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Currently Browsing: November, 2002

Agreement is Union's Fifth for Music Teachers
Joe Eisman
Teachers at the Midori & Friends Foundation will be working under a union contract when their season begins in November, making them the fifth group of teachers who have been organized by Local 802. On Sept. 25 the employer signed

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As Allegro went to press, teaching artists at the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center were voting on union representation. The National Labor Relations Board was to tally the results on Oct. 16. During the last days of the election, EKCC management

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Joe Delia
Musicians voted 22-2 to ratify a new two-year agreement with the Staten Island Symphony. The term of the agreement is Sept. 1, 2002, through Aug. 31, 2004. The negotiating committee secured a significant performance rate increase of over 20 percent

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Proposed Law Benefits Musicians
On Oct. 10, the New York City Council held a hearing on the Smoke Free Workplace Law (Intro 256). The law would prohibit people from smoking in restaurants, bars or nightclubs. Currently, New York City law provides most workers with

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New Booklet Covers all the Bases
The Small Theatre Committee has written and produced a brochure entitled “Music Preparation Services, a Primer for Purchasers.” It outlines what orchestrators and music copyists actually do, and will be a valuable resource for employers, contractors and members. To prepare

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The Actors’ Fund of America recently unveiled its newly-expanded Artists’ Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) at www.actorsfund.org. The site is one of the largest sources of information about health insurance for artists available on the internet. Members who do not

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Non-Union Tours Threaten AFM Standards
Bill Moriarity
This past spring, after more than a year of on-and-off negotiations with the League of American Theatres and Producers, the AFM reached a new agreement covering touring shows. But even as the agreement was being signed, other producers were stepping

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Guest Commentary
Kenny Schaeffer, Met Council on Housing
There is a housing crisis in New York. For the poor and middle class alike, rents are outrageously high and getting higher. How are people supposed to live in a city where apartments rent for $1,000, $1,500 or $2,500 a

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Musicians' Assistance Program
Roger DeWitt
How you envision your potential can dramatically influence what you achieve in life. Take a moment to try this exercise. Imagine the amount of money that you want to earn in the next 12 months. Now quadruple it. Are you

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2002 Music Support Supplement
Kathy Canfield with Jude Jussim
It’s everywhere. In CD ads, club listings, tour publicity – the ubiquitous “www” has permeated music marketing. If you don’t have a web site now, you lose credibility, bookings, sales and audience. Today, a striking web presence is at least

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2002 Music Support Supplement
Frank Vento
The incredibly competitive nature of the music industry makes it increasingly more difficult to successfully make a living. In times gone by, record companies would groom, record and promote singers and musicians. As far as live entertainment, I remember when

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One thing was evident at the second annual benefit for the Jazz Musicians’ Emergency Fund at the Apollo Theatre on Sept. 26: Harlem will always be a place where great music lives. A Great Night in Harlem, hosted by Bill

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CANDIDATES APPRECIATE POWER OF MUSIC To the Editor: While performing at a recent fundraising event for H. Carl McCall and Dennis Mehiel, the Democratic candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York State, several Local 802 musicians were treated

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Heather Beaudoin
LEGISLATURE PASSES MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BILL NYC COUNCIL UNVEILS PROPOSAL ON HOUSING FUNDS DCA ANNOUNCES CULTURAL CHALLENGE GRANTEES SUIT OVER MUSIC PRICING IS SETTLED 802-ENDORSED CANDIDATES PREVAILED IN PRIMARIES LEGISLATURE PASSES MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BILL Legislation passed in

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OFF-BROADWAY Jolson & Company: Local 802 negotiated an agreement with Jolson & Company, L.L.C., Roger Gindi, general manager, for this production at the 299-seat Century Center Theatre covering three musicians. The minimum scale for an eight-performance week is $700, which

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CHABAD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Local 802 won three claims against Zalman Goldstein, president of the Jewish Learning Group, for failure to pay wages, health benefits and pension owed to 61 musicians he hired for a recording made March 10, entitled Chabad

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Richard Amend – Piano Vincent Benevento – Guitar Michael Bookspan – Drums Harry Boris – Drums Moe Dalio (Dallolio) – Saxophone Rafael Druian – Violin Harvey Estrin – Saxophone/Flute Charles Frazier – Saxophone Earl Frazier – Piano Jack Goldman –

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August 20, 2002 -- September 17, 2002
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2002 Meeting called to order at 11:35 a.m. Present: President Moriarity, Financial Vice-President Hafemeister, Executive Board members Crow, Gale, Giannini, Landolfi, Reynolds, Rohdin, Shankin and Weiss, Jazz Advisory Committee Liaison Owens. Recording Vice-President Price excused while on

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Bill Crow
Dave Frishberg remembered his first night with Ben Webster’s group at the Shalimar in Los Angeles. Ben was at the microphone introducing the next song, “Danny Boy,” and he turned to Dave at the piano and said, “Reminisce.” Dave said,

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