August 2025 Overture Online

August 2025 Overture Online: Strategies to Future-Proof a Music Career in the AI Era

Inside This Issue:
  • Cover Story: Strategies to Future-Proof a Music Career in the AI Era
  • AFM Local 47 2025 General Election: Nominating Petitions Now Available
  • Member Spotlight: Susanna Hoffs
  • Congrats Local 47 2025 Emmy Award Nominees!
  • Results of Voting at July General Membership Meeting
  • Musicians Rally in Support of Stephen Colbert
  • 2026 GRAMMY Awards Online Entry Period Now Open
  • Action Alert: Donate to Defend the NEA and Support the Arts 
  • LA Fed Hosts Largest-Ever Non-Violent Direct Action Training
  • CA Labor President Lorena Gonzalez Appointed to Lead Efforts on AI, Automation, Worker Privacy 
  • Union Membership = Affordable College Degrees
  • Audition Notices: LA Youth Orchestra, Modesto Symphony Orchestra
  • and more!


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