{"id":366,"date":"2017-03-09T23:07:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/?p=366"},"modified":"2017-03-11T02:54:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T09:54:34","slug":"pension-what-pension-reports-comments-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.responsible47.com\/?p=366","title":{"rendered":"PENSION? WHAT PENSION? \/ REPORTS \/ COMMENTS \/ EVENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3\/10\/17<br \/>\nPENSION? WHAT PENSION?&#8230;.<br \/>\nReports from New York and Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p>I. PENSION MEETING REPORT &#8211; NEW YORK<br \/>\nII. PENSION MEETING REPORT &#8211; LOS ANGELES<br \/>\nIII. Member Comments and Commentary<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Absolutely guaranteed anonymity &#8211; Former Musician&#8217;s Union officer<br \/>\n&#8230;The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity &#8211; Nashville &#8216;first call&#8217;\u2028scoring musician<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal &#8211; L.A. Symphonic musician<br \/>\n&#8230;Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn&#8217;t dare to mention &#8211; National touring musician<\/p>\n<p>===================================<\/p>\n<p>I. PENSION MEETING REPORT &#8211; NEW YORK<\/p>\n<p>My experience of the local 802 meeting instigated by the Broadway<br \/>\nmusicians was as follows: The club room of local 802 was packed<br \/>\nwith people standing in the halls trying to get in. Union cards were<br \/>\nchecked at the door to make sure that only musicians attended.<br \/>\nNever the less, I saw two AFM staff members at the meeting,<br \/>\nbecause they had union cards.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Hair, local 802 president and IEB member Tino Gagliardi<br \/>\nwere present as were various pension fund trustees.\u00a0Their<br \/>\npresentation lasted over an hour and had many charts<br \/>\nand graphs. The upshot of their presentation was that the<br \/>\ntwo economic downturns and the increasing longevity of<br \/>\nthe members has put the pension fund in it&#8217;s present condition.<br \/>\nPart of their presentation was as justification of the funds<br \/>\npaid to staff and consultants, showing that it was in the main<br \/>\nstream of the investment industry standards.<\/p>\n<p>When musicians finally got to ask questions, the answers<br \/>\nwere often less than satisfactory and the crowd sometimes<br \/>\nyelled out, &#8220;Answer the Question&#8221;.\u00a0 One of the best questions<br \/>\nasked was, &#8220;Why did the pension fund say in 2015 that the<br \/>\nfund was solvent until 2040 and then say in 2016 that the<br \/>\nfund was critical&#8221;?\u00a0 There never seemed to be an adequate<br \/>\nanswer to this question.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s about it.\u00a0 Below is an email from a local cellist Scott<br \/>\nBallantyne. He&#8217;s been analyzing the pension fund performance.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll send you some of his other emails.\u00a0 He says it&#8217;s alright to<br \/>\nquote him.<\/p>\n<p>+++++++++<\/p>\n<p>Dear Friends,<\/p>\n<p>A brief note on two topics from yesterdays meeting. Note that<br \/>\nI \u00a0haven&#8217;t seen the video yet, but have had many reports on<br \/>\nwhat transpired. It sounds like the members represented<br \/>\nthemselves very well.<\/p>\n<p>Topic One: Pension Fund Comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>It is absurd for our fund managers to use other pension fund&#8217;s<br \/>\nlack of performance to justify their own. Your descriptions of<br \/>\nthis reminded me very much of the auto industry in 2008.<br \/>\nOur managers sound a lot like the ones from Detroit who<br \/>\nspent years justifying their terrible performance by comparing<br \/>\nthemselves to the terrible performance of other U.S. car makers.