The Committee For A More Responsible Local 47

5/27/17
I. PENSION COMMENT
II. AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund
III. EVENTS

…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer
…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician
…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician
…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician

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I. PENSION COMMENT

FYI:
When our AFM Pension took its stock market dive in 2008,
You recall our L.A. / NY H&W Fund had similar financial woes.
A person in the H&W loop gave me the following info.

(This regards only H&W management, but we can imagine
a similar band of irresponsible folks who “might” have
been ignoring the location/vulnerability of our Pension
money during the stock market crash.

For instance, if those Pension Trustees had been paying
attention to the crisis, they could have switched us to safe
Blue Chip stocks before the worst of it.)

H&W Trustees at the time of the 2008 crash:

Lewis, Vince, exec at Disney, exec at Entertainment
Partners, Gary Hughes (“Management trustee,”) one
more un-named person.

Six total Trustees: 3 from the Union side and 3 from
the music business executive side.
Trustees are volunteers. They serve as a community service.
Trustees are not officially “Trustees” until they meet
together to make decisions.

No Union allows membership to contact Trustees directly.

Very sad.
Again, this is not a list of AFM Pension Trustees.
Then again, maybe some of them were…

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II. AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund in the Spotlight at ASCAP Expo

The little-known AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights
Distribution Fund pays royalties even to oft-neglected session musicians
and backup singers.

Stevie Wonder was the headliner — and closing act — of the ASCAP
I Create Music Expo that concluded this weekend, but musicians and
singers will be interested to know that an obscure fund, jointly run
by the American Federation of Musicians and performers’ union
SAG-AFTRA, also had a moment in the sun at the annual conference
for songwriters, composers, artists and producers.

If those two unions seem like an odd pairing, they aren’t: since its
2012 founding by way of merger, SAG-AFTRA, like AFTRA
before it, has represented recording artists — singers — as
well as actors and others, such as broadcasters.

The joint fund, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property
Rights Distribution Fund, distributed about $60 million in royalties
in 2016 and thus will be welcome as anything but odd by those
who receive checks from it — a variety of singers and musicians,
including such non-featured performers as backup singers and
session musicians, who otherwise might not receive music
royalties at all.

Although that total is far less than the approximately $1 billion
in residuals that SAG-AFTRA distributes annually, and is also
less than the $90 million to $100 million in audiovisual AFM
residuals that are disbursed each year (which are administered
by yet another organization, the Film Musicians Secondary
Markets Fund), the checks can be significant, ranging up to
$1 million in some cases, said fund executive director Dennis
Dreith.

“We do for non-featured performers what SoundExchange
and AARC do for featured performers,” explained Dreith,
referencing two other music royalty organizations. He spoke
to The Hollywood Reporter after conducting a seminar Friday
for about 100 people at the Expo.

One recipient of a payment from the fund was so unaccustomed
to receiving royalties that she rang up Dreith and asked if she
was really allowed to cash the check. He assured her that she was.

Citing the case of a former Motown session bass player who he said
died impoverished after helping churn out hit after hit (“You Can’t
Hurry Love” by The Supremes, “My Girl” by The Temptations,
and dozens more), Dreith added that the fund helps ensure that
“there won’t be another James Jamerson,” at least in the economic sense.

Where the Money Comes From

Unlike Expo organizer ASCAP, which collects and pays royalties to
songwriters and composers, the joint union fund is for performers.
It was established in 1998, which may give a clue as to its initial
scope: the royalties are collected from U.S. digital platforms, but
not from U.S. terrestrial (conventional) radio, as to which there
is no provision in law for performance royalties. The Fair Play
Fair Pay Act, which the fund and unions vigorously support,
would change that and require AM and FM stations to pay
such royalties, too.

Those for-now digital royalties are paid to non-featured vocalists and
non-featured musicians regardless of their union membership or
affiliations. The fund collects foreign performance royalties for
U.S. non-featured performers as well, but only for members of
AFM and SAG-AFTRA.

That, anyway, is what the sound recording division of the fund
does. Two more recent arms, the symphonic royalties and
audiovisual divisions, represent evolutions beyond digital-only.
The first focuses on royalties for featured and non-featured
performers in symphonic sound recordings, including archival
recordings and radio broadcasts licensed for use on cable,
satellite and digital media. And the audiovisual division
collects royalties — again, for featured and non-featured
singers and musicians — from foreign territories for films
and television programs containing U.S. performers, which
have been broadcast on Spanish and German television,
and motion pictures containing U.S. performers, which have
been exhibited in cinemas in Spain.

There is no word on whether that limited geographic portfolio
might expand.

Like residuals, which inspired this reporter to prepare a
colored chart that Backstage likened to “a periodic table of
elements on mushrooms,” music royalties are complex: a
flowchart in the ninth edition of Harold Vogel’s definitive
Entertainment Industry Economics, which features almost
two-dozen circles, squares and other shapes and a similar
complement of connecting lines, looks like an oil refinery
diagram — except that the latter is easier to understand.
Indeed, turning bauxite into aluminum is apparently simpler
than the way money flows in the music business. But in one
small corner, at least, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA fund has it covered.

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III. EVENTS

 

DEAN AND RICHARD
are now at Culver City Elks

the first 
Friday of 
every month.
7:30pm-10:30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at
Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, 
Burbank.

Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way
they 
should 
be. 

We are in the back room called
the Trailside Room. 


Come on down.

Guaranteed to swing.

