Click here to view new scales and effective dates. Local 802 and the Club Date Musicians’ Committee reached an agreement with club date employers on April 19 for a new Single Engagement Club Date contract. After difficult negotiations with employers,

Three more theatres have prohibited the use of the virtual orchestra machine. The National Black Theatre , the Classic Stage Company and the Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Company have all agreed not to use the machine — and have put

Last March, as I stood outside on that blustery Saturday morning and spoke with musicians, stagehands and actors on the picket line, I had the full sense of what it means to be part of the labor community. And what

The Anne Walker Scholarship Fund has awarded six scholarships for the coming academic year, to help 802 members or their children pursue studies in music. Fifteen musicians applied this year. PROFILES OF THE WINNERS Ariel Applebaum-Bauch is the daughter of

Two recent experiences over the last few months have brought renewed attention to the health care crisis that is closing in around all of us. Last year a young family’s infant was born with tragic health problems that will likely

Tenants from across the downstate region rallied on May 2 outside the lower Manhattan office of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The theme of the rally was “Shelly, can we come live with you?” and rally participants — some of

If you’re a typical Local 802 member who does recording dates, you are not a “royalty musician.” Instead, you get paid up front to do a record date, regardless of how well the record sells. (“Royalty musicians” are supposed to

Pianist and composer Fred Hersch has earned a place among the foremost jazz artists in the world today. He is widely recognized for his ability to reinvent the standard jazz repertoire — investing time-tested classics with keen insight, fresh ideas

This will be the first of several articles in which I discuss and — hopefully — answer questions posed by our readers. Remember, you can e-mail your questions to Allegro editor Mikael Elsila at melsila@local802afm.org and he will pass them

The following resolution has been submitted for consideration at the membership meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 29 at 3 p.m. in the Local 802 Club Room. This resolution was also printed in the February Allegro. Whereas: The cost

THEATRICAL AGREEMENTS Except where noted, the following agreements include health benefits of $7.25 per call (capped at $58 per week); doubling premiums of 12.5 percent for the first and 6.25 percent for each additional; a synthesizer premium of 25 percent;

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2004 Meeting called to order at 12:35 p.m. Present: President Lennon, Recording Vice President Dennison, Financial Vice President Blumenthal, Executive Board members, Gagliardi, Gale, Giannini, Schaffner, Shankin, Weiss, Whitaker, Controller Bogert, Assistant to the President Delia, and

Andrew Beals told me about a job Ravi Coltrane was playing at a jazz club out on the coast. Ravi, son of the famous John Coltrane, is a fan of Jim Carrey’s movies, and was excited to see that Carrey