<br \/>\nBut these comparisons weren&#8217;t realistic, and as we all know,<br \/>\nthe auto industry ended up begging for government intervention,<br \/>\njust as our pension fund has indicated they might do.<\/p>\n<p>The only standard that makes any sense is to pick some kind<br \/>\nof stock index, and see how you do next to that. Much better<br \/>\ninvestors than our managers do this as a matter of course.<\/p>\n<p>Topic Two: Index Fund Strategies<\/p>\n<p>A quick word on exactly what an index strategy is. An index<br \/>\nis a list of stocks, like the index to a book. Index funds just<br \/>\ninvest mechanically in every stock on the list. The larger the<br \/>\ncompany, the more shares are purchased. They purchase<br \/>\nsmaller mounts of smaller companies. This requires no<br \/>\nexpertise. It doesn&#8217;t require the highly educated and<br \/>\nexpensive geniuses at The Fund. All you really need is a<br \/>\nhighly trained chimpanzee with a computer. Seriously.<br \/>\nI truly think you could teach a Chimp to do this.<\/p>\n<p>At the meeting, I am told that the Plan&#8217;s managers had<br \/>\nthe following objections to index fund comparisions and\/or use:<\/p>\n<p>1) Index funds have a different fiscal year than the fund,<br \/>\nso comparisons are not fair.<br \/>\n2) They don&#8217;t allow the kind of diversity that the fund seeks,<br \/>\nso the fund would be more risky.<\/p>\n<p>Objection one is easy to fix, and objection two is simply<br \/>\nnot true. I will agree that the previous chart I sent out<br \/>\nwas quick and dirty, and did not fully show the advantages<br \/>\nto our fund of using indexing. I&#8217;ll fix all this here.<\/p>\n<p>To fix the fiscal year issue is easy: between 2013-2016,<br \/>\nlet&#8217;s use quarterly data to compare the exact same point<br \/>\nin time for Index funds and the Pension Fund. There aren&#8217;t<br \/>\nquarterly figures available before that, so I made certain to<br \/>\ncompare the end of year data from the index fund with the<br \/>\ncorresponding figure 3 months later from the fund. While<br \/>\nnot perfect, in practice this turns out to be extremely close.<br \/>\nAnd the comparison is 100% accurate for every point from<br \/>\n2013 on to the present.<\/p>\n<p>To address the diversity issue, I selected a basket of diversified<br \/>\nindex funds, covering stocks (domestic and international),<br \/>\nreal estate via REITS, and some bond funds. I make this available<br \/>\nto the fund for free. That&#8217;s just the kind of guy I am.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list:<\/p>\n<p>VFIAX: US Large Cap Stocks<br \/>\nVVIAX: US Large Cap &#8220;undervalued&#8221; Stocks<br \/>\nVTMSX: Small Cap, with an eye to reducing friction from<br \/>\ntaxable gains (this last not an issue for the fund)<br \/>\nVSIAX: Small cap, &#8220;undervalued&#8221; stocks<br \/>\nVGSLX: REIT (real estate) index fund.<br \/>\nVTMGX: Developed market (non-US).<br \/>\nVTRIX: International &#8220;undervalued&#8221; developed and emerging<br \/>\nmarket stocks.<br \/>\nVFSVX: Small cap non-U.S.<br \/>\nVEMAX; emerging markets (i.e. Brazil, Russia, Taiwan, China, others)<br \/>\nVGRLX: International real estate, including (but not only) international REITs.<br \/>\nVSVSX: Short Term U.S. Government Bond (non-inflation protected).<br \/>\nVSIGX: \u00a0Mid-term U.S. Government Bond (non-inflation protected).<br \/>\nVTAPX: Short-Term inflation procted U.S. Government bonds.<\/p>\n<p>I do not believe the fund is more diversified then this, arguably, it is less.