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Currently Browsing: March, 2007
Making Music a Social Investment
Barbara Murray, director of music of the New York City Department of Education, with Local 802 member Jose Bergher, at a screening of “Tocar y Luchar.” There is no more important work being done in music than what is being
President’s Report
Incremental Progress
As I sit in the office, February has just begun. The transition required by a new administration is well underway and I would like to report on the progress which has been made. After a hiatus of over a year,
Hey Buddy, That Spot Belongs to the Sopranos
Parking Professionals Fight for a Union
Hundreds rallied in front of NBC studios last December to show their support for parking production assistants and coordinators who are fighting to form a union. Photo courtesy of UAW Region 9A. Out of the thousands of people who put
Rockin’ on the Campaign Trail
Music and Politics
John Hall backing up Bonnie Raitt last October. Photo by Robert L. Furlong. “Organized people have always had to take on organized money. If they had not, blacks would still be three-fifths of a person, women wouldn’t have the vote,
Introducing Your Music Prep Department
Union Rep Notebook
Steve Danenberg is the new music prep administrator at Local 802. As almost every member knows, music prep covers the areas of copying, orchestrating and transcribing, among other tasks. Until recently, it also meant the fine art of engraving, or
Raising Up Women’s Rights with a Forklift
Legal Corner
March is Women’s History Month, and I want to tell the story of a courageous female forklift operator who pursued justice all the way to the Supreme Court last year. What do forklifts, women and civil rights have in common?
Tax Tips For Musicians: Tax Year 2006
Each year, as the tax season approaches, Allegro publishes these updated tax tips provided by Local 802’s accounting firm, Gould, Kobrick & Schlapp P.C. OVERVIEW AND HIGHLIGHTS The following outline focuses on aspects of the tax law that specifically affect
The Beat on the Street
Women's History Month
March is Women’s History Month. Last November, a member wrote to Allegro that the New York City music scene was biased against women (see November 2006 “Musician’s Voice”). From your perspective, is this true? If you are a woman, do
Sexism on the Road
Women's History Month
Pat Humphries (left) and Sandy O, who perform asd the group “Emma’s Revolution.” In our experience as traveling folk musicians, there is a lot of sexism everywhere we go. There is a prevailing belief that a lot of women get
A Conductor’s Path
Women's History Month
JoAnn Falletta, conductor and music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic. Almost anyone can name a famous female athlete or a famous female pop singer, but how many Americans can name a famous female orchestra conductor? Only four readily come to
Let’s Hit the Ground Running
Music And Politics
I’d like to introduce myself as the new political action and public relations director for Local 802. Thank you to all the staff and members who have welcomed me so warmly. I am particularly grateful for all those who have
Carreras Musicians Close to Getting Paid
Money owed to musicians from four years ago is finally on its way. In 2003, Jose Carreras performed at Avery Fisher Hall to a packed house. The musicians who performed for that concert — which was covered by a Local
Grrrrr! Manage This!
Musicians' Assistance Program
In her best-selling book, “The Dance of Anger,” Dr. Harriet Lerner writes, “Anger is neither legitimate or illegitimate, meaningless or pointless. Anger simply is.” In fact, anger is a completely normal, healthy human emotion, an adaptive response to threatening stimuli,
Remembering Jennifer Brown
Reminiscences
Photo courtesy of Lucy Shelton. Jennifer Brown is most recently remembered as a polite and beautiful staff member at Local 802, where she worked from 1998 to 2003. But throughout her 75 years, Jennifer shared her ample skills and kind
The Musicians’ Voice
The Musicians’ Voice is an open forum for discussion about the state of union affairs. The views expressed here do not express the views of Local 802. Letters must be 300 words or less. Send them to Allegro, c/o Local
Negotiations Roundup
American Classical Orchestra. Local 802 has reached a tentative agreement with the American Classical Orchestra. The agreement is retroactive to Oct. 31, 2006 and runs through Nov. 1, 2009. This ensemble pays full freelance scale. The union successfully added a
Executive Board Minutes
January 9, 2007 -- January 23, 2007
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2007 Meeting called to order at 11:05 a.m. Present: President Landolfi, Recording Vice President Dennison, Financial Vice President Blumenthal, Executive Board members Burridge, Fein, Hunt, Johansen, Rizzo, Roach, Schaffner and Schwartz. Recording Vice President Dennison distributed the
Breaktime Answers
Across 1- Subject TOPIC 6- Black, in poetry EBON 10- Cleo’s pets ASPS 14- Popular e-mail domain YAHOO 15-Partner of Strauss LEVI 16- Portico (architecture jargon) STOA 17- Mello follower PHONE 18- Paint unskillfully DAUB 19- King of Israel SAUL
Jazz Teachers Take Manhattan
Peck Allmond (above), Charlie Burnham (left, below) and David Phelps show off their chops for jazz students at the 34th annual IAJE conference in January. More photos by Enid Farber found below article. The International Association of Jazz Education returned
Bill Crow’s Band Room
Lynn Welshman told me about a summer gig he had in the mid 1960’s, playing with the Guy Lombardo band and with the pit orchestra for the Musical Mardi Gras at the Jones Beach Theatre. In the middle of the