AFM Local 47 was pleased to host the 2019 AFM Western Conference of Locals, where officers and delegates from AFM Locals in the western United States and Canadian provinces gathered to review common issues and organize for the upcoming AFM Convention. Continue reading
Twenty years after its premiere, the great American musical “Ragtime” returned to L.A. in a run at the Pasadena Playhouse January 28 through March 3, 2019. Continue reading
John Williams (left) and Gustavo Dudamel (right) shared the stage during an intimate concert series at Disney Hall in January 2019. [photos by Linda A. Rapka/AFM Local 47]
I read the glowing review by Mark Swed of the first night of the Celebration of John Williams in the Times last month, and was moved to have a personal kind of celebration; of knowing John Williams, from our time in Tucson in the 775th Air Force band, through my time as Union VP and President, when I presented both John Williams and Steven Spielberg a commemorative plaque on behalf of Musicians Local 47 at a scoring session of 105 players. The plaques were inscribed with our Local 47 musicians’ thanks for consistently scoring their films here in Hollywood, and thereby using our musicians in the resulting scoring processes. Mr. Spielberg told me at that time that he was genuinely touched by this recognition. Continue reading
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
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
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
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)
Congratulations to the following AFM Local 47-scored films on receiving Oscar nominations! Listen to our Oscars 2019 #ListenLA Playlist and browse the list below. Winners will be announced at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony on February 24, 2019, broadcast live on ABC (with a live AFM Local 47 band!). Continue reading
Congratulations to the following AFM Local 47-scored films on receiving Oscar nominations! Listen to our Oscars 2019 #ListenLA Playlist and browse the list below. Winners will be announced at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony on February 24, 2019, broadcast live on ABC (with a live AFM Local 47 band!). Continue reading
Less than a month into 2019, the teachers of Los Angeles proved that last year’s wave of collective action isn’t quieting down. After taking to the streets in a strike that has captured the country’s imagination, members of United Teachers Los Angeles are returned to classrooms after overwhelmingly approving a paradigm-shifting contract that delivers on key demands.
