - north side of street - corner of McCadden)

Cost: ASMAC Members & Students $30 - Guests and all walk-ins $35
Parking: Valet $3.00 - Enter on McCadden - west side of Catalina’s - lot at back

Please make reservations by Tuesday morning, JAN. 19th - 818/994-4661
OR by email to asmac@theproperimageevents.com
Check us out at www.asmac.org

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1/20/10

Canoga Park Bowl and the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra present

CONCERTS AT THE BOWL!

Wednesday Evenings at 8:15 pm
In the Royal Room

Jan. 20th: The Screaming Clams
Summer of Love

Jan. 27th: Blues at the Bowl
Dave Reo, Jimi Dee & Friends

Feb. 3rd: Jennifer Bliman, French Horn

Feb. 10th: Instrumental soloist

Feb. 17th: The Screaming Clams
Songwriters’ Forum

Feb. 24th: Blues at the Bowl
With Dave Reo, Jimi Dee & Friends

Admission Free
20122 Vanowen St., Winnetka, CA
Persons under 21 years of age not admitted.

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1/18-24/10

LAGUNA BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Music of Paul Chihara, Philip Glass, Steve Reich showcased
in 8th annual festival

January 18-24, 2010

Laguna Beach Artists’ Theatre and elsewhere

Laguna Beach Music Festival (January 18-24, 2010) unwraps
new music by some of America’s top contemporary composers
and mates film to music by profiling composers who have
made significant contributions to both film and concert music
and by fostering three new musical scores for the premiere
of a 13-minute documentary film.

Philip Glass’ Sonata for Violin and Piano
Steve Reich’s Vermont Counterpoint, a solo for flute and taped flute

Reflections on The Living Sea (film) composers are Pamela Madsen,
Sharon Farber and Paul Chihara; their differing approaches capture
the broad spectrum of inspiration that film brings to music.

The music of Toru Takemitsu, Erich Korngold, John Corigliano
and 2010 Festival artistic director Paul Chihara is featured as well
as works by composers more frequently identified as film composers
including the great John Williams, James Newton Howard (Pretty
Woman, Blood Diamond) and Bruce Broughton (Silverado, Young
Sherlock Holmes, JAG).

Bringing this marriage of film and music full circle is composer
Donald Crockett’s “Night Scenes,” the Festival’s fourth commission
for 2010.

for more info, please contact
http://pitch.pe/39620

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1/30/10

CULVER CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
47th Season, 10 Years in Culver City

We continue our 47th Season with an unique concert on Saturday,
January 30, 2010, 8P.M., at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium,
4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City; at the corner of Culver
Boulevard and Overland Avenue. Free parking is available.

PROGRAM:

Villa-Lobos (Brasil): Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 1 (1932),
[Arranged for String Orchestra (2009)-Matthew Hetz (U.S.)
(Premiere Performance)]

Charles Fernandez (U.S.): Elegy for Oboe and Strings (1998),
Linda Margeridge-Oboe

Copland (U.S.): 3 Latin American Sketches (1972), Orchestra
Revueltas (Mexico): Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca (1936), Orchestra

Barber (U.S.): Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1940),
Stirling Trent-Violin

Frank Fetta - Conductor

Some of these works are seldom performed, offering you the
rare opportunity to stretch your ears to sounds of the Americas.
This is a program of 20th Century music which is definitely on the
lyrical side.

The Villa-Lobos and Barber works are quite lyrical.
The Copland work contains the liveliness and openness of sound
we expect from him, mixed Mexican and Latin spices.

Charles Fernandez’ work is a lyrical commemoration for his father.

The Revueltas has Mexican and Aztec musical shadows and images,
in his deeply felt homage to a murdered Spanish poet.

There is no admission charge for this concert. However, these
concerts are not free to present. Your financial support for the
orchestra will make these concerts possible.

The Culver City Symphony Orchestra
Presented by:
The Westchester Symphony Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 4846
Culver City, CA 90231
www.culvercitysymphony.org

Join our mialing list, to receive fliers in the mail, or to contact
us via e-mail: info@culvercitysymphony.org
ph. 310-717-5500

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2/2/10

CHRISTIAN HOWES CLINIC WORKSHOP, FEBRUARY 2, 2010
We the String Project Los Angeles are excited to announce that
Christian Howes is returning to SPLA on Tuesday, February 2nd
to present a clinic/workshop.

Chris is without question one of the greatest violinists in the
world today. The workshop is for intermediate and advanced
string players, but even beginners and those with no
improvisational experience are encouraged to attend.

Private lesson slots are also available before the workshop.

For more information about Chris Howes, click HERE.
Reserve your spot today at www.stringprojectla.com.

String Project Los Angeles
12804 W Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90066
310 385 0227

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