9/29/17
I. LALO SCHIFRIN CELEBRATION CONCERT
II. ‘BEN HUR’ MUSICIANS
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. LALO SCHIFRIN CELEBRATION CONCERT
CELEBRATING LALO SCHIFRIN
AN 85th BIRTHDAY CONCERT
OCTOBER 7, 2017 – 8:00 PM
Alex Theater
216 N. Brand Ave.
Glendale, CA 91203
Musicians at Play and AFM Local 47’s Music Fund Los Angeles and
Varčse Sarabande are honored to present Lalo Schifrin’s 85th
Birthday Concert on Saturday, October 7th 2017 at the historic
Alex Theatre in Glendale.
Guest Conductor Chris Walden will lead an big band and special
guests in celebrating Lalo’s life, artistry, and esteemed body of
work.
Flutist Sara Andon will solo with the band for a few historic Schifrin
pieces. Additional special guests include Michael Giacchino,
Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Steve Tyrell, Denise Donatelli and
Sandra Booker Holley, Brett Ratner and more!
Lalo Schifrin is a venerated composer, conductor, pianist, and
jazz musician. He has written classic television themes and over
100 film scores including Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Bullitt,
Cool Hand Luke, The Cincinnati Kid, The Competition and so
many more.
His five Grammys, one Cable ACE Award, and six Academy
Award nominations is a testament to his impact on the music
industry.The evening will be hosted by Robert Townson.
Proceeds will go to support music education in schools and
aide for Local 47 professional musicians in crisis.
Tickets:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yby5t9fp
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II. MGM, Paramount Say ‘Ben Hur’ Musicians Not Covered
by Union Agreement
September 28, 2017 7:58am PT by Eriq Gardner
The studios make their move to dismiss a lawsuit from
a guild that claims that musicians haven’t been properly
compensated. MGM and Paramount Pictures are moving
to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a guild that claims
musicians who recorded the score for the 2016 film
remake of Ben Hur have been denied rightful wages,
benefits and residual compensation.
In a motion filed Wednesday, the studios argue that
these musicians are not covered under a collective
bargaining agreement. The lawsuit comes from
The American Federation of Musicians of the United
States and Canada, who assert that the studios are
violating Section 301 of the Labor Management
Relations Act. In the complaint, the guild noted
that Ben Hur was shot in Italy, but that producers
retained the services of a California composer,
Marco Beltrami.
Each of the major studios is a signatory to a
union-negotiated 2015 agreement over
motion pictures.
But MGM and Paramount are relying on the
allegation that Beltrami was hired by Paramount’s
“contractor,” BH Productions LLC. According
to the defendants,
this puts the musicians — who they say were
fully compensated — outside the relevant
bargaining unit. What’s more, the defendants
question whether the musicians have ever
consented to this lawsuit.
“Because the AFM lacks standing under
Section 301 to pursue claims on behalf of
the musicians allegedly hired by the composer,
the AFM cannot seek damages on their behalf,”
states the motion. “The AFM has not alleged,
and cannot allege, that the musicians ever
authorized the AFM to seek financial recovery
for purported injuries caused to them. Indeed,
the AFM has not even alleged that the musicians
are aware that the AFM is seeking to represent
their interests in this action.”
Paramount previously used similar arguments
to beat an AFM lawsuit over the score to Same
Kind of Different as Me. That legal action
challenged how the film wasn’t scored in North
America in alleged breach of the CBA. Crucially,
the case failed after a judge determined that the
musicians weren’t employed by Paramount,
but rather by the production vehicle, SKODAM Films.
In some ways, Paramount is being even more
bold in its defense of Ben Hur.
The adjudication of Same Kind of Different as Me
happened at the summary judgment phase after
the parties engaged in discovery and explored
evidence of Paramount’s control over the picture
and whether it could be deemed a joint employer.
In contrast, MGM and Paramount are now looking
to kill the Ben Hur lawsuit on a motion for judgment
on the pleadings. What that means is that the studios
don’t want any costly discovery. Represented by
attorney Adam Levin at Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp,
they are challenging whether AFM has even alleged a
plausible case.
[EC: The article doesn’t state whether the score
was recorded here. IMDB does not make it clear
where it as recorded, but it seems it was scored
overseas considering none of the names are
familiar and LA wants all the credit it can get.
So, does the AFM think that if an American
Composer is hired now, it has to be scored here?
The movie was made in Italy. They have squat
to say about it…. further, if there were a number
of instruments recorded here, not on contract,
again the AFM has nothing to say about it.
Way to make sure MORE companies don’t want
to work with us, AFM.]
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VI. 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.
http://www.responsible47.com
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10/1/17
Los Angeles Symphonic Winds
Oktoberfest Concert/Beer Tasting!
Sunday October 1, 2017 at 2:30 pm
Calabasas High School Performing
Arts Education Center
22855 Mulholland Hwy,
Calabasas, CA 91302
An exhilarating afternoon of works by Strauss,
Lehar and Orff plus a post concert Beer
Tasting Event.
Repertoire for Oktoberfest concert:
Bach/Schaeffer Passacaglia in c minor
Orff Carmina Burana excerpts
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Henze Don Quixote
Mendelssohn Overture for Winds
Howard The Little German Band
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10/4/17
FREE GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Violinist JACQUELINE SUZUKI
Pianist CHARLES FIERRO
will perform the Lekeu Violin Sonata &
the Debussy- Heifetz “Beau Soir”.
Thank you!
Artist Bios:
JACQUELINE SUZUKI, violin, is a longtime
member of the Long Beach and Santa Barbara
Symphonies. A native of San Francisco, she
began her earliest chamber music studies on
scholarship at the San Francisco Conservatory.
She has performance degrees from the
Mannes College of Music (BM), where she studied
with William Kroll, and the California Institute
of the Arts (MFA).
As a Los Angeles freelancer, she has performed
with many ensembles and in many genres, from r
ock, jazz, Latin and Arabic, to playing in the pit
for the Bolshoi Ballet and onstage with the Three
Tenors. She has recorded with diverse artists:
Snoop Dogg, Neil Sedaka, Leonard Cohen, Whitney
Houston, Bocelli, Lalo Schifrin, McCoy Tyner,
Placido Domingo and many others, and appears
on recordings by the Long Beach, Santa Barbara
and Pacific Symphonies. She has spent summers
at the Peter Britt, Oregon Coast, Carmel Bach
and Cabrillo Festivals and has performed in a
string quartet “in residence” on a raft trip
down the Green River in Utah. Tours have
taken her many times to Japan, Taiwan,
Mexico, Canada, Europe, the Middle East
and throughout the US. She initiated and
curates the Free Admission Glendale Noon
Concerts http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
and also the
Edendale Up Close Concerts: http://edendaleupclose.blogspot.com
One of Southern California’s leading pianists,
Charles Fierro has made concert tours for the
National Endowment for the Arts and the California
Arts Council and has given more than 25 concerto
performances with orchestras. He has appeared
twice at the National Gallery of Art and the
Dumbarton Oaks Foundation in Washington,
D.C. In 1976 he played the American
Bicentennial Recital at the Palace of Fontainebleau
in France on the personal invitation of the
legendary musician, Nadia Boulanger. He
has interpreted the music of Beethoven,
Schumann, Schoenberg and Liszt at the Ojai
Festivals and performed more than a dozen
times at the prestigious Monday Evening
Concerts in Los Angeles, presenting the
American premieres of important new works.
UNTIL NEXT TIME, THE COMMITTEE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE LOCAL 47