We are the DCINY Orchestra
Photo by Natasha Marco
LATEST UPDATES:
- DCINY ORCHESTRA SPEAKS OUT!
- DCINY ORCHESTRA RALLY COVERED IN THE LABOR PRESS
- LOCAL 802 ISSUES A “DO NOT WORK” ORDER AGAINST DCINY
- DCINY ADDED TO AFM INTERNATIONAL UNFAIR LIST
CLICK HERE TO SIGN OUR PETITION
For more than a decade, Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) has operated as a producer and presenter of music at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. For many of their choral concerts, DCINY assembles choirs of amateur singers from around the world who pay a fee for the unforgettable experience of performing in one of New York’s top venues. DCINY then hires an orchestra, soloists, and conductors to give the choir members a concert of a lifetime.
While we, the musicians of the DCINY Orchestra, enjoy the work, it often involves unreasonably long rehearsals with inadequate breaks; intense, physically demanding performance days; and an atmosphere of fear due to frequent retaliation for voicing concerns to management. We do not have a contract, do not receive benefits of any kind and have no guarantee that we will be hired for future engagements. To address these issues, we came together with the support of Local 802 to negotiate a fair collective bargaining agreement that allows musicians to express our concerns without fear of retribution.
Management refused to schedule negotiations with the union for many months. This stalemate was finally broken after Local 802 won an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the company. At a recent negotiation session, management introduced a new proposal that would allow musicians to be removed from the current hiring list. In its recent season, management replaced the professional orchestra with a handful of musicians and a high school ensemble!
You can support the DCINY Orchestra right now! Show management that the entire Local 802 musician community:
- FROM LABOR PRESS: “Music to Nobody’s Ears: DCINY Locks Union Musicians Out of Carnegie Hall”
- Read about our June 6 event at Carnegie Hall to rally for a fair contract
- Read our press release
- Sign our petition
- Subscribe to our mailing list
- Read our stories:
- Follow @DCINYOrchestra on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
- Take a photo or selfie of yourself and/or some fellow musicians holding a sign showing your support for #DCINYMusicians! You can download a support sign here or a fill-in-the-blank support sign here.