Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing
On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Special Election to Fill Vacancy on Hearing Board
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business Continue reading
On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Guest Speaker: Lindsay Dougherty, Teamsters Local 399 Secretary-Treasurer & IBT Western Region Vice President
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business
Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing
RSVP at afm47.org/gmm
(Your RSVP is encouraged, but not required) Continue reading
This series of six classes will feature examples that demonstrate styles heard in composers such as Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Thomas Newman, and Max Richter.
The course will explore a range of theoretical concepts of modern composition and the various ways they are used in film and media composition.
Topics covered include intervals and chords, pitch in tonal and nontonal music, pantriadicism, Neo-Riemannian theory, chromatic and modal composition, minimalism, and aleatoric composition.
These free classes are being offered exclusively to AFM Local 47 members in good standing. Registration deadline: August 2, 2023.
Learn more and register at afm47.org/composition.
Get ready Los Angeles! We’re gearing up for the summer of strikes with the first ever UNIONS STRIKE BACK: Rally and Dance Party. Unions from all industry sectors are gathering to participate in a massive showing of solidarity to demand JUSTICE. ✊
Many unions including the AFM have contracts ending this year. We are standing shoulder to shoulder to ensure that we all get our fair share of fair pay, better benefits, and strong contracts.
Who: All of Los Angeles Labor
What: UNIONS STRIKE BACK: Rally and Dance Party
When: Friday, May 26, 4-7pm
Where: 12th St. & Figueroa Blvd, Downtown Los Angeles – AFM Local 47 musicians will gather at the Shaquille O’Neal statue outside Crypto.com Arena
Getting There: Directions | Parking Map | Public Transportation
Be sure to wear your blue Local 47 T-shirt! Share this with everyone you know and be there, the resistance needs you. #UnionsStrikeBack
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and to celebrate, AFM Local 47 is launching our first-annual Jazz Festival! Continue reading
Theatre Musicians Association SoCal — the local chapter of the official Player Conference for theater musicians of the American Federation of Musicians — invites all AFM members in the greater Los Angeles and SoCal region to join us for an informational meeting.
When: Friday, January 27, 10:30am
Where: Zoom virtual meeting Continue reading
In February 2023, legendary drummer Hal Blaine will posthumously receive his star on the Walk of the Stars Palm Springs.
The ceremony will take place at 2:30 p.m. on February 6, 2023, the day after what would have been his 94th birthday, at 100 N Palm Canyon Dr. An after-party will be held at Oscar’s restaurant in Downtown Palm Springs. Continue reading
This week UAW Academic Workers announced a multi-unit statewide strike against the University of California’s unlawful conduct.
Join us and rally for the Arts and Entertainment Unions & Alumni Picket line in solidarity with 48,000 UAW student workers on strike!
Monday, November 21, 12:30-2:30pm
UCLA’s Inverted Foundation, Pritzker Hall, 502 Portola Plaza (near Kinsey Pavilion) – see map
We’ll have Local 47 T-shirts for you to wear!
Monday, January 9, 2023 – 7:30pm
via Zoom
On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Administration of Oath of Office to New Officers by LA County Federation of Labor President Yvonne Wheeler
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business
Please join us for our Inaugural Meeting for the swearing in of our administration voted in at our December 2022 Triennial General Election. The oath of office will be administered by esteemed LA County Federation of Labor President Yvonne Wheeler.
Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing. Members will receive an email invitation to register and may also register via our website at afm47.org/gmm. Registration is required. Once your membership is verified, you will receive an email with the Zoom access link.
Please join us for a celebratory march and rally on Monday, September 5th at the Labor Day Parade, hosted by the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition and the LA Fed.
To RSVP, please email: organizing@afm47.org Continue reading