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April 2025 Overture Online: 3rd Annual AFM Local 47 Jazz Festival

Inside This Issue:

AFM Local 47 3rd Annual Jazz Festival
Spread the Word: Spring Membership Drive
Member Spotlight: Harvey Mason
Next General Membership Meeting: Monday, April 28
AFM Launches #NotMe App for Safe Reporting of Workplace Misconduct
Entertainment Union Coalition ‘Keep California Rolling’ Campaign Update
Next Member Mingle: Friday, April 18
IRS Announces Tax Relief for CA Taxpayers
Oscars 2025
Pro-Labor Bill, the PRO Act, Reintroduced in Congress
Final Note: Ray Kelley
Audition Notices: LA Chamber Orchestra, LA Opera
and more!

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For special members-only Overture content — Executive Board minutes, CBAs, Local 47 Wage Scales, Bylaws, Suspended/Expelled member lists, and more — log in to your new E2 member account at ensemble.afm47.org and browse the “Overture” section on the Documents page. (New to E2? Visit our E2 FAQ here.)

February 2025 Overture Online: Helping Each Other

Inside This Issue:

Helping Each Other: How our musical community is coming together in the aftermath of the devastating L.A. fires
Black History Month 2025: African Americans, and Labor
Member Spotlight: Greg Phillinganes
AFM Local 47 Establishes New Organizing Department
Live Performance / Live Music Prep Wage Scale Updates for 2025
Support Blue Canvas Orchestra’s Fight for a Fair Contract
Bylaws Update: Two Resolutions Adopted at January General Membership Meeting
Next Member Mingle: Friday, February 21
NAMM 2025 Recap
Access Discounted Legal Services for Union Families With Union Plus
Don’t Get Penalized! File for Your L.A. Business Tax & Creative Artist Exemption by Feb. 28
Audition Notices: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Long Beach Symphony
& 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

and more!

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Music Performance Trust Fund – July 2024

Local 47 member Kirk Andrés Wilson and his quartet performing an MPTF-sponsored Juneteenth concert 6/19/2024 at Hollywood Piano in Pasadena.

Are you interested in presenting a FREE and open to the public CONCERT?

For over seven decades, the Music Performance Trust Fund provides grants for free public live music events. Its mission includes contributing to the public knowledge and appreciation of music, as well as making music a part of every child’s life experience. Continue reading →

Verify Your Directory Contact Information

We’re in the home stretch! As we’ve been reporting over the past several months, AFM Local 47 has been hard at work updating our IT infrastructure, and in the coming weeks we will launch a new, fully cloud-based database named Ensemble 2.0 (aka “E2”) that will feature many substantial upgrades.

All members are encouraged to update your Directory contact info now, and most importantly verify/update your email address, to expedite the new online registration process once E2 is launched. Please review your public profile information by searching your name at afm47.org/directory (note: mailing addresses are never posted publicly). o verify your full information on file, and/or to make any updates to your profile, please email directory@afm47.org. Continue reading →

July 2024: Welcome New Members!

Welcome New Members!

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The Music Inside ‘Inside Out 2’

“Flight for Fighting” composed by Andrea Datzman / produced by Michael Giacchino
“Inside Out 2” ℗ 2024 Walt Disney Records/Pixar
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group

Going out to the movies is making a comeback, in a big way!

Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” — featuring a lively musical score by AFM Local 47 composer Andrea Datzman — continues to sizzle at the box office, where it earned a record $30 million on the Juneteenth holiday. To date the animated feature has amassed nearly $500 million in ticket sales worldwide. Continue reading →

Musicians Celebrate Union PRIDE

Our local labor community enjoyed a fun-filled day of solidarity at the 2024 Los Angeles Pride Parade in WeHo on Sunday, June 2. AFM Local 47 Organizer Rahul Neuman and members David Horne, Nick Cazares, and Amy Hershberger joined in the festivities alongside friends from the LA County Federation of Labor and members from many other unions throughout the region.

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Valley Economic Alliance Honors Controller Malia M. Cohen and Treasurer Fiona Ma

The Valley Economic Alliance hosted a celebratory gathering on the evening of June 10 honoring California State Controller Malia M. Cohen (pictured above, far left) and State Treasurer Fiona Ma (above right, in center) in recognition of their impact on the State of California and the San Fernando Valley region.

AFM Local 47 President Stephanie O’Keefe and Communications Director Linda Rapka (both pictured with Ma, above) were among the attendees along with esteemed guests from the Los Angeles Police Department Operations Valley Bureau, the Los Angeles Fire Department Operations Valley Bureau, and the United States Army Color Guard.

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