12/31/16
I. LOCAL ON THE WARPATH FOR RANK AND FILE
II. EVENTS
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer
…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician
…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician
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I. LOCAL ON THE WARPATH FOR RANK AND FILE
As anyone with an IQ above room temperature knows,
NO musician outside the rarefied air of the recording
elite or the LA Phil can survive on only union work.
It simply isn’t there any more.
For musicians, there are only two options left:
1) Work non-union
2) Get out of the music business.
Some members of the Local’s Executive Board play
non-union work.
Some Members of the Trial Board play non-union work
Members at every level, INCLUDING the recording
elites, play or work on nonunion projects.
But our Local chooses to engage in selective
enforcement. If you’re a regular rank and file,
or someone who causes the board grief through
that member’s activism, you are far more likely
to be a target, whether the charges are legit or
not. Why do this? To get the offending members
to leave the union or cost them thousands of
dollars defending themselves.
There is one particular Local employee, going
full bore against anyone not in the “circle” who
is caught / suspected of working non-union,
or perhaps…if they just want to harass you.
Meanwhile, they steer clear of the board room
or well politically placed occupants. And they’re
using your own dues money to do it.
The AFM has (apparently) shown themselves
to be (oblivious) rubber stamps of this
harassment, not holding the Locals to their
own bylaws that are supposed to protect
members from warrantless, solely political
retaliation.
Their harassment of rank and file members is
causing people who otherwise support the
idea of a union to resign. It is no secret …
the urban legend …get rid of the “weekend
workers”…charge those that remain the
kind of dues some of the other entertainment
trades require…Voilà Only the “cartel” is left
for composers and studios to choose from
when staffing for commercial music.
If you’re being unfairly harassed, please let us
know. you can always post anonymously and
we will keep your ID Sacrosanct.
THE COMMITTEE
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II. EVENTS
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DEAN AND RICHARD
are now at Culver City Elks the first
Friday of
every month.
7:30pm-10:30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at
Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive,
Burbank.
Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way
they
should
be.
We are in the back room called
the Trailside Room.
Come on down.
Guaranteed to swing.
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1/4/16
Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts!
Wed JANUARY 4, 2017 at 12:10-12:40 pm
Program features the CLAUDE BOLLING Jazz Flute Suite
Jacqueline Suzuki
Curator, Glendale Noon Concerts
818-249-5108
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1/7/16
EDENDALE UP CLOSE CONCERT SERIES
Violinist ANNELLE GREGORY & Cellist GEORGY GUSEV
DUO RECITAL
at the
Edendale Branch Library in ECHO PARK
2011 W. Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90026
info (213) 207-3000
FREE ADMISSION
Concert in the Community Room
Free parking in the library lot (enter lot from Alvarado).
Saturday, JANUARY 7, 2017
Time: Noon to 1 pm.
http://annelleviolin.com/
PROGRAM:
R. Gliere: 8 Morceaux for violin & cello
M. Ravel: Sonata for violin & cello
G. Handel/J. Halvorsen: Passacaglia for violin & cello
The Edendale Library Friends Society will provide
refreshments following the concert.
Future concerts in this free series at the Edendale Branch Library:
(all concerts are on Saturdays at Noon-1pm)
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MARCH 11, 2017
Maksim Velichkin Solo Cello Recital
JUNE 10. 2017
Fiato Quartet
http://www.fiatoquartet.com
Updated info will be posted at
http://www.edendaleupclose.blogspot.com/
EDENDALE BRANCH LIBRARY Website (with map):
http://www.lapl.org/branches/edendale
This concert is made possible by a grant
from THE HENNINGS-FISCHER FOUNDATION.
Kewa Civic Concerts http://kewaconcerts.blogspot.com/
Kewa Civic Concerts is a project of the Pasadena Arts
Council’s EMERGE Program. The Pasadena Arts Council
is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donations to
Kewa Civic Concerts are tax deductible to the full extent
of the law under Federal ID 95-2540759.”
Donation info here:
MORE FREE CONCERTS:
http://www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
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1/15/16
Dear All:
CAL STATE LA / OLYMPIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 3PM.
San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
320 S Mission Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91776.
This will be the first public performance of the orchestra
this season, The orchestra is made up of talented young
musicians who gain admittance to perform in the orchestra
through annual competitive auditions, and student of Cal
State University, Los Angeles. The featured soloists this
concert will be John Carpenter, pianist; and Chunyi Zhou,
violinist.
Works will include:
Leonora Overture No.2 by Beethoven
Symphony No.8 by Dvorak
Symphony Espagnole by Lalo
Totentanz by Liszt.
We will also be honoring Dr. Nikolaos Koutouratsas,
the late president of the Hennings-Fischer Foundation
which has given the orchestra so much help these
past years with this concert.
Please come witness the talents of these young musicians
as well as support classical music in the community. You
do not need a ticket to get in but if you do need a ticket
with the address sent to you, please feel free to reply and
tickets will be sent to the mailing address you specify.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
Fung Ho
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1/21/16
SFV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Jan. 21, 2017 –
Tutor Family Center at Chaminade West Hills
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony #3 in A minor (Scottish)
Belling: Music Madly Makes the World Go Round
Inaugural Performance
Cary Belling, violinist
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Other concerts in the series
Mar. 18, 2017 –
Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center
Tuttle: By Steam or By Dream Overture
Inaugural Performance
Prokofiev: Symphony #1 in D major (Classical)
Ben-Haim: Pastorale Variée for
Clarinet, Harp and Strings
Geoff Nudell, clarinetist
Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Ruth Bruegger, violinist
May 13, 2017 – Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major
Egizi: Orchestral Suite
“In Memoria di Mio Padre”
Inaugural Performance
Programs subject to change
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You can read all previous offerings at:
http://www.responsible47.com
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47