Allegro

Currently Browsing: May, 2007

As Allegro goes to press, a tentative agreement has been reached with the League for a new three-year Broadway contract. In a message to Broadway musicians, President Landolfi stated in part the following: I am pleased to report that on

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Labor History Month
Kirk Kelly
Drummers performing at an anti-war rally last year show that music of any kind adds emphasis to politics. Photo by Joy Portugal. Last year saw a resurgence of May Day activism around the issue of immigration reform with actions taking

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Is There No Longer Any Honor Among Musicians?
Mary Landolfi
You know you’re getting old when standards once widely accepted are replaced by a new reality. “In my day…” has always been the identifying cry of those whose day is past. Time does march on and the old always makes

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Recording Vice President's Report
Bill Dennison
While it is too early to gauge the financial impact on the Local 802 health plan of the changes that became effective January 1, 2007, the impact on 802 members has been dramatic. The cuts in coverage have made most

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Financial Vice President's Report
Jay Blumenthal
I am pleased to report that 2006 year-end financial results for Local 802 were unusually robust. In fact, we ended the year with one of the largest gains ever: $877,624. To put things in perspective, we ended 2003 with a

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Controller's Report
Ira Goldman
I have been at Local 802 for ten months and have now pretty much experienced all that goes on with my job. The LM-2 tax filing was a learning experience, but we got it done timely and accurately. When I

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Membership Alert
As most 802 members know, the Local 802 health plans do not include hospitalization. However, for the past few years, 802 has offered an HMO plan that does include hospitalization. In order to qualify, you must first be on one

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Harvey Fierstein Shows How to Be United
Walter Usiatynski
Photo by Martin Steisand via Flickr. How often does someone in our business stand up and publicly support Local 802 and live music? Not often, it seems. However, there is one person to whom we owe thanks and appreciation. Harvey

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Money for musicians. That’s one reason Local 802 exists: to make sure that you get your fair share. In 2006, the union collected at least $2.25 million for musicians — and the figures are still coming in. Most of this

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Music and Politics
Julia Smith
The state law that prohibits ticket scalping and regulates ticket resale expires on June 1 and the debate on the issue is heating up in Albany. The most contentious provision of the current law limits the mark-up ticket brokers can

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Labor History Month
Esther Cohen
Bread and Roses is a center dedicated to workers’ art. The name comes from the 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Mass. Workers came up with the slogan: “We want bread — and roses too!” In other words, it’s not enough

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Labor History Month
K. Kevyne Baar
How often have union members asked, “What has my union done for me?” How about this: my union helped fight the blacklist. The New York Labor History Association along with Actors’ Equity and the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives came

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New Working Theatre Play About Love, Loss and War
“Back From the Front” runs from May 3 to 27 at the theatre at Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Avenue at 120th Street. For tickets, call (212) 870-6784 or visit www.ticketweb.com. Mention code AFM802 and receive a $5 discount. For information

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Labor History Month
May is Labor History Month. Union membership has been dropping in recent decades. Do you know musicians who aren’t union members? What should Local 802 – or the labor movement in general – be doing about this situation? The first

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Member to Member
Leo Ball
Unionists protest the Iraq war earlier this year in Washington, D.C. This spring marked the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Photo by David Elsila. Yes, George, I’d like to thank you and your deceitful manipulating cohorts for

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The Musicians’ Voice is an open forum for discussion about the state of union affairs. The letters published here do not necessarily express the views of Local 802. Letters must be 300 words or less. Send them to Allegro, c/o

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Musicians' Assistance Program
Janet Becker, LCSW, Ph.D.
The month of May ends with the annual observation of Memorial Day, a three-day weekend marking the beginning of the summer season. Aside from the classic fashion rule giving us permission to begin wearing white shoes and accessories, Memorial Day

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Legal Corner
Harvey Mars, Esq.
While independent recording artists have a great deal of freedom to market and distribute their own original works, especially with the advent of digital technology and the Internet, the terrain in which they work is still not without substantial risks

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2007 Events and Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War New York Historical Society Central Park West at W. 79 St., NYC 10024 Through September 2, 2007 Tues. – Sun.: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Fri. until 8 p.m.) Slaves, abolitionists,

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Reminiscences
Maurice Edwards
The music community was startled and horrified on Feb. 21 when news came of the tragic death of Siegfried Landau, 85, founding conductor and first music director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Mr. Landau’s wife, the dancer and photographer Irene Gabriel,

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Reminiscences
William (Billy) Brown
Usually the beginning of the new year brings many pleasant things to think about and review the past. Unfortunately, 2007 brought news of the death of French hornist Robert Abernathy. He had been an 802 member since 1940. I was

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Chris Culver – Trombone/Arranger Sunny Daniels – Trumpet Samuel Lambie – Saxophone Sam Lane – Drums Milton Portnoy – Trombone Robert M. Rosengarden – Drums  

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Crossword and Sight-Singing Answers
SIGHT-SINGING ANSWER.Mozart’s sonata in C major (K. 545) CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS Across 1- Strike breaker SCAB 5- Molten rock MAGMA 10- Droops SAGS 14- Killer whale ORCA 15- Leers at OGLES 16- Neophyte TYRO 17- Sixth wife of Henry VIII

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The following bylaw proposal has been submitted for the June 2007 membership meeting. Whereas: The Anne Walker Scholarship provides a needed benefit to help the children of Local 802 members in their educational pursuits, and Whereas: The current annual Local

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March 6, 2007 -- March 20, 2007
TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2007 Meeting called to order at 11:10 a.m. Present: President Landolfi, Recording Vice President Dennison, Financial Vice President Blumenthal, Executive Board members Burridge, Fein, Giannini, Hunt, Johansen, Rizzo and Schwartz. Dennison distributed the minutes of February 27,

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Bill Crow
Mikael Elsila got this story from a friend of his who used to work at the Andre Stein Senior Center. The seniors from the center were from working class backgrounds, and none of them had ever been to Lincoln Center,

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