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\u2022\u2022\u2022CORRECTION\u2022\u2022\u2022
\nI. MPS
\nII. THERE THEY (AFM) GO AGAIN!
\nIII. EVENTS<\/p>\n
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer
\n‘
\n…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’\u2028scoring musician
\n…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician<\/p>\n
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician<\/p>\n
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\u2022\u2022\u2022CORRECTION!\u2022\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n
In last week’s “FROM THE EDITOR” We mentioned that
\nthe AFM had lost 2\/3’s of it’s membership in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n
Actually, the AFM has lost 1\/3 of their membership in
\nthe last 10 years.<\/p>\n
We apologize for the error.<\/p>\n
The Committee<\/p>\n
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I. MPS<\/p>\n
Dear Fellow Musicians,<\/p>\n
Our American Federation of Musicians pension fund has been
\nheading toward a crisis for decades. As a result, the pension
\nfund trustees are now considering making considerable cuts
\nto our pension benefits. After a lifetime of paying into a system
\nwe were promised would support us in our retirement, the
\ntrustees are now seeking to break that promise. It is imperative,
\nat this critical time, that we gather our forces to show strength
\nin numbers. If you are receiving this email, you are important
\nto this cause. We urge every musician to read this email.<\/p>\n
Please act now and join the MPS EMAIL LIST to stay informed.<\/p>\n
Background<\/p>\n
AFM pension fund trustees sent out a letter over a year ago
\nin December of 2016 disclosing for the first time that we would
\nin all probability face massive cuts to our existing benefits as
\nsoon as spring 2017. Shock and confusion set in. How could
\nthis happen? In the months that followed many AFM members
\nlooked to our elected leaders and trustees for help, information
\nand a plan. Before long, it became clear that we would need to
\ndeal with the pension crisis ourselves. What resulted was the
\nformation of Musicians for Pension Security, a non-profit
\nvolunteer organization made up of musicians who do thousands
\nof hours of work in order to help our friends and colleagues
\naround the country to seek solutions and stay informed in
\nthe face of the AFM pension crisis.<\/p>\n
MPS Initiatives and Accomplishments
\n– MPS national conference calls which are regularly
\nattended by scores of engaged participants across
\nthe country.
\n– MPS launched our first ever MPS fundraising
\ncampaign which raised $15,000 in less than two weeks.
\nFunds were used to retain one of the most respected
\nactuaries in the country to start an independent actuarial
\nanalysis of the fund.
\n– MPS has worked closely with policymakers in Washington
\nD.C. like Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Senator
\nLamar Alexander (R-TN) to develop and discuss new
\npension legislation like the Butch Lewis Act.
\n– MPS spearheaded a call to action, where thousands
\nof AFM members called and emailed AFM President
\nRay Hair urging him and the other AFM-EPF trustees
\nto support The Butch Lewis Act, which they finally
\nendorsed just a few weeks later.
\n– MPS Executive Director, Adam Krauthamer received
\nan award from the Pension Rights Center in Washington
\nDC in recognition of his services to the AFM-EPF plan
\nparticipants.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We are only able to achieve critical change through
\nstrength in numbers. Every musician, no matter your
\nparticipation in the music business, is asked to join
\nthe cause now, have a voice and be part of the solution.
\nThe strength in our numbers will determine how loud
\nthat voice will be. Please join the fight to protect our
\npension. In Spring 2018, MPS will host a national meeting
\nin NYC. The MPS team, including our legal and actuarial
\ncounsel, will make a presentation of the current status
\nof our pension fund. We welcome you to attend or watch
\nus LIVE on Facebook.<\/p>\n
Please act now and join MPS EMAIL LIST to stay informed.<\/p>\n
In solidarity,<\/p>\n
Musicians for Pension Security
\nhttps:\/\/www.musiciansforpensionsecurity.com<\/p>\n
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II. THERE THEY (AFM) GO AGAIN!
