As you can see from our cover story, we’re pleased to feature the Roxy Coss Quintet, who are the winners of our inaugural Emerging Artists Project grant. This groundbreaking four-year award was designed to support emerging ensembles in New York

For classical orchestral musicians with long memories, 1986 stands as a pivotal year in our history. That year, we went out on strike against the coalition of orchestras, then identified as OMNY, which were signatories to the umbrella collective bargaining

Local 802’s Bob Pawlo and Maria DiPasquale caught up with Roxy Coss to learn more about her musical journey and her plans for the quintet. Maria DiPasquale: To start off, where are you from, and how did you end up

Local 802 musicians performed an incredible live broadcast of “Jesus Christ Superstar” on NBC on April 1 (Easter Sunday) at the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, starring John Legend, Alice Cooper, Sara Bareilles, Brandon Victor Dixon, Norm Lewis, Ben Daniels, Jason

The Immigrant Arts Coalition, an activism support group composed of New York City cultural organizations (including Local 802), recently sent a letter to President Donald Trump about the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s decision to adjust its mission statement. The

Labor relations, like any complex subject, requires that its practitioners keep up to date with current trends. The U.S. presidential election of 2016 changed the makeup of the NLRB, which in turn affected collective bargaining and rights in the workplace.

The phone rings at 8 a.m. on a Monday morning. “Can you get to Riverdale by 9 for a two-hour stroll?” I hang up the phone and jump in the car with guitar in hand. So begins another week as

I recently remembered this long-ago encounter, a blind date whose memorable line to me was, “I never met a musician before!” I thought Allegro readers would enjoy it. Picture the scenario. The car ride to the restaurant resembles a cutesy

I’ve been a full-time musician for 20 years so I figured it was about time to join the union. The logistics and business “behind the notes” gets increasingly complex and intense, so we gotta stick together. My musical goal in

I joined Local 802 after I started performing in “Farinelli and the King” on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. This has certainly been a career highlight: baroque cello on Broadway! I’m a member of the British musicians’ union back in

MARIO ESCALERA Mario Escalera, 77, a saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist, died last Dec. 1, 2017. He had been a member of Local 802 since 1984. Mr. Escalera was born in Cuba, migrated to Puerto Rico and eventually settled in the

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 Meeting called to order at 11:02 a.m. by Financial Vice President Olcott. Present: Recording Vice President Schwartz, Executive Board members Burridge, Cutler, Dougherty, Hyde, Namkung, Sharman, Suttmann, Chief of Staff Carroll. President Gagliardi absent. Minutes from

Gil Evans developed his composing and arranging chops back in the late 1940s writing for the Claude Thornhill band. I’ve always loved an instrumental arrangement he did for Claude of a ballad by John Benson Brooks called “The Happy Stranger.”