<\/p>\n<p>The final issue \u00a0we need to deal with is to show the<br \/>\neffect of the re-invested savings that truly make<br \/>\nindex funds shine. \u00a0As I have said, we don&#8217;t need<br \/>\nthe high priced geniuses at the fund, we can use a<br \/>\nchimpanzee instead. I took a conservative approach:<br \/>\nI took the entire $11 million that the fund currently<br \/>\nspends on outside \u00a0investing &#8220;talent&#8221;, \u00a0added $4<br \/>\nmillion to that to get $15 million and used that as<br \/>\nour cost savings. That gives us $20 million left to<br \/>\npay the chimp, so clearly this is being conservative.<br \/>\nWe start with this figure, and reinvest it each year.<br \/>\nThe compounding of this savings leads to a truly<br \/>\ndramatic result, one which I am sure we would all<br \/>\nbe happy with today:<\/p>\n<p>========================================<\/p>\n<p>II. PENSION MEETING REPORT &#8211; LOS ANGELES<\/p>\n<p>Hi Editor,<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for posting the informational slides and graphs<br \/>\nfrom the pension fund meeting!<\/p>\n<p>Member Observer Notes:<\/p>\n<p>Really &#8230;.it was a warning meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Assets ( contributions \/ investments) v. Liabilities (benefits).<\/p>\n<p>On the panel&#8230;the folks we pay to assist the &#8220;Trustees&#8221;.<br \/>\nThey did try to provide history and context&#8230;and justify the<br \/>\ncost of their services.<\/p>\n<p>Upshot from the panel:\u00a0\u00a0WE need YOU&#8230;&#8221;the membership&#8221;<br \/>\nto work together&#8230;make all YOUR\u00a0\u00a0work Union&#8230;<br \/>\nWE need the money!<\/p>\n<p>One member analogized the problem the treatment of a<br \/>\nmedical disease.<br \/>\nWe have three basic components, 1) Expenses 2) Rate of Return<br \/>\n3) Multiplier that has been way too high. The member asked the<br \/>\npanel&#8230;&#8217; How do we prolong our life?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While the panel claimed too much is unknown at this time to say<br \/>\nwhat will happen at the end of the March bookkeeping&#8230;If the<br \/>\nfund found in &#8220;Critical and Declining&#8221; status&#8230;a reduction in<br \/>\ncurrent and future benefits may be imposed.<br \/>\n(except for those over age 80)<\/p>\n<p>As one member commented, &#8220;a haircut today or decapitation<br \/>\ntomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the few younger members present addressed the panel<br \/>\n&#8230;future looks &#8220;bleak&#8221; no matter how many dollars are added.<\/p>\n<p>Another comment received via e-mail:<\/p>\n<p>the &#8216;genius&#8217; of the chosen is coming back to haunt them.\u00a0\u00a0In<br \/>\nspite of their heavy contributions, the health &amp; pension<br \/>\nfunds are primarily financed by the vast majority of members<br \/>\nwho have no hope of receiving any benefit. And since the<br \/>\n1%ers have over many years have systematically<br \/>\ndisenfranchised the 99%, as the 99%ers go away, so does<br \/>\nthe golden egg.<\/p>\n<p>Another member reflected on the meeting by observing that<br \/>\nin our Local many musicians are finding themselves replaced<br \/>\nby USC and Colburn students&#8230;thus new membership for<br \/>\ncontribution and freezing pension liabilities of the no<br \/>\nlonger working older players.<\/p>\n<p>Long Time Member<\/p>\n<p>================================<\/p>\n<p>III. Member Comments and Commentary<\/p>\n<p>Some is up in Seattle either doing a video game or some<br \/>\ntrailer music, but prob. a game.<br \/>\n&#8211; and what&#8217;s up with that current video game contract?<br \/>\noh wait &#8211; Ray hair doesn&#8217;t quite get the game industry<br \/>\nyet &#8211; 6 years later &#8211; fellas &#8211; I&#8217;m gonna keep sending<br \/>\nthese until I see you guys and the AFM address the<br \/>\nrunaway from LA recording sessions done by Angeleno<br \/>\ncomposers that cannot work in this town! and I&#8217;m gonna<br \/>\nstart posting these everyday on Facebook and call<br \/>\nout the parties that are not doing anything about it &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>BTW &#8211;\u00a0this is LA&#8217;s work John and Rick and it&#8217;s downright<br \/>\ndepressing&#8230;and the real reason the AFM EPF fund is<br \/>\nupside down &#8211; so&#8230;.still think things are cool?