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5/28 – 6/2/17
The BBB featuring Bernie Dresel

Mark your calendars and/or get tickets now:
playing TWO daytime shows near LAX (Los Angeles Airport)
this will be the only notice (earlier than usual) for these rare
“west side” shows

1.  LA Jazz Institute Big Band Spectacular
SUNDAY May 28 from 4:30-5:30 at Westin LAX Grand Ballroom
Call 562-200-5477 for $20 tickets or get them at the door.
http://lajazzinstitute.org

2.  LA Audio Show
FRIDAY June 2 from 5:30-7:00 at Sheraton Gateway LAX
poolside deck Single day tickets for the 10am-6pm LA
Audio Show and the 5:30 concert are available for $25
at http://www.laaudioshow.com/register

The deck area offers a variety of amenities from cabanas
to lounge seating and standing room where drinks,
appetizers and snacks can also be purchased. For those
whose preference is indoors, the windows of the
Costero Bar, overlooking the pool, will be opened.
And, for attendees, and others, who have worked up
an appetite for more solid fare, the Brasserie restaurant,
also with windows to the pool, will be serving.

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5/27/17
CULVER CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor Arlene Cardenes
Saturday May 27th, 5:00PM
A Culver City Centennial Celebration
This performance will feature a new
fanfare by Cary Belling.
Also
Andres Cardenes, Violinist and COnductor
Turning Point School Auditorium
8780 National Blvd. 
Culver City, CA 90232
Click here for ticket information

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6/7/17

FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS!

PRESS RELEASE/ Wed JUNE 7, 2017 at 12:10-12:40 pm at the Free Admission
GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS/ Richard Strauss Violin Sonata:

Violinist Jacqueline Suzuki
Pianist Brendan White.

Thank you!
Jacqueline Suzuki
Curator, Glendale Noon Concerts
818-249-5108

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6/10/17

EDENDALE UP CLOSE CONCERTS
in Echo Park, at the Edendale Branch Library (LAPL).

Fiato String Quartet) – Saturday JUNE 10, 2017 (Noon-1:00pm) performance

Complete info, including upcoming concerts through JAN 2018,
can be found at http://edendaleupclose.blogspot.com
Thank you!
Jacqueline Suzuki
Curator, Edendale Up Close Concerts
818-249-5108

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6/13/17

CalStateLA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to attend the admission FREE concert given by the CalStateLA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3PM at the historic San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, 320 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776.

The orchestra is composed of young and talented students ages 12 through college age performing standard repertoire for orchestra from Baroque to Contemporary periods. Students win their positions in the orchestra through our annual competitive audition. The guest soloist this concert will be the renowned violinist, Timothy Fain, who was the recording artist on the sound track of the movie “The Black Swan”. He will be performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor accompanied by the orchestra.

Other works will include Wagner Tannhauser Overture, 2nd movement of the Dvorak New World Symphony, Mozart Adagio and Rondo for violin and orchestra(performed by our concertmaster, Jeongwon Claire An), and the 1st movement of the Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4.

Looking forward to seeing every there..

Sincerely,
Fung Ho

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6/25/17

Dear Doctor Wu Fans,

We will be appearing at the Santa Monica Summer SOULstice Festival on Sunday, June 25th 2017 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM, where we will play two sets of your favorite Steely Dan tunes.  Please bring your friends along and enjoy a great time with us!

Edgemar Courtyard
2440 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
4:30 – 6:30 PM

We hope to see you there!

The Doctor Wu Band
http://www.doctorwuband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/doctorwuband

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7/11-14/17

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ WORKSHOP

The LA Jazz Society is proud to partner with Kim Richmond
and Kimberly Ford in presenting the Santa Barbara Jazz
Workshop, July 11-14, from Tuesday afternoon to Friday night.

A faculty of Jazz professionals teach instrumental/vocal master
classes, improvisation, Jazz Listening (How to listen, and who to
listen to.), modern Jazz combo and Big Band playing with concerts
each late afternoon (open to the public) where advanced students sit in

For more information, visit www.santabarbarajazzcamp.com.

Presented by Kim Richmond and Kimberly Ford
at the Marjorie Luke Theater and SOHO Jazz Club.

You can read all previous offerings at:
http://www.responsible47.com

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UNTIL NEXT TIME,

THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47

5/19/17
I. IMPORTANT WEBSITE – PENSION
II. SOME INFO FROM THE SITE
III. COMMENT
IV. EVENTS
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer

…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician
…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician

…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician

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I. IMPORTANT WEBSITE – PENSION

We received this information from a reliable source.

You need to follow this!:

Hi everyone,

As you all know we have a major problem with the AFM

pension fund. It is actually far worse than we have been

told by the trusties.

A number of very smart dedicated people in the NYC

area have started a committee to address this problem.

They have created a website to inform you of the ACTUAL

situations happening and the timeline in which they have

happened. They have been involving billion dollar multi –

employer hedge fund experts to advise them on some of

these points.

Please read the following website and sign up.

https://www.musiciansforpensionsecurity.com

 

A couple of the group members would like to come

out and address you about this in the next month

or so. I will be working with a couple of people from

SoCal to try and set this up. I will also be attending

the NY meetings as often as possible.

We ALL have to get involved to fix this.

PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW

THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE FUND!

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II. SOME INFO FROM THE ABOVE SITE

Among other valuable info, you’ll find this on the

PENSION SECURITY SITE

As you may have heard, our hard-earned pension benefits
could be slashed to a negligible monthly payout once we
retire. Our Fund Trustees say this is due to a series of
unfortunate events, but it seems more and more clear
that the true unfortunate event is that they are
responsible for a decade of poor performance, and have
been less than transparent about the health of the Fund.

It’s true that in 2008 we incurred catastrophic losses to
our pension fund. That was a terrible year in the market
for all, and during that crash almost every multiemployer
fund suffered substantial losses. But our pension fund
performed much worse … AFM-EPF lost nearly 40%
(AFM website)  of assets spanning the 18 months
surrounding the crash, while other funds suffered an
average of 25%. After that difficult period, the
majority of multiemployer pension funds bounced
back, and 60% of those plans were back in the Green
Zone by 2011 (PBGC). Not ours, however. The AFM-EPF
fund continued to underperform every single year.

Let’s talk numbers here for a minute…
Over the past decade, our fund yielded a 3.2%
net average return. That’s 1.0% below our
already low custom benchmarks (estimated
returns on investments which are calculated
by Trustees and Fund Administration) and
drastically below the industry-wide yield of
6.8% (according to Pension and Investments
magazine). Compared to our peers, we are
underperforming.