\nHow MGM’s ‘Ben-Hur’ Evolved Into a Pending
\nFight Before the National Labor Relations Board<\/p>\n
Are MGM and Paramount union-busting? Is the American
\nFederation of Musicians tampering with witnesses in a
\nlawsuit over wages and benefits? A labor dispute escalates.<\/p>\n
It’s with no small measure of irony that Ben-Hur, the iconic
\nfilm about a prince-turned-slave’s revenge, has instigated
\na modern-day labor brawl. That’s thanks to MGM’s decision
\nto reboot the film, and specifically, the musicians hired to
\nperform the score.<\/p>\n
Last April, the\u00a0American Federation of Musicians of the
\nUnited States and Canada filed a lawsuit against\u00a0MGM
\nand Paramount \u2014 and the complaint seemed simple
\nenough at the time. The guild accused the studios of
\nfailing to pay proper wages, benefits and residual
\ncompensation to the musicians on the 2016 remake.<\/p>\n
MGM and Paramount responded by arguing that the
\nmusicians were subcontracted and therefore not covered
\nby the union agreement. In October, a California federal
\njudge rejected MGM’s motion for judgment on the
\npleadings and allowed the litigation to proceed.<\/p>\n
Now, the dispute has escalated to the point where one
\nside implies union-busting and the other side suggests
\nwitness tampering. The case has gotten so heated that
\nit has provoked AFM to file charges against MGM to
\nthe National Labor Relations Board.<\/p>\n
According to AFM, MGM and Paramount have unlawfully
\ncoerced musicians employed in the scoring of Ben-Hur
\nby conditioning their employment on a promise not to
\nadhere to union economic standards, not to communicate
\nwith the guild about this film project and not to exercise
\nrights to bargain collectively over terms and conditions
\nof their employment.<\/p>\n
The ramifications of musicians taking work not sanctioned
\nby the union are beginning to reverberate. As a result of
\nthis movie and the subsequent legal proceedings, questions
\nare being presented about a guild’s ability to discipline its
\nown members and an employer’s ability to find out about
\nsuch activity.<\/p>\n
The case is now in the discovery phase. Both sides want
\ninformation. And there’s been no shortage of accusations
\nthat the legal process is being abused.<\/p>\n
In December, for instance, Magistrate Judge Michael Wilner
\nnoted that “AFM is undoubtedly authorized to conduct
\nlegitimate disciplinary proceedings to enforce union rules,”
\nbut added, “There is a strong and pungent whiff of abuse
\nof the Court’s process here. It sure looks like the union
\nused Rule 45 subpoenas in its lawsuit against MGM
\nand Paramount simply to gain evidence against its
\nwayward members.”<\/p>\n
Recently, MGM has been investigating.<\/p>\n
In court papers filed late last week, MGM told the judge
\nthat it had learned that AFM fined music conductor
\nMark Graham $10,000, but “held in abeyance” three-
\nquarters of that amount pending the guild’s satisfaction
\nwith his future behavior.<\/p>\n
The studio wants permission to find out about other
\nmusicians disciplined by AFM.<\/p>\n
“Discovery regarding the AFM\u2019s actions, including actual
\nand\/or threatened sanctions against percipient witnesses
\nin this lawsuit is indisputably relevant to the credibility of
\nthose witnesses\u2019 testimony,” writes MGM’s attorney Adam
\nLevin. “The AFM\u2019s refusal to produce this potentially relevant
\ndiscovery appears to be based on an unfounded interpretation
\nof the National Labor Relations Act, which does not allow
\nunions to secretly discipline and cut deals with persons
\nwho are witnesses in civil litigation.”<\/p>\n
But AFM has a different read on what’s going on.
