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Marching into New Horizons: Your Union Spaces, Your Future

This March, as the season of renewal blooms, so do new opportunities at Local 47. March is nationally recognized as Music in Our Schools Month, a time when we celebrate the transformative power of music education and recommit ourselves to nurturing the next generation of artists. In that spirit, we are opening a new chapter for our rehearsal rooms and recording studio. These are not simply rooms with four walls and a piano in the corner. They are your creative headquarters, your laboratory, and your launchpad.

Our rehearsal facilities are available not only for ensemble run-throughs, but for private teaching, tutoring sessions, sectional rehearsals, audition prep, and master classes. If you’ve been teaching out of your living room or renting inconsistent outside spaces, consider bringing that work home to your union. These rooms are professional, accessible, and designed to serve working musicians. They are ideal for soloists, duos, trios, quartets, and small ensembles looking for a reliable and union-supported environment to grow their craft.

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Black History Month, Our Legacy, and the Work Ahead 

As we observe Black History Month, it’s important to reflect not only on national history, but on the history of our own union. Many people are unaware that musicians’ unions in the United States were once segregated by race, with separate locals operating side by side under unequal conditions. This was not incidental, it was structural and deeply unjust. 

What makes AFM Local 47 stand out is that we were a pioneer in dismantling that system. In the late 1940s and 1950s, well before segregation was made illegal, our local played a leading role in unifying musicians of all races into a single local. This required courage and conviction at a time when doing the right thing came with real resistance. That decision reshaped the labor landscape for musicians in Los Angeles and set a powerful precedent for what solidarity should look like in practice, not just in principle. 

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Sheldon Mehr

Yamaha Synthesizer Donated to Local 47 Rehearsal Rooms

Thank you to Life Member Sheldon Mehr for his generous donation of a Yamaha Synthesizer and hand-crafted wooden music table to the Rehearsal Rooms!

Our Rehearsal Rooms continue to appreciate all backline donations, especially:

  • keyboards
  • guitar/keyboard amps
  • and synths

For more information and to book a room, please visit afm47.org/rehearsals.

Rehearsal Rooms: New Backline Available

AFM Local 47 would like to thank our neighbor CenterStaging for generously donating four bass amps to our rehearsal room backline. A bass amp stack — from brands like Gallien Krueger, SWR, and TC Electronics — will now be stationed in Rooms 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. 

A huge THANK YOU to CenterStaging and coordinator Ryan Smith for helping our musicians rock on!

To book a room, visit afm47.org/rehearsals.

Rehearsal Rooms

New Rehearsal Room Rates for 2025

As of January 1, 2025, rehearsal room rental fees will be increased by $5. There is still no charge for backline (PA, microphones, amps, etc.). Life Members will continue to receive a $5 discount.

We understand the importance of our rehearsal spaces to members and are happy to continue to provide these spaces for a fraction of what is charged elsewhere.

To view the new rates and to book a room, log in to your member account by clicking the Booking button at afm47.org/rehearsals.

Rehearsals are Back!

Pictured above: On April 14, 2022, longtime Local 47 Rehearsal Room staple David Angel and his ensemble were the first to rehearse in our facilities after two long years of Covid closures.

After a two-year closure due to the pandemic, we are thrilled to announce the partial reopening of our rehearsal rooms.

We will be open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To view our rental rates, please click here. Rooms may be scheduled by contacting 323.993.3172 or booking@afm47.org. Continue reading →