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Pretty demoralizing, and there really isn&#8217;t a viable solution. However,<br \/>\ndespite yours and others warnings, unfortunately I think this was<br \/>\nimminent and bound happen regardless, and I don&#8217;t think that<br \/>\nsimply getting rid of backend will magically return all the film<br \/>\nrecording work to LA, and to think buyouts would return it to<br \/>\npre-2000 levels is very wishful thinking. And it would take a<br \/>\nLOT more buyout sessions to make the equivalent of what was<br \/>\npaid out on the backend, so as much as hate hate the stranglehold<br \/>\nmonopoly RMA has on film recording, it&#8217;s not entirely reasonable<br \/>\nto ask anyone, RMA or not, to just lightly agree to a buyout<br \/>\nafter decades of an established business model enjoyed by<br \/>\nevery other performing union that also gets backend, even<br \/>\nkey grips at IATSE. It also makes the AFM look so pitifully<br \/>\ndesperate and weak, which, well, it is, but would only add<br \/>\nto fuel to that fire, and allow the AFM to be further taken<br \/>\nadvantage of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;HELP! PLEASE! WE NEED WORK! EVEN CHEAP WORK! ANY<br \/>\nWORK! WE&#8217;LL EVEN TAKE A BUYOUT ON MEDIA WORK!!<br \/>\nWE&#8217;LL WORK FOR LESS THAN LONDON! REUSE IT AS<br \/>\nMUCH AS YOU WANT! WE DON&#8217;T CARE! WE CAN&#8217;T<br \/>\nAFFORD TO CARE!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can never negotiate well from a position of weakness,<br \/>\nand I don&#8217;t foresee enough of a return in work volume<br \/>\nto compensate for giving up what literally would add<br \/>\nup to millions in future backend payments, (even a<br \/>\ndecreased amount of future backend payments.)<\/p>\n<p>And what if AFM did agree to changing all sessions to<br \/>\nbuyouts? Eliminating backend is no guarantee of a<br \/>\nreturn to huge \u00a0amounts of work, and let&#8217;s face it,<br \/>\ngone are those glory days. As you suggest,<br \/>\nbackend is only one factor. There&#8217;s no escaping<br \/>\ntechnology, and with the ease and low overhead<br \/>\nof home studio recording eliminating the human<br \/>\nfactor. Thus, simply eliminating backend is a very<br \/>\nchancy speculative solution to saving the Union&#8217;s<br \/>\nsinking ship, would probably only cause a very<br \/>\nmarginal uptick\u00a0at best\u00a0in Union-sanctioned<br \/>\nrecording at this point, and a dubious guarantee<br \/>\nit would save the pension fund from insolvency.<br \/>\nOnce you try changing all recording work to a<br \/>\nbuyout, there is definitely NO going back. Union<br \/>\nproducers and studio signatories NEVER give<br \/>\nsomething back that a Union agrees to give up<br \/>\nwhich is why SAG-AFTRA, WGA, DGA, and IATSE<br \/>\nfiercely hold on to their backend no matter what<br \/>\nand with the help and support of their sister<br \/>\nperforming unions. Unfortunately, the AFM<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t get that same kind of fellow-union support<br \/>\nand most composers really don&#8217;t have the clout<br \/>\n(or the balls) to demand LA recording.<br \/>\n(Some could fight a little harder, frankly.)<\/p>\n<p>So what happens if agreeing to a buyout doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\nresult in an appreciable increase in live recording?