\nIn late November, the guild quietly filed charges at
\nthe NLRB against MGM and the law firm of Mitchell
\nSilberberg & Knupp.<\/p>\n
The studio is accused of violating a provision of labor code
\nthat prohibits employers from interfering with employees’
\nexercise of labor rights. Specifically, AFM alleges it is
\nunlawful that MGM would interrogate union members
\nabout intra-union disciplinary matters and other
\nconfidential protected union activity.<\/p>\n
The NLRB may eventually get around to issuing a decision
\nabout this, but in the meantime, a judge is holding a
\nhearing next week to examine MGM’s efforts to compel
\ndisclosures about intra-union communications and disciplinary
\nactions.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Garner, attorney for AFM, argues to the court
\nthat after coercing musicians to take economic
\nsub-standard work, MGM and Paramount now
\nwish to complete the unacceptable bargain.<\/p>\n
“The Ben-Hur employers promised anyone who capitulated
\nto these yellow dog terms that their acceptance of such
\nemployment would be protected from disclosure to the
\nrepresentative union,” she writes in a bid for a protective
\norder. “Thus, in actuality, it is the Ben-Hur employers who
\nhave violated the musicians\u2019 rights and have resorted to
\neconomic and political coercion to silence them and\/or
\ncurry their favor as witnesses in this action.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
[Colleagues, No musicians were coerced into taking
\nthis work. It’s called freelancing and If the
\ncompany had been forced to go union, the work
\nwould have gone overseas.<\/p>\n
At least this way the work stayed here, but that’s not
\ngood enough for the AFM and Local 47. If it’s not
\ngoingto the RMA elites it shouldn’t happen so they
\nengage in selective enforcement and harassment.<\/p>\n
I hope Mark Graham does no give over the
\nIdentities of the players, the AFM doesn’t
\ndeserve them.]<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n
III. EVENTS
\nDEAN AND RICHARD
\nare now at Culver City Elks the first \u2028Friday of \u2028every month.
\n7:30pm-10:30pm,
\n11160 Washington Pl.
\nCulver City, 90232
\n310-839-8891<\/p>\n
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2\/11\/18<\/p>\n
BAXTER MEMORIAL CONCERT SERIES
\nan Afternoon with Brahms and Clara Schumann<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Timothy Durkovic, piano
\nIsabelle LaForet Senger, violin
\nLaura Brenes, french horn<\/p>\n
Sunday, February 11, 2018, 2:00pm
\nFirst REEMethodist Church of Whittier –
\n13222 Bailey St. Whittier, CA 90601
\nAdmission: Free<\/p>\n
Program:
\nClara Schumann:3 Romances Op.22,
\nJohannes Brahms:Violin Sonata No.2 in A major Op.100,
\nJohannes Brahms: Horn Trio Op.40<\/p>\n
Please join us for an afternoon of a romance
\nthemed program, featuring some of the most
\nbeautiful music written by Brahms and Clara Schumann.<\/p>\n
This program will be repeated in the High
\nDesert Chamber Music Concert Series on
\nWednesday, February 14, 2018, 8:00pm
\nat the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon.<\/p>\n
For more information, please visit:
\nhttp:\/\/www.highdesertchambermusic.com\/index.php\/events\/hdcm-series<\/p>\n
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2\/10-11\/18<\/p>\n
RIVERSIDE PHILHARMONIC<\/p>\n
\u201cAnimatus Eventus\u201d\u2028Saturday, February 10, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m.\u2028Sunday, February 11, 2018 @ 2:00 p.m.
\nMusic to entertain the young and the young
\nat heart, with a unique concert celebrating the
\nmusic of cartoons including \u201cAlice\u2019s Wonderland,\u201d
\n\u201cFelix goes to Hollywood,\u201d and others, composed
\nby some of Hollywood\u2019s top\u00a0cartoon composers,
\nlike Mark Watters and Charles Fernandez.<\/p>\n
Plus: Animatus Eventus (Cartoon Suite),\u00a0a three
\nmovement symphonic work by Charles Fernandez
\nbased on original material with nods to cartoons
\nfrom the last 80 years, including classic cartoon
\nfootage shown on a large screen.