Our pension administration spent over $248
million dollars in administrative expenses
and investment fees over the past decade,
while returning only 3.2% (5500s). Last year,
for example, the Fund admitted to losing $10
million in value (AFM-EPF website), but paid
$25 million in administrative costs and
investment fees. Additionally, our Fund’s expenses
have been unnecessarily exorbitant for years.
We spend $190K/month on rent in one of the
most expensive real estate markets in the country,
pay excessively high salaries to Fund administration,
high fees to investment managers (5500s), and
are unnecessarily overstaffed, in comparison to
similar funds. Not only are we paying employees
high salaries, but we are giving them raises almost
every year in the past decade. We are rewarding t
hem for bad performance.

We spent a lot of money to lose money.

We can make a comparative analysis to a peer
pension fund, AFTRA Retirement Fund. AFTRA is
similar to AFM-EPF in size, value of assets, and
personnel (for example, the consultant, accountant,
lawyers, and investment managers are all the same
professionals).  Although we utilize many of the
same resources, AFTRA is under-spending us
dramatically.  Using Form 5500s for the years
available to us, 2009-2014, we created a comparative
fee and expense analysis between AFTRA Retirement
Fund and AFM-EPF. For those six years, AFTRA paid
$103 million in investment fees and administrative
costs, while AFM-EPF paid $153 million in fees and
expenses. The AFM-EPF paid an extra 50 plus million
dollars in fees and expenses more than AFTRA paid
for the same six year period. Despite the fact that
these 2 funds are so similar in size and personnel,
the AFM-EPF paid a third more in expenses and
fees than AFTRA for 2009-2014.

“The Fund will be solvent until 2047.”

Many AFM members didn’t know just how bad things
were with the pension fund until they received a
December 2016 letter  from the trustees saying
that the fund in 2016 spent 25 million dollars in
fees/expenses and lost 11 million dollars for the
year to date. In addition the trustees in that same
letter made it very clear that the fund is in trouble
and could quite possibly be in critical and declining
status in the near future, as soon as this summer.

In this same letter, the trustees let us know that if
we are in critical and declining status that the new
pension law “MPRA” would apply to our fund.  “MPRA”
is a law that allows trustees to cut existing benefits
and gives workers little to no say in the process.

What is hard to explain is the following articles written
in 2015 by AFM trustees and officials just one year
before we received the bad news in that now famous
December 2016 letter about possible benefit cuts
through the new pension law “MPRA.   These articles
all make it seem like the new pension law “MPRA”
doesn’t apply to our fund and we should not be
worried because our fund is projected to be
solvent all the way till 2047.

So what changed in that one year?  Why are the same
trustees just one year later telling us that the new pension
law which allows trustees to make cuts to benefits
could easily apply to our fund now all of the sudden?

We deserve an answer.

AFM President and co-Chair Trustee, Ray Hair, said in
International Musician in January 2015, “the AFM-EPF…
is not projected to become insolvent, and the new law
[MPRA] does not authorize benefit reductions to the AFM-EPF.”

A month later, Local 802 President Tino Gagliardi wrote
In Allegro, “The new spending bill from Congress … includes
a provision that applies to deeply-troubled pension plans
that are near insolvency. As we have stated before … our
pension fund is projected to be solvent until at least 2047,
which is the longest period for which the actuaries have
made projections.”

In the same publication, Local 802’s lawyer Harvey Mars
also stated the fund would be solvent through 2047
and members should “rest secure”.

Tino Gagliardi then agreed with a statement given by
four Union Trustees — Laura Ross, Brian Rood, Bill
Moriarity and Phil Yao — stating again that they believe
the fund with be “solvent through at least 2047”.

UNDERPERFORMANCE AND HIGH EXPENSES

Christopher Brockmeyer, Co-Chair of the AFM-EPF, is
also the Director of Employee Benefit Funds for The
Broadway League. He was actively involved with the
development and passage of MPRA. In Markets Media
in 2014, he said, “I spend a lot more time on investment
issues … than do a lot of the other trustees.” He went
on to say, “Every fund … is primarily motivated by
trying to get its best return, which is typically 7.5%.”
It’s troubling that Brockmeyer, a Trustee of 11 pension
plans in the entertainment industry, and AFM-EPF
Trustee since 2007, believes our return should be
much higher than our 3.2%.  Where is the accountability
for the Fund’s poor performance, after Brockmeyer
claims to be the authority on “investment issues”? And
when our investment performance is failing, shouldn’t Mr.
Brockmeyer and other Trustees, including Co-Chair Ray
Hair, attempt to cut costs?

In 2009, Kilkelly’s salary jumped from $284K to $356K.

The Trustees vote each year on potential salary increases.
Our Fund Administrator and Executive Director, Maureen
Kilkelly, is now paid $422K a year (5500s). Kilkelly has
gotten a raise every year during the past decade, despite
the Fund’s poor performance. To add insult to injury,
in 2009, the year that New York’s Broadway musicians
took a salary freeze, Maureen Kilkelly received a 25.1%
raise. Why did the Trustees vote to raise Ms.Kilkelly’s
salary every year, regardless of the Fund’s performance?

Where is the accountability?

Has the Board of Trustees breached their fiduciary duties
by allowing for excessive fees, poor returns and little to
no transparency for many years?  Our current trustees
seem incapable of or unwilling to rein in exorbitant
costs. Why, after a decade of poor performance, has
there been no change from the Fund’s leadership?

The Trustees must explain the mistakes with full
transparency, improve the administrative performance,
and drastically reduce the high overhead.

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III. COMMENT

Well Hooray for you. You hate my beloved AFM Local 47.
How satisfying this must be to you and your vaunted
“Committee” giggle~ giggle.

