On Feb. 1, 2004, Beyoncé performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Super Bowl XXXVIII. The track was recorded in Los Angeles with a 69-piece AFM Local 47 orchestra contracted by Ernie Fields Jr. with Rickey Minor producing and Randy Waldman arranging. Continue reading
Sound Recording Scales (Non-Symphonic) have been updated. The new rates effective Feb. 1, 2019 through Jan. 31, 2020 may be found here.
Recorded at Sony Pictures, Culver City, California, August of 2018, this piece, composed and conducted by Kevin Kaska, was performed by the Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles — all members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47. Continue reading
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Professional Musicians & Employer’s Health & Welfare Fund:
Reconstructive Surgery Fully Covered After Mastectomy
WOMEN’S HEALTH AND CANCER RIGHTS ACT OF 1998
The Professional Musicians Local 47 and Employers Health & Welfare Fund (“the Fund”) provides you with this notice as required by the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1988 (WHCRA).
In compliance with WHCRA, the insurers contracted with by the Fund (Kaiser and Blue Shield) provide benefits for mastectomy-related services, including all stages of reconstruction and surgery to achieve symmetry between the breasts, prostheses, and for complications resulting from a mastectomy, including lymph edemas. Continue reading
We honor the memory of the following members whose deaths were reported between Dec. 11, 2018 – Jan. 15, 2019: Continue reading
Alita: Battle Angel | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 12/21/2018)
Aquaman | trailer | imdb (Warner Bros. 12/21/2018)
Bad Times at the El Royale | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 10/12/2018)
Bao | trailer | imdb (Disney/Pixar short – 6/15/2018)
BIGGER| trailer | imdb (Bee Holder 2018 tba)
BlacKkKlansman | trailer| imdb (Focus Features 8/10/2018)
Bumblebee | imdb (Paramount 12/21/2018)
The Christmas Chronicles | imdb (Netflix 11/22/2018)
Christopher Robin | trailer | imdb (Disney 8/3/2018)
The Cloverfield Paradox | trailer | imdb (Netflix 2/4/2018)
Crazy Rich Asians | trailer | imdb (Warner Bros. 8/15/2018)
Creed II | imdb (MGM/New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. 11/21/2018)
CyberWork and the American Dream | imdb (Shell Studios 2018)
The Darkest Minds | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 8/3/2018)
Deadpool 2 | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 5/18/2018)
Death Wish | trailer | imdb (MGM 3/2/2018)
The Equalizer 2 | trailer | imdb (Sony 7/20/2018)
Every Day | imdb (MGM 2/23/2018)
Fifty Shades Freed | trailer | imdb (Universal 2/9/2018)
First Man | trailer| imdb (Universal 10/12/2018)
Game Night | imdb (New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. 2/23/18)
Game Over, Man! | imdb (Netflix 3/23/2018)
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween | imdb (Columbia/Sony 10/12/2018)
Green Book | imdb (Universal 11/21/2018)
The Grinch | trailer | imdb (Universal 11/9/2018)
Guest of Honor (short) | imdb ( Jump Rock Pictures 9/18/2018)
Halcón Ciego (Blind Hawk) | trailer | imdb (Cuatro Creciente Producciones, Urban Films 6/25/2018)
The Hate U Give | trailer | imdb (20th Century FOX 10/19/2018)
The House With a Clock in Its Walls | trailer | imdb (Universal 9/21/2018)
Life Member. Saxophone
4/26/1931 – 12/12/2018
Cecil Dale Hill was born in San Antonio, Texas, April 26, 1931. He passed away December 12, 2018. He was a father of six children and is survived by his beloved wife Margaret. He had nine grandchildren. And the great-grandchildren are still coming! Continue reading
Union commercial work is under attack, and SAG-AFTRA members are fighting back.
A crowd of more than 1,000 actors and supporters including musicians, stage performers, stunt workers, directors, writers, and Teamsters held a rally in Los Angeles on Jan. 23 calling out ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty for abandoning its responsibilities as a 20-year SAG-AFTRA signatory by shooting non-union commercials.