<br \/>\nIt spells a lose-lose. I don&#8217;t care how much some<br \/>\nemployers claim they&#8217;d record here if they didn&#8217;t<br \/>\nhave to pay backend. Talk is cheap. Prove it-<br \/>\nmake this argument less speculative. Lets see the<br \/>\nPGA put forward an actual\u00a0musicians session<br \/>\nbuyout proposal requiring their scoring be<br \/>\nrecorded on an AFM contract if they&#8217;re serious<br \/>\nthat they would discontinue outsourcing recording<br \/>\nsessions to Europe under a buyout agreement.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s not wait for the AFM to propose amount.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s FIRST find out what the PGA proactively would<br \/>\nbe willing to pay on a supposed buyout that<br \/>\nwould be low enough to incentivize for them a<br \/>\nserious return to record all of the London, etc.<br \/>\nwork to LA or at least the US. If they all claim<br \/>\nthey&#8217;d record more here if there were no backend,<br \/>\nwhy don&#8217;t we see real specifics proposed and<br \/>\nnegotiated and put their money where their<br \/>\nmouth is? \u00a0Because proposing a buyout based<br \/>\non raw NUMBERS, FACTS and REAL PROPOSALS<br \/>\nvs. get rid of buyouts first and just &#8220;hope-for-the-<br \/>\nbest SPECULATION&#8221; later \u00a0would most likely expose<br \/>\nthat a buyout scale producers would even begin<br \/>\nto consider would be so low as to be unacceptable,<br \/>\namounting to little more than a fraction of what<br \/>\nmusicians are currently earning between session<br \/>\nfees and backend. Even if one might complain<br \/>\nthat a disproportionate number of members make<br \/>\nthe lion&#8217;s share of backend, a drastic paycut<br \/>\nultimately helps no one, including rank and file.<br \/>\nI think it is a fallacy to believe that an increased<br \/>\nvolume in 3 hr. session buyouts would be enough<br \/>\nto make up for the amount of earnings musicians<br \/>\nare being asked to give up.<\/p>\n<p>For all the cynics in our community about LA LA Land,<br \/>\n(which I happened to like apparently more than most<br \/>\nall my music colleagues,) we should be grateful<br \/>\nfor it&#8217;s success, employing over 100 LA musicians,<br \/>\nand vocalists, and should be cheerleading the success<br \/>\nand popularity of this film in order to encourage studios<br \/>\nto do more of the same. More large-in-scope &#8220;original<br \/>\nmovie musicals&#8221; employing 100&#8217;s of musicians for<br \/>\nmany recording hours, arranging, orchestrating,<br \/>\nmusic prep, etc., would be nice. Somehow Chazelle<br \/>\nand composer Hurwitz managed to convince a studio<br \/>\nto do this, despite their thin resumes, and without any<br \/>\ncrying over backend payments from their producers.<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s cheer for it&#8217;s success rather continually artistically<br \/>\nbashing it. It&#8217;s self-defeating.<\/p>\n<p>As far as buyout, simply put, no one can make a decent<br \/>\nliving on session wages alone even if the volume were to<br \/>\nmarginally increase by eliminating backend. Would more<br \/>\nsessions on a buyout mean more work for more members?<br \/>\nI doubt it. Maybe more work, but not more income,<br \/>\nconsidering how paltry an agreed upon buyout wage<br \/>\nwould probably have to be to producers. The only<br \/>\nmembers who could actually make a living under a<br \/>\nbuyout model would still have the lion&#8217;s share of the<br \/>\nwork going to \u00a0that same relative few rather than<br \/>\ndiluted and spread amongst many. There still wouldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nbe enough work to open it up for 1000&#8217;s of rank and<br \/>\nfile musicians even when you remove the backend<br \/>\npayments. The amount of such buyout sessions would<br \/>\nsimply be too low in pay and still too infrequent to<br \/>\nkeep enough members busy enough to make living wage.