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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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

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

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

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