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Kevin Kaska & the Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles

Epilogue from Christopher Columbus Suite

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

February 2019 Overture Online: Black History Month

Overture Online
February 2019

Black History Month
Exploring music’s role in Black history


Jazz in Schools
LA Jazz Society brings music education to the Southland

#ListenLA Spotlight
Awards Season 2019

AFM Local 47 Membership Drive
Now is the perfect time to join the musicians union of Los Angeles

and more!
 

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Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1988 (WHCRA) & Newborn and Mothers Health Protection Act of 1996 (NMHPA)

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

2018 Motion Picture & TV Roundup

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)

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#StrikeBBH: SAG-AFTRA fights to protect commercials contract

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.

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UTLA Wins

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.

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