<\/p>\n<p>At least that&#8217;s how I see it, and I&#8217;m sure many disagree.<br \/>\nTo be clear, this is not me defending the Union by no<br \/>\nmeans. They have to answer for where we are.<br \/>\n(I didn&#8217;t see any reference to salary cuts as a cost-saving<br \/>\nmeasure in their presentation, for example.) It&#8217;s more<br \/>\nabout asking ourselves the question, &#8220;will getting rid<br \/>\nof backend really make anything better for everyone,<br \/>\nor just hurt those members who are backend<br \/>\nparticipants?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[EC: If the filmmakers are saving the money it would<br \/>\ntake to travel to another country, it would be more<br \/>\nlikely they would record here. And MANY currently<br \/>\nnon-union sessions going on are paying above scale.<\/p>\n<p>It comes down to this. Change nothing, you can say<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re protecting the system as you DON&#8217;T work. Or<br \/>\nchange the system and definitely increase work.<\/p>\n<p>The best solution would be a new contract that says,<br \/>\nperhaps, &#8220;Any film considered BIG BUDGET by the AFM<br \/>\nsignatories (Perhaps above 80 million) Must be done<br \/>\nunion IF they are done here, which is no guarantee.<br \/>\nAnything below that should have a buyout option,<br \/>\nwith higher pay up front. If they DON&#8217;T go overseas<br \/>\nanyway that could make some of the current none<br \/>\nunion work union.<\/p>\n<p>As to the pension. There are thousands more taking<br \/>\nout than putting in. If we have the hope of even<br \/>\nslowing down the demise of the AFM, there must be<br \/>\nmore work. In Los Angeles that leaves only one option.<br \/>\nBuyouts. without them no increase in union recording<br \/>\nwork is possible and everyone&#8217;s pension is screwed<br \/>\nwithin a decade.<\/p>\n<p>And who can you blame for the loss of work?<\/p>\n<p>You know who.<\/p>\n<p>THE COMMITTEE]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Far less than 20 years much quicker than that it&#8217;s<br \/>\nin the next five most likely<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>I got up and blasted the investment advisors and<br \/>\nproposed the AFM EPF do a trial basis of INDEX<br \/>\nfunds only for a few years to see if they can match<br \/>\nor outperform the actively managed investment<br \/>\nadvisors &#8211; I basically looked right at them and<br \/>\nsaid they were not providing a good return on<br \/>\ninvestment in the biggest bull run since AFTER<br \/>\nthe great collapse from the late 1920&#8217;s &#8211; INDEX<br \/>\nfunds have low fees and costs and mirror the<br \/>\nmarket &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>we&#8217;re spending 11 mil a year for underperformance? &#8211;<br \/>\ni said sorry guys &#8211; if we can do index funds we wont<br \/>\nbe \u00a0needing you for awhile &#8211; I received a round of<br \/>\napplause from the audience &#8211; ask anyone that was there &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>======================================<\/p>\n<p>IV. EVENTS<br \/>\nDEAN AND RICHARD<br \/>\nare now at Culver City Elks the first \u2028Friday of \u2028every month.<br \/>\n7:30pm-10:30pm,<br \/>\n11160 Washington Pl.<br \/>\nCulver City, 90232<br \/>\n310-839-8891<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584<br \/>\nNO COVER, NO MINIMUM.<br \/>\nEvery 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at<br \/>\nViva Cantina<br \/>\n7:30-10:00.<br \/>\n900 Riverside Drive, \u2028Burbank.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.<br \/>\nCome hear your favorite charts played the way<br \/>\nthey \u2028should \u2028be. \u2028\u2028We are in the back room called<br \/>\nthe Trailside Room. \u2028\u2028\u2028Come on down.