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December 2024 Overture Online: Happy Holidays from AFM Local 47!

Inside This Issue:

  • Spread Joy With a Toy! Donate an Unwrapped Toy to Local 47 by December 18
  • October General Membership Meeting Recap/Resolution Adopted
  • Member Spotlight: Germaine Franco
  • AFM 47 Life Member Clint Eastwood Releases 40th Film, ‘Juror #2’
  • Election 2024: Celebrate the Wins, Organize for the Future 
  • Instrument Insurance is Back: Protect your Gear With AFM & HUB
  • Center Theatre Group Celebrates Extended Run of ‘American Idiot’ 
    With Deaf West Theatre at Mark Taper Forum
  • Celebration of Life: George Bohanon
  • Audition Notice: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  • and more!

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November 2024 Overture Online: Gratitude in Harmony

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Gratitude in Harmony: Give Back by Giving Thanks to Our Musical Community
  • GOTV by Nov. 5th! Sign Up for an Event Near You
  • Member Spotlight: Arturo Sandoval to be Awarded at 2024 Kennedy Center Honors
  • AFM Local 47 Honored at Delores Huerta Spirit Awards
  • AFM Goes to American Film Convention 2024
  • LA Phil Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour Announces Retirement
  • AFM, NBCUniversal Settle Civil Action; Submit Your Incomplete Track Info
  • AFM, SAG-AFTRA & Others Call Out TikTok’s Greed
  • Celebrations of Life: John T. Perrett, Ben Powell
  • Audition Notice: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
and more!
 
 

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October 2024 Overture Online: Voting Matters!

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Election 2024 – LA Fed Election Endorsements / GOTV Events Now Through November 5th
  • Resolution to Amend the Bylaws to be Voted Upon at General Membership Meeting October 28
  • Live TV Musicians Rally for a Fair Contract in NYC
  • Member Spotlight: Tom Morello
  • Congratulations 2024 Emmy Winners & Nominees
  • Music & Labor Support Congresswoman Judy Chu for Re-Election
  • Entertainment Community Fund Presents Free ‘Musicians Career Management’ Workshops 
  • Final Notes: Joel B. Lish, Edgardo Simone, Gary Grant, John T. Perrett
  • Audition Notices: Modesto Symphony Orchestra, New West Symphony
 
and more!
 

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September 2024 Overture Online: We Are Labor

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: We Are Labor: Exploring Music’s Pivotal Role in the Labor Movement
  • Hollywood Union Labor Day Parade: Monday, September 2
  • Member Spotlight: Sheryl Crow
  • Next Local 47 Member Mingle: Friday, September 20
  • Joy Music House Score Production Workshop Celebrates Second Year
  • ‘Star Wars’ Meets NASA: Hollywood Studio Symphony ‘Across the Stars’
  • Entertainment Unions Featured at Burbank Media Industry Job Fair
  • Entertainment Unions Support Striking SAG-AFTRA Video Game Workers
  • Labor Stands With Animation During Contract Negotiations
  • Audition Notice: New West Symphony
 
and more!
 

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August 2024 Overture Online: All Things Percussion

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: All Things Percussion
  • Announcing Our New Percussion Rehearsal Room
  • Member Spotlight: Alex Acuña
  • E2 is Here! Log In to Your New Online User Account
  • Parlaying Organizing Efforts: 2024 CA Labor Fed Convention
  • AFM Endorses Kamala Harris for U.S. President
  • #WhyUnion? Howie Rich Shares His Answer (and you can, too!)
  • Audition Notice: New West Symphony
and more!
 

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July 2024 Overture Online: Freedom

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Freedom
  • Member Spotlight: Steven Allen Fox
  • Changes are Coming to our Website: Update Your Directory Profile Today
  • The Music Inside “Inside Out 2”
  • AFM Local 47 Members Celebrate Union PRIDE
  • Valley Economic Alliance Honors Controller Malia M. Cohen and Treasurer Fiona Ma
  • #WhyUnion? Norman Ludwin Shares His Answer
  • IATSE Secures Tentative Agreements

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June 2024 Overture Online: Labor Celebrates PRIDE ‎️‍🌈

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Labor Celebrates PRID
  • Last Call – Spring Membership Drive Ends June 30th
  • Member Spotlight: LP
  • Next Local 47 Coffee Time Member Mingle: Friday, June 21
  • Action Alert: Protect Arts Funding in California
  • Book Review: “Union Divided: Black Musicians’ Fight for Labor Equality”
  • #WhyUnion? Share Your Answer
  • Motion Picture/TV Film: Important Dates for 2024
  • Organizing Updates
and more!
 

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May 2024 Overture Online: Musicians ARE Workers

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Musicians ARE Workers – Celebrating our Profession on International Workers’ Day
  • 2nd Annual AFM Local 47 Jazz Festival Photo Gallery
  • Spring Membership Drive: Spread the Word! 
  • Member Spotlight: Pam Gates
  • Orchestration With Dr. Norman Ludwin – Free Classes for Members
  • Ensemble 2.0: Making Our Website Work Better for You
  • Volunteers Needed on May 11 to Help Stamp Out Hunger!
and more!
 

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April 2024 Overture Online: 2nd Annual AFM Local 47 Jazz Festival

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: 2nd Annual AFM Local 47 Jazz Festival: Free concert series April 14, 21 & 28
     
  • Inside the Pit at the 96th Annual Oscars
     
  • Member Spotlight: Jon Hammond
     
  • Spring Membership Drive: Spread the Word!
     
  • Abolish Poverty & Homelessness Initiative: Volunteers Needed
     
  • Pension Update on the Application for Special Financial Assistance
  • Auditions: Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, Modesto Symphony Orchestra

 

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March 2024 Overture Online: Solidarity Wins!

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Solidarity Wins! AFM Secures Tentative Agreement With AMPTP, Delivering Historic Wins for Musicians
     
  • Women’s History Month: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
     
  • Member Spotlight: Lindsey Stirling
     
  • Join ‘The Crew’ at the Many Crafts, One Fight Rally on March 3
     
  • AFM Local 47 Endorses Adam Schiff for U.S. Senate
     
  • Music Performance Trust Fund 2024 Scholarship Applications Now Open
     
  • LA County Fed 2024 Voter Guide – Vote by March 5!
  • Auditions: Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, Modesto Symphony Orchestra
and more!
 

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