Allegro

Currently Browsing: June, 2004

Jim Hannen
Click here to view new scales and effective dates. Local 802 and the Club Date Musicians’ Committee reached an agreement with club date employers on April 19 for a new Single Engagement Club Date contract. After difficult negotiations with employers,

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New scales and effective dates are shown below.   10/15/04 1/1/05 7/1/05 4/15/06 4/15/07 Saturday, 4 hours $275 $275 $280 $290 $300 Sunday, 4 hours $200 $205 $210 $216 $220 Weekday, 4 hours $187 $190 $192 $196 $205 Sunday, 3

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Virtual Orchestra Machine Not Welcome Off-Broadway
Mary Donovan
Three more theatres have prohibited the use of the virtual orchestra machine. The National Black Theatre , the Classic Stage Company and the Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Company have all agreed not to use the machine — and have put

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State of the Union: A Mid-Year Report
David Lennon
Six months have passed since the new Local 802 administration was elected. The following is an overview of what we’ve accomplished so far — and the road ahead. Last October, members of Local 802 voted to raise their own dues.

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Actors' Equity President Patrick Quinn
Last March, as I stood outside on that blustery Saturday morning and spoke with musicians, stagehands and actors on the picket line, I had the full sense of what it means to be part of the labor community. And what

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Frank Rizzo
Now more than ever, theatre fans attending Broadway touring shows are wise to remember the shopping adage: Buyer, beware. Like quick-weight-loss programs, amazing real-estate deals and solutions for improved sexual performance, advertising come-ons for touring shows sometimes promise far more

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The Anne Walker Scholarship Fund has awarded six scholarships for the coming academic year, to help 802 members or their children pursue studies in music. Fifteen musicians applied this year. PROFILES OF THE WINNERS Ariel Applebaum-Bauch is the daughter of

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Recording Vice-President's Report
Bill Dennison
Two recent experiences over the last few months have brought renewed attention to the health care crisis that is closing in around all of us. Last year a young family’s infant was born with tragic health problems that will likely

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The United States National Health Insurance Act (H.R. 676) establishes a new American national health insurance program by creating a single payer health care system. The bill would create a publicly-financed, privately-delivered health care program that uses the already existing

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Michael McKee
Tenants from across the downstate region rallied on May 2 outside the lower Manhattan office of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The theme of the rally was “Shelly, can we come live with you?” and rally participants — some of

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State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced a deal on May 4 with the nation’s top recording companies that returns nearly $50 million in unclaimed royalties to thousands of performers. The agreement comes after a two-year investigation by Spitzer’s office found

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Jay Schaffner
If you’re a typical Local 802 member who does recording dates, you are not a “royalty musician.” Instead, you get paid up front to do a record date, regardless of how well the record sells. (“Royalty musicians” are supposed to

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A series of training sessions for Local 802 staff, supervisors, and rank-and-file committee members began in April. The first session was limited to 802’s Organizing Department, plus some additional staff. On April 26, an all-day program was held for committee

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Interview with Fred Hersch
Pianist and composer Fred Hersch has earned a place among the foremost jazz artists in the world today. He is widely recognized for his ability to reinvent the standard jazz repertoire — investing time-tested classics with keen insight, fresh ideas

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Guest Commentary
Cheryl Wertz
New York City is now home to over one million immigrants of voting age who are not yet citizens. That means that one out of every five New Yorkers of voting age can’t vote! As residents of this city they

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Local 802 Legal Corner
Harvey S. Mars, Esq.
Local 802 Counsel
Leibowitz & Mars
This will be the first of several articles in which I discuss and — hopefully — answer questions posed by our readers. Remember, you can e-mail your questions to Allegro editor Mikael Elsila at melsila@local802afm.org and he will pass them

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Musicians' Assistance Program
Leslie Cardell
Just reading the headlines in the newspaper can be enough to raise my blood pressure these days. The world we live in is so complex, and stress can seem such a part of our daily lives, that we’re often unaware

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The following resolution has been submitted for consideration at the membership meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 29 at 3 p.m. in the Local 802 Club Room. This resolution was also printed in the February Allegro. Whereas: The cost

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Heather Beaudoin
OVERTIME PROTECTION GETS SUPPORT On May 4, the U.S. Senate approved an overtime pay guarantee for workers who stand to lose their overtime pay under new rules issued last month by the Bush administration. The 52-47 vote on an amendment

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THEATRICAL AGREEMENTS Except where noted, the following agreements include health benefits of $7.25 per call (capped at $58 per week); doubling premiums of 12.5 percent for the first and 6.25 percent for each additional; a synthesizer premium of 25 percent;

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Buddy Arnold – Piano Elden C. Bailey – Drums Joseph Blozis – Saxophone Francesca Corsi – Harp Dorothy Denny – Piano Rod Derefinko – Piano Joseph H. Dumas – Bass Arnold Germansky – Trumpet Roy D. Glasser – Saxophone Edward

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February 20, 2004 -- March 16,2004
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2004 Meeting called to order at 12:35 p.m. Present: President Lennon, Recording Vice President Dennison, Financial Vice President Blumenthal, Executive Board members, Gagliardi, Gale, Giannini, Schaffner, Shankin, Weiss, Whitaker, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Delia, and

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MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2004 The Trial Board of Local 802, AFM, convened on April 26, 2004. Meeting called to order at 11 a.m. Local 802 President David Lennon officiated at the swearing in of newly elected Trial Board members Anixter,

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Bill Crow
Andrew Beals told me about a job Ravi Coltrane was playing at a jazz club out on the coast. Ravi, son of the famous John Coltrane, is a fan of Jim Carrey’s movies, and was excited to see that Carrey

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