[EC: Did it every occur to you, that when the pensions
are slashed to a fraction of what you expected because
of the RMA leadership’s greed over the years (Plus a
touch of technology), and their refusal to talk buyouts,
reducing our membership numbers, dues, pension
and health and welfare, (More taking out than putting
in) with the work going everywhere but here, YOU
are going to be f***ed?

This committee has been trying to SAVE this union
from their damage, whether you realize it or not.

At least direct your anger where it belongs,… those who

caused this situation.

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IV. EVENTS

DEAN AND RICHARD
are now at Culver City Elks

the first 
Friday of 
every month.

7:30pm-10:30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at
Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, 
Burbank.

Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way
they 
should 
be. 

We are in the back room called
the Trailside Room. 


Come on down.

Guaranteed to swing.

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5/20-21/17

CENTER STAGE OPERA PRESENTS
The Best of Broadway Volume III
Performing Arts Center (on the campus of Reseda High School)
Reseda, CA

May 20th – 7:30 PM
May 21st – 3:00 PM

Music from
Camelot, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line,
Snoopy the Musical, Company, Sweet Smell of success,
Miss Saigon, Woman of the Year, Avenue Q, The Wiz, 70 Girls 70
and Annie

Featuring
Nick Navarra
Stephanie Fredericks
Kate Bass
Dylan F. Thomas

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5/21/17

SONG OF THE ANGELS FLUTE ORCHESTRA
Founder, Frederick Staff
Music Director, Charles Fernandez

JAZZY FLUTES!

Sunday, May 21st 7pm at the
First Lutheran Church in Torrance

Guest artists
Ali Ryerson
David Shostac
Fred Seldon
and Billy Kerr

for tickets go here:
http://www.soafluteorchestra.com/tickets/

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5/28 – 6/2/17
The BBB featuring Bernie Dresel

Mark your calendars and/or get tickets now:
playing TWO daytime shows near LAX (Los Angeles Airport)
this will be the only notice (earlier than usual) for these rare
“west side” shows

1.  LA Jazz Institute Big Band Spectacular
SUNDAY May 28 from 4:30-5:30 at Westin LAX Grand Ballroom
Call 562-200-5477 for $20 tickets or get them at the door.
http://lajazzinstitute.org

2.  LA Audio Show
FRIDAY June 2 from 5:30-7:00 at Sheraton Gateway LAX
poolside deck Single day tickets for the 10am-6pm LA
Audio Show and the 5:30 concert are available for $25
at http://www.laaudioshow.com/register

The deck area offers a variety of amenities from cabanas
to lounge seating and standing room where drinks,
appetizers and snacks can also be purchased. For those
whose preference is indoors, the windows of the
Costero Bar, overlooking the pool, will be opened.
And, for attendees, and others, who have worked up
an appetite for more solid fare, the Brasserie restaurant,
also with windows to the pool, will be serving.

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6/21/17
DON’T MISS
THE PHIL NORMAN TENTET
in West Los Angeles
Sunday, May 21st @ 2:30pm
(doors open at 2pm)
Contrapuntal Hall in Brentwood
655 N. Bundy Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049

For Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2951454
limited seating; please reserve early

Hear the Performance of
“THEN  AND  NOW”

Remembering the classic sounds & variations of
12 jazz legends to include:

The George Shearing Quintet
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
The Modern Jazz Quartet
The Cal Tjader Quintet
the Ahmad Jamal Trio
Miles, Dizzy and more

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5/24/17

TALL AND SMALL

Wednesday, May 24th, 2017 8 pm – 10 pm

featuring:
Pete Christlieb & Linda Small
Pete Christlieb tenor sax; Linda Small trombone
saxophones Tracy Knoop, Travis Ranney,
Jeff Kashiwa, Bill Ramsay
trumpets Mike Mines, Jared Hall
piano: David Joyner
bass Clipper Anderson
drums Tim Malland

Cover Charge: $5
B SHARP COFFEE HOUSE
706 Opera Alley
Tacoma, WA 98402
Directions

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5/27/17
CULVER CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor Arlene Cardenes
Saturday May 27th, 5:00PM
A Culver City Centennial Celebration
This performance will feature a new
fanfare by Cary Belling.
Also
Andres Cardenes, Violinist and COnductor
Turning Point School Auditorium
8780 National Blvd. 
Culver City, CA 90232
Click here for ticket information

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6/13/17

CalStateLA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to attend the admission FREE concert given by the CalStateLA Symphony Orchestra/Olympia Youth Orchestra on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3PM at the historic San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, 320 S Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776.

The orchestra is composed of young and talented students ages 12 through college age performing standard repertoire for orchestra from Baroque to Contemporary periods. Students win their positions in the orchestra through our annual competitive audition. The guest soloist this concert will be the renowned violinist, Timothy Fain, who was the recording artist on the sound track of the movie “The Black Swan”. He will be performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor accompanied by the orchestra.

Other works will include Wagner Tannhauser Overture, 2nd movement of the Dvorak New World Symphony, Mozart Adagio and Rondo for violin and orchestra(performed by our concertmaster, Jeongwon Claire An), and the 1st movement of the Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4.

Looking forward to seeing every there..

Sincerely,
Fung Ho

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7/11-14/17

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ WORKSHOP

The LA Jazz Society is proud to partner with Kim Richmond
and Kimberly Ford in presenting the Santa Barbara Jazz
Workshop, July 11-14, from Tuesday afternoon to Friday night.

A faculty of Jazz professionals teach instrumental/vocal master
classes, improvisation, Jazz Listening (How to listen, and who to
listen to.), modern Jazz combo and Big Band playing with concerts
each late afternoon (open to the public) where advanced students sit in

For more information, visit www.santabarbarajazzcamp.com.

Presented by Kim Richmond and Kimberly Ford
at the Marjorie Luke Theater and SOHO Jazz Club.

You can read all previous offerings at:
http://www.responsible47.com

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UNTIL NEXT TIME,

THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47

5/12/17
I. GEORGE S. CLINTON MASTERCLASS!
II. EVENTS
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer

…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician
…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician

…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician

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I. ASMAC PRESENTS GEORGE S. CLINTON!