<\/p>\n<p>Guaranteed to swing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>3\/15\/17<\/p>\n<p>Free Admission GLENDALE NOON CONCERT<br \/>\nWed MARCH 15, 2017 at 12:10-12:40 pm<\/p>\n<p>ARTHUR OMURA Harpsichord Recital.<br \/>\nThank you!<\/p>\n<p>Sanctuary of Glendale City Church,<br \/>\n610 E. California Ave. (at Isabel St), Glendale, CA 91206.<br \/>\nFor more information, email glendalesda@gmail.com<br \/>\nor call (818) 244- 7241.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<br \/>\nJacqueline Suzuki<br \/>\nCurator, Glendale Noon Concerts<br \/>\n818-249-5108<\/p>\n<p>Jacqueline Suzuki<br \/>\nCurator, Glendale Noon Concerts<br \/>\n818-249-5108<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n3\/18\/16<br \/>\nSFV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA<br \/>\nMar. 18, 2017 \u2013<br \/>\nAgoura Hills\/Calabasas Community Center<br \/>\nTuttle: By Steam or By Dream Overture<br \/>\nInaugural Performance<br \/>\nProkofiev: Symphony #1 in D major (Classical)<br \/>\nBen-Haim: Pastorale Vari\u00e9e for<br \/>\nClarinet, Harp and Strings<br \/>\nGeoff Nudell, clarinetist<br \/>\nBeethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra<br \/>\nRuth Bruegger, violinist<br \/>\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br \/>\nOther concerts in the series<\/p>\n<p>May 13, 2017 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Agoura Hills\/Calabasas Community Center<\/p>\n<p>Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from \u201cSamson and Delilah\u201d<br \/>\nTchaikovsky:\u00a0Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major<br \/>\nEgizi: Orchestral Suite \u2028\u201cIn Memoria di Mio Padre&#8221;<br \/>\nInaugural Performance<\/p>\n<p>Programs subject to change<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>3\/22\/17<\/p>\n<p>THE PHIL NORMAN TENTET<\/p>\n<p>Herb Alpert&#8217;s Vibrato Grill Jazz<br \/>\n2930 Beverly Glen Circle<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA.90077<br \/>\nResevations call 310-474-9400<\/p>\n<p>MARCH 22nd @ 8:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Click here to visit Herb Alpert&#8217;s Vibrato Grill Jazz<\/p>\n<p>PLAYING THE MUSIC OF JAZZ GREATS<\/p>\n<p>Stan Kenton, George Shearing, Quincy Jones<br \/>\nGerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck,<br \/>\nHorace Silver, Dizzy<br \/>\nand other jazz giants<\/p>\n<p>Performed by some of Los Angeles<br \/>\nfinest musicians<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>3\/25\/17<\/p>\n<p>The Musicians at Play presents<br \/>\nPatrick Williams Big Band Live at the Moss<br \/>\nwith special guests Arturo Sandoval and Peter Erskine<br \/>\nSaturday- March 25th, 2017 8:00PM<\/p>\n<p>\ufffc<br \/>\nClick &#8220;Buy Tickets&#8221; to reserve your tickets\u00a0up to 12:00 p.m. on the<br \/>\nday of the show (Remaining tickets will be available at door at show time.)<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning composer Patrick Williams presents The Big Band Live!<br \/>\nfeaturing special guests Arturo Sandoval and Peter Erskine.<\/p>\n<p>VIP &#8211; Doors 7:00 p.m. early entry &#8211; refreshments<\/p>\n<p>General &amp; Premium &#8211; Doors open 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Concert starts: 8:00 p.m.\u00a0(there will be a brief intermission)*<\/p>\n<p>www.musiciansatplay.org<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>3\/26\/17<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS<br \/>\nSubscription Concert 3 \u2013 Calabasas High School<br \/>\nStars of the Los Angeles Symphonic Winds<br \/>\nRevel in the artistry of some of the LA Winds\u2019 most<br \/>\nacclaimed performers.<br \/>\n-Geoff Nudell and Parker Gaims (now a member of the US Marine Corps Band) play Felix Mendelssohn\u2019s virtuosic Two Concert Pieces. 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