Allegro

Currently Browsing: March, 2017

President's Report
Tino Gagliardi
March is Women’s History Month, and this year we are kicking off a deep dive into our own gender demographics here at Local 802 in the hopes of starting to strategize how we can achieve a more equal balance between

Read More

New York University and Vice Dean Ted Magder have been placed on the AFM International Unfair List due to their unwillingness to cover Local 802 musicians under any agreement. NYU employs Local 802 members as independent contractors in its film

Read More

Musicians and friends said their final goodbyes to Bob Cranshaw in style on Jan. 30 at St. Peter’s Church. Live musicians played to a packed hall, and Bob was remembered fondly with many tributes, stories and speeches. We’ll miss you,

Read More

Musicians who perform on NBC’s “The Harry Show” starring Local 802 member Harry Connick Jr. recently won health insurance thanks to Local 802. The musicians had fallen short of the payments required to reach Local 802’s health plan A, but

Read More

May 1 is the deadline to apply for this year’s Anne Walker Scholarships for members of Local 802 and their children who are pursuing studies in music. The scholarship honors a fiery advocate for musicians whose more than 30 years

Read More

The Musicians' Voice
E-mail letters to Allegro@Local802afm.org or write to Allegro, Local 802, 322 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036. Letters must be no more than 300 words. Opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of Local 802. MUSICIANS TELL

Read More

Cultivating inclusion of marginalized communities in the arts
Lynne Bond
The Spanish-born American pragmatist philosopher, George Santayana, wrote in “Reason in Common Sense”: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” As Black History Month transitions into Women’s History Month, remembering the past is in the forefront

Read More

The Independent Democratic Conference
Christopher Carroll
On Jan. 25, political circles, advocacy groups and elected officials were shaken by the news that Queens State Senator Jose Peralta had joined the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway group of Senate Democrats who currently caucus with Republicans and have

Read More

Women's History Month
Marlena Fitzpatrick
In the era of cheesy love songs, scorned lovers’ tunes and branded songwriting with unashamed product placement, a few select and daring artists have raised the loudspeaker to say what they have to say. These artists use their music and

Read More

A conversation with Mindy Kaufman
Interview by Bob Pawlo Solo piccolo and flutist Mindy Kaufman was only 22 when she won a chair in New York Philharmonic, after performing for three seasons with the Rochester Philharmonic. She earned a bachelor of music from Eastman, where

Read More

Interview by Karen Fisher Most of her 802 colleagues know Marcia Butler as a highly accomplished oboist who has performed in orchestras and chamber ensembles, on Broadway, and as a soloist in New York City and internationally. In 2002, Marcia

Read More

Interview by Bob Pawlo Local 802 member Claire Khodara’s career spans 15 years, with various residencies and performances from the Arts Club and Shoreditch House in London to the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel, the Blond at 11

Read More

Copyright considerations for music professionals
David Newhoff
Copyright and the protection of intellectual property in the digital age are priorities for Local 802 and the AFM. Over the last three months in these pages, copyright expert David Newhoff has contributed this guest column, which has discussed the

Read More

Member to Member
Scott Ballantyne
This is with respect to the current crisis of the AFM pension fund. I believe the fund’s situation is much worse than the recent memo indicated, but before we get to that, I have a solution to the fund’s continuing

Read More

Local 802 does its part to preserve the history of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
Harvey Mars, Esq.
Harvey Mars is counsel to Local 802. Legal questions from members are welcome. E-mail them to HsmLaborLaw@HarveyMarsAttorney.com. Harvey Mars’s previous articles in this series are archived at www.HarveyMarsAttorney.com. (Click on “Publications & Articles” from the top menu.) Nothing here or

Read More

Off Broadway show gets a big sound with a 10-person orchestra
The music of Broadway icon John Kander is brought to vibrant life by Local 802 musicians in the new Kander/Pierce musical “Kid Victory.” A ten-piece orchestra has taken up residence at the Vineyard Theatre for a limited run through March

Read More

September 13, 2016 - September 27, 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Meeting called to order at 11:05 a.m. by Financial Vice President Olcott. Present: Recording Vice President Schwartz, Executive Board members Burridge, Dougherty, Hyde, Kruvand, Sharman, Suttmann. President Gagliardi absent on union business. The Financial Subcommittee of

Read More

Bruce Upchurch
I transferred to Local 802 after recently moving to New York City. I’ve been working as a session composer, arranger, guitarist and singer since graduating from Berklee in 1979. I’ve been a member of AFM Local 147 (Dallas), Local 10-208

Read More

Emily Pecoraro
After many years of graduate school and freelance work in Boston’s classical, jazz, avant-garde and Third Stream scenes, I came to New York about two years ago and excitedly joined the Local 802 family. I think it’s important to advocate

Read More

Christopher Scanlon
I first joined the AFM as a student in Boston, where I was fortunate to sub with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops. After graduate work at the Manhattan School of Music, I joined Local 802 to sub on

Read More

Samantha Gillogly
I joined Local 802 as part of a commitment to broaden my professional network in New York City. I am especially interested in meeting long-time union members whose successes and insights I can learn from, as well as members who

Read More

Lily White
I re-joined Local 802 after I was offered a job playing for a party for the AFL-CIO that required me to be in the union. I had let my membership lapse and felt guilty about it, since unions are so

Read More

March '17
Bill Crow
I had records by Allen Eager in my collection while I was in high school and the Army, so when I moved to New York City in 1950, I was excited when a friend introduced me to him. He was

Read More