5/13/17

ASMAC presents

A MASTER CLASS WITH GEORGE S. CLINTON
MODERATED BY:  Sylvester Rivers
Valley College – Music Building
5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen, CA
Corner of Fulton & Oxnard  

Saturday, May 13, 2017
10:30 am –  CHECK-IN – Coffee/Refreshments
11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Master Class

“Scoring Comedies: Comedy is Serious Business
– The Scoring Art & Technique.”

Join us for an informative – and entertaining – Master Class.

Mr. Clinton is an award winning composer who has
scored over 100 films, most notably “Austin Powers
International Man of Mystery” and it’s blockbuster
sequels;  Disney’s hit “Santa Clause” sequels;
“Mortal Kombat” 1 & 2;  “Wild Things”,  “Red Shoe
Diaries”,  John Water’s “A Dirty Shame”  and the
Emmy Award winning “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.”

He began his professional musical career as a
singer/songwriter/arranger in Nashville while
earning degrees in music and drama. Upon
moving to LA, he became a staff songwriter
for Warner Brothers Music with songs recorded
by the likes of Michael Jackson and Joe Cocker
and continued working as a session musician
and arranger. It was the music from Clinton’s
solo album  “The George Clinton Band Arrives”
that attracted the attention of Cheech and Chong,
giving him the chance to score his first film “Still Smokin”.

In addition, Mr. Clinton is an advisor at the
Sundance Composers Lab, serves on the Music
Executive Branch of The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscars), is on
the boards of the Society of Composers and
Lyricists and the Alliance for Women Film
Composers, is a member of ASMAC and the
Television Academy, and was Chair of Film
Scoring at the Berklee College of Music 2012-2015.

Awards include a Platinum record for his score
to Mortal Kombat, Grammy and Emmy nominations,
the SCL Ambassador Award, the Spirit of Tennessee
Award, and nine BMI Film Music Awards, including
their highest honor, the BMI Icon Award.

MODERATED BY:  SYLVESTER RIVERS
Composer, arranger and pianist Sylvester Rivers
has recorded with numerous hit artists including
Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, The Jacksons, Sammy
Davis Jr., Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, Kenny
Rogers, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, New
Edition, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations,
Gladys Knight & The Pips, Barry White, Marc
Bolan & T Rex, Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio, Deniece
Williams, The Fifth Dimension and many others.

Rivers has composed, arranged and orchestrated
for television and film as well, such as the television
series “Fame,” songs for the Kevin Bacon/Laurence
Fishburne film “Quicksilver,” “Breakin’ 2: Electric
Boogaloo,” “The Arsenio Hall Show” and numerous
others; and  has been prolific in producing music
throughout a wide spectrum.

Valley College – Music Building

Sat., May 13, 2017
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
(Check-in & Refreshments – 10:30am )
Free parking in lot on corner of Fulton and Oxnard.
ASMAC Members and Students – $25
Non-Members – $40

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I. EVENTS
DEAN AND RICHARD
are now at Culver City Elks the first 
Friday of 
every month.
7:30pm-10:30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at
Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, 
Burbank.

Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way
they 
should 
be. 

We are in the back room called
the Trailside Room. 


Come on down.

Guaranteed to swing.

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5/13/17

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SYMPHONY

Saturday, May 13th, 2017
AGOURA HILLS/CALABASAS COMMUNITY CENTER
8:00 pm
27040 MALIBU HILLS RD
CALABASAS, CA
Price: $25
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
TWO PREMIERES!
Tuttle: By Steam or By Dream Overture 
Inaugural Performance
Egizi: Orchestral Suite “In memoria di mio Padre”
Inaugural Performance
To purchase tickets for this concert, click here.
For information on the pre-concert dinner, click here.
(Program subject to change

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5/14/17

LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS
Sunday, May 14th, 2017 – 2:30 pm
Calabasas Performing Arts Education Center
22855 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302

Extraordinary Women – A Mother’s Day Concert to Remember
The LA Winds pay tribute to remarkable women who helped
shape the course of human history. Featured works will
include Giuseppi Verdi’s stirring “Overture to Joan of Arc”,
Mark Camphouse’s powerful “A Movement for Rosa”,
and Eric Coates’ regal “The Three Elizabeths”.

For tickets contact:
Mary Gallegos at [email protected]

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5/17/17

FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS

On Wednesday  May 17, 2017 at 12:10-12:40 pm
the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature
the Calico Winds performing duos and trios by
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Malcolm Arnolf and Joseph Canteloube
at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church,
610 E. California Ave. (at Isabel St), Glendale, CA 91206.
For more information, email [email protected]
or call (818) 244- 7241.

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for Flute & Bassoon
MALCOLM ARNOLD Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE Rustiques for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Theresa Treuenfels (bassoon)
Rachel Berry (horn)
Ted Sugata ( oboe)
Kathryn Nevin (clarinet)
Eileen Holt (flute)

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5/20-21/17

CENTER STAGE OPERA PRESENTS
The Best of Broadway Volume III
Performing Arts Center (on the campus of Reseda High School)
Reseda, CA

May 20th – 7:30 PM
May 21st – 3:00 PM

Music from
Camelot, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line,
Snoopy the Musical, Company, Sweet Smell of success,
Miss Saigon, Woman of the Year, Avenue Q, The Wiz, 70 Girls 70
and Annie

Featuring
Nick Navarra
Stephanie Fredericks
Kate Bass
Dylan F. Thomas

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5/21/17

SONG OF THE ANGELS FLUTE ORCHESTRA
Founder, Frederick Staff
Music Director, Charles Fernandez

JAZZY FLUTES!