\nEmail – info@riversidephilharmonic.org
\nPhone – 951-787-0251
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2\/11\/18
\nLOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS
\nSteve Piazza, Director
\nSubscription Concert 4 \u2013\u00a0Valentine Concert
\nSunday February 11, 2018\u00a0at\u00a02:30 pm
\nCalabasas High School Performing Arts Education Center
\n22855 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302<\/p>\n
Valentines Concert featuring music of some of
\nhistory\u2019s greatest pairs of lovers including
\nRomeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde.<\/p>\n
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2\/21\/18<\/p>\n
GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS<\/p>\n
Wed FEBRUARY 21, 2018 at 12:10-12:40 pm
\nFree Admission
\nViolinist JOHANA KREJCI & Pianist BRENDAN WHITE
\nwill perform works by J.S. BACH & JOHANNES BRAHMS
\n(Violin Sonata No.1 in G Major, Op.78).
\nhttp:\/\/www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
\nThank you!
\nJacqueline Suzuki
\nCurator, Glendale Noon Concerts<\/p>\n
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3\/11\/18<\/p>\n
\u201cWESTERN SUITE\u201d by
\nAdrienne Albert<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 11th, 2018 at 6 pm.
\nThe Southeast Symphony, under the direction of Anthony Parnther,
\nwill be performing my \u201cWESTERN SUITE\u201d for orchestra along
\nwith works by Leonard Bernstein, Rimsky Korsakov, and Capuzzi:
\nConcerto for Double Bass.<\/p>\n
Sunday, March 11th, 2018
\nTime: 6 PM
\nPlace: First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
\n540 S. Commonwealth Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90020<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.southeastsymphony.com\/march-11-scheherazade<\/p>\n
More information will be coming soon!!<\/p>\n
All best,
\nAdrienne
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\nAdrienne Albert
\nadrienne@adriennealbert.com
\nwww.adriennealbert.com<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program at the Seattle Film Institute<\/p>\n
is now accepting applications for the one-year<\/p>\n
Master of Music in Film Composition<\/p>\n
One of the Top 4 Film Music Programs in the World!<\/p>\n
Recently rated as the #4 school in the world for film scoring education by\u00a0Music School Central.<\/p>\n
“in just one year, the school places students into a pressure cooker of intense learning resulting in a professional demo reel that can be used to obtain future paid commercial opportunities.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Learn from Industry Professionals<\/p>\n
All PNWFS faculty are active professional film and game composers, orchestrators, copyists, and engineers, including the program’s creator and lead instructor Dr.\u00a0Hummie Mann. \u00a0Hummie is the two-time Emmy Award winning film composer of “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and featured in Variety Magazine’s article\u00a0“Leaders in Learning”.<\/p>\n
Our Program Features:
\n\u2022 9 live recording sessions with professional musicians at Studio X, Seattle’s premiere, world-class studio.
\n\u2022 Opportunities to work with student directors to score actual films from film programs all over the world.
\n\u2022 \u2028Training in all major software programs used in the industry.
\n\u2022 \u2028A state-of-the-art workstation assigned to each student fully installed with the latest versions of all software, sample libraries and plug-ins needed to complete the program.<\/p>\n
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We are a one-year Master of Music in Film Composition program which not only gives our graduates the opportunity to enter the industry and start their careers a year sooner than other programs but saves them an entire year of living expenses. In addition to our accelerated format we also offer the most affordable tuition out of competing programs. Our students have access to FAFSA financial assistance, loans, and scholarships as well.<\/p>\n
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We are very proud to have a high success rate for our graduates who have gone on to work on television shows such as Castle, Empire, and Once Upon a Time; video games such as World of Warcraft, Spate, and Destiny; and films such as The Revenant, Trolls, The Dark Tower, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.\u00a0Apply now\u00a0and you could be joining their ranks!<\/p>\n
Applications are being accepted for the Fall 2018\u00a0school year.
\nWe offer rolling admissions – no deadline to apply.<\/p>\n
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(800) 882-4734 | www.pnwfilmmusic.com
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