Announcing the EVERY ARTIST INSURED campaign
With the pandemic dramatically affecting our members' ability to work, we wanted to find ways to help our musicians maintain health insurance and find affordable options.
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Extend unemployment benefits!
Tell your senators: extend unemployment benefits for musicians and other workers!
#MusiciansofNY: Quarantine Edition
Tanya and Krystof Witek In a normal month, 802 flutist and piccolo player Tanya Witek (@flautanya) performs in the New York City Ballet Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, while her husband, 802 violinist Krystof Witek (@kryswitek), performs as
June Allegro is Online!
The latest issue of Allegro, our award-winning magazine, is online! Stay up to date on union business, discussions about the music industry, legislation, and the music community. Read the June 2020 issue here.
#MusiciansofNY: Quarantine Edition
Elena Bonomo 802 drummer Elena Bonomo typically makes her living performing live – subbing on shows, playing for workshops and readings, and playing with different songwriters and bands. At the time that Broadway shut down, Elena was working as a
#MusiciansofNY: Quarantine Edition
802 percussionist, timpanist, and drummer Matt Kantorski usually makes his living as a freelancer in the orchestral realm, along with a bit of chamber music and subbing on Broadway shows. One of Matt’s most unique gigs is playing with the Patriot Brass Ensemble, whose primary mission