Sunday, May 21st 7pm at the
First Lutheran Church in Torrance

Guest artists
Ali Ryerson
David Shostac
Fred Seldon
and Billy Kerr

for tickets go here:
http://www.soafluteorchestra.com/tickets/

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5/27/17
CULVER CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor Arlene Cardenes
Saturday May 27th, 5:00PM
A Culver City Centennial Celebration
This performance will feature a new
fanfare by Cary Belling.
Also
Andres Cardenes, Violinist and COnductor
Turning Point School Auditorium
8780 National Blvd. 
Culver City, CA 90232
Click here for ticket information

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7/11-14/17

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ WORKSHOP

The LA Jazz Society is proud to partner with Kim Richmond
and Kimberly Ford in presenting the Santa Barbara Jazz
Workshop, July 11-14, from Tuesday afternoon to Friday night.

A faculty of Jazz professionals teach instrumental/vocal master
classes, improvisation, Jazz Listening (How to listen, and who to
listen to.), modern Jazz combo and Big Band playing with concerts
each late afternoon (open to the public) where advanced students sit in

For more information, visit www.santabarbarajazzcamp.com.

Presented by Kim Richmond and Kimberly Ford
at the Marjorie Luke Theater and SOHO Jazz Club.

You can read all previous offerings at:
http://www.responsible47.com

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UNTIL NEXT TIME,

THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47

5/4/17

I. AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund
II. ACADEMY OF SCORING ARTS

II. ACADEMY OF SCORING ARTS EVENT

III. MEMBER COMMENTS

V. EVENTS

 
…Absolutely guaranteed anonymity – Former Musician’s Union officer

…The one voice of reason in a sea of insanity – Nashville ‘first call’
scoring musician

…Allows us to speak our minds without fear of reprisal – L.A. Symphonic musician
 

…Reporting issues the Musicians Union doesn’t dare to mention – National touring musician

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I. AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund in the Spotlight at ASCAP Expo
from the Hollywood Reporter

by Jonathan Handel

The little-known AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property
Rights Distribution Fund pays royalties even to oft-neglected
session musicians and backup singers. Stevie Wonder was
the headliner — and closing act — of the ASCAP I Create
Music Expo that concluded this weekend, but musicians
and singers will be interested to know that an obscure
fund, jointly run by the American Federation of Musicians
and performers’ union SAG-AFTRA, also had a moment
in the sun at the annual conference for songwriters,
composers, artists and producers.

If those two unions seem like an odd pairing, they aren’t:
since its 2012 founding by way of merger, SAG-AFTRA,
like AFTRA before it, has represented recording artists
— singers — as well as actors and others, such as
broadcasters.
The joint fund, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property
Rights Distribution Fund, distributed about $60 million
in royalties in 2016 and thus will be welcome as anything
but odd by those who receive checks from it — a variety
of singers and musicians, including such non-featured
performers as backup singers and session musicians,
who otherwise might not receive music royalties at all.

Although that total is far less than the approximately
$1 billion in residuals that SAG-AFTRA distributes annually,
and is also less than the $90 million to $100 million in
audiovisual AFM residuals that are disbursed each year
(which are administered by yet another organization,
the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund), the
checks can be significant, ranging up to $1 million
in some cases, said fund executive director Dennis Dreith.

“We do for non-featured performers what SoundExchange
and AARC do for featured performers,” explained Dreith,
referencing two other music royalty organizations. He
spoke to The Hollywood Reporter after conducting a
seminar Friday for about 100 people at the Expo.

One recipient of a payment from the fund was so
unaccustomed to receiving royalties that she rang
up Dreith and asked if she was really allowed to
cash the check. He assured her that she was.

Citing the case of a former Motown session bass
player who he said died impoverished after helping
churn out hit after hit (“You Can’t Hurry Love” by
The Supremes, “My Girl” by The Temptations, and
dozens more), Dreith added that the fund helps
ensure that “there won’t be another James Jamerson,”
at least in the economic sense.

Where the Money Comes From

Unlike Expo organizer ASCAP, which collects and pays
royalties to songwriters and composers, the joint union
fund is for performers. It was established in 1998, which
may give a clue as to its initial scope: the royalties are
collected from U.S. digital platforms, but not from U.S.
terrestrial (conventional) radio, as to which there is no
provision in law for performance royalties. The Fair Play
Fair Pay Act, which the fund and unions vigorously
support, would change that and require AM and FM
stations to pay such royalties, too.

Those for-now digital royalties are paid to non-featured
vocalists and non-featured musicians regardless of their
union membership or affiliations. The fund collects
foreign performance royalties for U.S. non-featured
performers as well, but only for members of AFM and
SAG-AFTRA.

That, anyway, is what the sound recording division of
the fund does. Two more recent arms, the symphonic
royalties and audiovisual divisions, represent evolutions
beyond digital-only. The first focuses on royalties for
featured and non-featured performers in symphonic
sound recordings, including archival recordings
and radio broadcasts licensed for use on cable,
satellite and digital media. And the audiovisual
division collects royalties — again, for featured
and non-featured singers and musicians — from
foreign territories for films and television programs
containing U.S. performers ,which have been
broadcast on Spanish and German television, and
motion pictures containing U.S. performers, which
have been exhibited in cinemas in Spain.
There is no word on whether that limited geographic
portfolio might expand.

Like residuals, which inspired this reporter to prepare
a colored chart that Backstage likened to “a periodic
table of elements on mushrooms,” music royalties are
complex: a flowchart in the ninth edition of Harold
Vogel’s definitive Entertainment Industry Economics,
which features almost two-dozen circles, squares and
other shapes and a similar complement of connecting
lines, looks like an oil refinery diagram — except that
the latter is easier to understand. Indeed, turning
bauxite into aluminum is apparently simpler than the
way money flows in the music business. But in one
small corner, at least, the AFM & SAG-AFTRA
fund has it covered.

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II. ACADEMY OF SCORING ARTS:

Scott Healy’s Ellington Group
With Special Guest Brent Fischer!
Saturday, May 6th, 2017
10am – 12:30pm
E-Spot Lounge Above Vitello’s
4349 Tujunga Ave, Studio City, CA 91604

You asked, we answered! We’ve enjoyed partnering
with Scott Healy to bring you Ellington, the high level
jazz study group. Now, we’ve added even more value
to our session by adding a guest interview segment.
Our Saturday session will feature special guest Brent
Fischer. Brent is the son of the late, great composer
and pianist Clare Fischer, who was one of our most
prolific and innovative jazz composers and performers.
Brent is a fantastic composer and multi-instrumentalist
in his own right. While he collaborated frequently with
his dad, he also developed his own unique musical
voice as a composer and performer.

We are now handling our ticketing through Eventbrite.
Be sure to get yours online! Ticket prices will be higher
at the door.

Scott Healy will continue the exploration of harmonic
rhythm, focusing on how jazz players and composers
use chord movement. This topic comprises much more
than just cool chord substitution and complicated
altered harmony. Harmonic rhythm defines phrases,
form and pacing, and your heightened awareness of
the flow of harmony will direct and focus the emotional
content of your writing. We will refer to examples from
Ellington/Strayhorn and Bob Brookmeyer.

Then after a break we’ll introduce our special guest,
Brent Fischer. Brent will present some of Clare’s harmonic
and orchestration concepts, and talk about how he’s
carrying on his dad’s legacy. This is deep stuff, so
bring your analog or digital notation aids and put
on your thinking caps! We will have a few handouts,
and also project all of the scores and examples.
They will also be available online for your laptops
or tablets.

Please go to http://ellingtonstudygroup.com
for more details, and we’ll see you there.

$15 pre-sale (deadline May 5), including light breakfast
$20 at the door

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III. MEMBER COMMENTS

Dear Editor,

It is GREAT that there were so many sincere friends and
colleagues of those honored able to attend the ceremony
on Monday night!

What is also telling is that the business of the Union was
of so little interest that they did not stick around for the
last quarterly meeting in our historic Vine Street home.

The disenfranchisement and manipulation of the
membership should be obvious.

No doubt the salaried leadership at 47 will be marching
on May 1st with full pay…the rank and file are encouraged
to volunteer?  The Union Officers, Directors and
employees pick up a check every Friday. Do you?

Longtime Member

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well – if they win (the lawsuit) it that would be great but
what’s the odds of us winning?

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IV. EVENTS
DEAN AND RICHARD
are now at Culver City Elks the first 
Friday of 
every month.
7:30pm-10:30pm,
11160 Washington Pl.
Culver City, 90232
310-839-8891
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LA WINDS JAZZ KATS 584
NO COVER, NO MINIMUM.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at
Viva Cantina
7:30-10:00.
900 Riverside Drive, 
Burbank.

Free parking across the street at Pickwick Bowl.
Come hear your favorite charts played the way
they 
should 
be. 

We are in the back room called
the Trailside Room. 


Come on down.

Guaranteed to swing.

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5/5/17

DOCTOR WU PERFORMANCE

We’ll be doing one set starting promptly at 8:00 PM at the Saint
Francis de Sales Festival on Friday, May 5th:

Saint Francis de Sales School
13368 Valleyheart Drive
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

The Doctor Wu Band line up for this show will be:

Tony Egan: Lead Vocals
Leigh DeMarche: Vocals
Jodi Fodor: Vocals
Gil Ayan: Guitar
Steve Bias: Bass and Vocals
Jeff Dellisanti: Saxophones
Mark Harrison: Keyboards
Paul Salvo: Trumpet
Frank Villafranca: Saxophones
Jack Cook: Drums

Admission is free and we look forward to seeing you there!
The Doctor Wu Band
http://www.doctorwuband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/doctorwuband

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5/6/17

KIM RICHMOND/CLAY JENKINS

HEY fellow L.A. Musicians,
This is my second notice about this coming
Saturday. My favorite jazz trumpet player will be
in town this next weekend: Clay Jenkins. We will
be playing together at the Desert Rose. Clay
doesn’t make it to L.A. very often what with his
teaching position at Eastman School of Music
in New York, so you should try to catch us
this weekend. Details below.

WHAT: Clay Jenkins and Kim Richmond at the
Desert Rose, with the Mark Z. Stevens Trio
WHERE: Desert Rose Restaurant & Saturday jazz
venue. 1700 N. Hillhurst Avenue, LOS FELIZ
VILLAGE, Los Angeles, CA 90027
WHEN: This coming Saturday, May 6, 7 to 11. 3 sets
WHO: Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Kim Richmond,
alto & soprano saxophones, Mark Z. Stevens,
drums; Lou Foresteri, keyboard; Harvey Newmark, bass.
PARKING: Valet parking available
FOOD: excellent cuisine
RESERVATIONS: Recommended (323) 666-1166.
Ask for inside seating. That’s where the band is.
if you’re planning to join us, it’s absolutely
necessary to make an “INSIDE SEATING RESERVATION”
by the Wednesday or Thursday immediately
proceeding the event.  If you wait until the last minute,
the room will probably be sold out.  If you make
your reservation early in the week, you’ll be in the
best area to hear the jazz.  (If your plans change,
you can always call and cancel.)

Hope to see you there.
All the best,
KIM R
My website address is:
www.kimrichmond.com

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5/13/17

ASMAC presents

A MASTER CLASS WITH GEORGE S. CLINTON
MODERATED BY:  Sylvester Rivers
Valley College – Music Building
5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen, CA
Corner of Fulton & Oxnard  

Saturday, May 13, 2017
10:30 am –  CHECK-IN – Coffee/Refreshments
11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Master Class

“Scoring Comedies: Comedy is Serious Business
– The Scoring Art & Technique.”

Join us for an informative – and entertaining – Master Class.

Mr. Clinton is an award winning composer who has
scored over 100 films, most notably “Austin Powers
International Man of Mystery” and it’s blockbuster
sequels;  Disney’s hit “Santa Clause” sequels;
“Mortal Kombat” 1 & 2;  “Wild Things”,  “Red Shoe
Diaries”,  John Water’s “A Dirty Shame”  and the
Emmy Award winning “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.”

He began his professional musical career as a
singer/songwriter/arranger in Nashville while
earning degrees in music and drama. Upon
moving to LA, he became a staff songwriter
for Warner Brothers Music with songs recorded
by the likes of Michael Jackson and Joe Cocker
and continued working as a session musician
and arranger. It was the music from Clinton’s
solo album  “The George Clinton Band Arrives”
that attracted the attention of Cheech and Chong,
giving him the chance to score his first film “Still Smokin”.

In addition, Mr. Clinton is an advisor at the
Sundance Composers Lab, serves on the Music
Executive Branch of The Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscars), is on
the boards of the Society of Composers and
Lyricists and the Alliance for Women Film
Composers, is a member of ASMAC and the
Television Academy, and was Chair of Film
Scoring at the Berklee College of Music 2012-2015.

Awards include a Platinum record for his score
to Mortal Kombat, Grammy and Emmy nominations,
the SCL Ambassador Award, the Spirit of Tennessee
Award, and nine BMI Film Music Awards, including
their highest honor, the BMI Icon Award.

MODERATED BY:  SYLVESTER RIVERS
Composer, arranger and pianist Sylvester Rivers
has recorded with numerous hit artists including
Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, The Jacksons, Sammy
Davis Jr., Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson, Kenny
Rogers, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, New
Edition, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations,
Gladys Knight & The Pips, Barry White, Marc
Bolan & T Rex, Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio, Deniece
Williams, The Fifth Dimension and many others.

Rivers has composed, arranged and orchestrated
for television and film as well, such as the television
series “Fame,” songs for the Kevin Bacon/Laurence
Fishburne film “Quicksilver,” “Breakin’ 2: Electric
Boogaloo,” “The Arsenio Hall Show” and numerous
others; and  has been prolific in producing music
throughout a wide spectrum.

Valley College – Music Building

Sat., May 13, 2017
11:00 am – 2:00 pm
(Check-in & Refreshments – 10:30am )
Free parking in lot on corner of Fulton and Oxnard.
ASMAC Members and Students – $25
Non-Members – $40

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5/13/17

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SYMPHONY

Saturday, May 13th, 2017
AGOURA HILLS/CALABASAS COMMUNITY CENTER
8:00 pm
27040 MALIBU HILLS RD
CALABASAS, CA
Price: $25
Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
TWO PREMIERES!
Tuttle: By Steam or By Dream Overture 
Inaugural Performance
Egizi: Orchestral Suite “In memoria di mio Padre”
Inaugural Performance
To purchase tickets for this concert, click here.
For information on the pre-concert dinner, click here.
(Program subject to change

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5/14/17

LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS
Sunday, May 14th, 2017 – 2:30 pm
Calabasas Performing Arts Education Center
22855 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302

Extraordinary Women – A Mother’s Day Concert to Remember
The LA Winds pay tribute to remarkable women who helped
shape the course of human history. Featured works will
include Giuseppi Verdi’s stirring “Overture to Joan of Arc”,
Mark Camphouse’s powerful “A Movement for Rosa”,
and Eric Coates’ regal “The Three Elizabeths”.

For tickets contact:
Mary Gallegos at [email protected]

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5/17/7

FREE ADMISSION GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS

On Wednesday  May 17, 2017 at 12:10-12:40 pm
the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature
the Calico Winds performing duos and trios by
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Malcolm Arnolf and Joseph Canteloube
at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church,
610 E. California Ave. (at Isabel St), Glendale, CA 91206.
For more information, email [email protected]
or call (818) 244- 7241.

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for Flute & Bassoon
MALCOLM ARNOLD Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE Rustiques for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Theresa Treuenfels (bassoon)
Rachel Berry (horn)
Ted Sugata ( oboe)
Kathryn Nevin (clarinet)
Eileen Holt (flute)

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5/20-21/17

CENTER STAGE OPERA PRESENTS
The Best of Broadway Volume III
Performing Arts Center (on the campus of Reseda High School)
Reseda, CA

May 20th – 7:30 PM
May 21st – 3:00 PM

Music from
Camelot, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line,
Snoopy the Musical, Company, Sweet Smell of success,
Miss Saigon, Woman of the Year, Avenue Q, The Wiz, 70 Girls 70
and Annie

Featuring
Nick Navarra
Stephanie Fredericks
Kate Bass
Dylan F. Thomas

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5/21/17

SONG OF THE ANGELS FLUTE ORCHESTRA
Founder, Frederick Staff
Music Director, Charles Fernandez

JAZZY FLUTES!

Sunday, May 21st 7pm at the
First Lutheran Church in Torrance

Guest artists
Ali Ryerson
David Shostac
Fred Seldon
and Billy Kerr

for tickets go here:
http://www.soafluteorchestra.com/tickets/

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5/27/17
CULVER CITY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor Arlene Cardenes
Saturday May 27th, 5:00PM
A Culver City Centennial Celebration
This performance will feature a new
fanfare by Cary Belling.
Also
Andres Cardenes, Violinist and COnductor
Turning Point School Auditorium
8780 National Blvd. 
Culver City, CA 90232
Click here for ticket information

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7/11-14/17

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ WORKSHOP

The LA Jazz Society is proud to partner with Kim Richmond
and Kimberly Ford in presenting the Santa Barbara Jazz
Workshop, July 11-14, from Tuesday afternoon to Friday night.

A faculty of Jazz professionals teach instrumental/vocal master
classes, improvisation, Jazz Listening (How to listen, and who to
listen to.), modern Jazz combo and Big Band playing with concerts
each late afternoon (open to the public) where advanced students sit in

For more information, visit www.santabarbarajazzcamp.com.

Presented by Kim Richmond and Kimberly Ford
at the Marjorie Luke Theater and SOHO Jazz Club.

You can read all previous offerings at:
http://www.responsible47.com

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UNTIL NEXT TIME,

THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47