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December 2024 Overture Online: Happy Holidays from AFM Local 47!

Inside This Issue:

  • Spread Joy With a Toy! Donate an Unwrapped Toy to Local 47 by December 18
  • October General Membership Meeting Recap/Resolution Adopted
  • Member Spotlight: Germaine Franco
  • AFM 47 Life Member Clint Eastwood Releases 40th Film, ‘Juror #2’
  • Election 2024: Celebrate the Wins, Organize for the Future 
  • Instrument Insurance is Back: Protect your Gear With AFM & HUB
  • Center Theatre Group Celebrates Extended Run of ‘American Idiot’ 
    With Deaf West Theatre at Mark Taper Forum
  • Celebration of Life: George Bohanon
  • Audition Notice: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
  • and more!

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‘Tis the Season: Spread Joy With a Toy!

Donate an unwrapped toy to Local 47 by December 18, 2024

The holidays are approaching rapidly and thousands of families will have to decide whether to buy food, pay rent, or keep the heat on in their homes during the winter nights. Without our help, many of our union sisters, brothers and siblings will be unable to afford holiday presents for their children. Continue reading →

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General Membership Meeting/Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting: 1/27/2025

Monday, January 27, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: 3220 Winona Ave. Burbank CA
Musicians’ Club Annual Meeting to immediately follow
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On the Agenda (subject to change):
– Presentation of 50-Year Pins
– Officer Reports
– Old and New Business

Open to all AFM Local 47 members in good standing.
Light refreshments will be served.

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November 2024 Overture Online: Gratitude in Harmony

Inside This Issue:

  • COVER STORY: Gratitude in Harmony: Give Back by Giving Thanks to Our Musical Community
  • GOTV by Nov. 5th! Sign Up for an Event Near You
  • Member Spotlight: Arturo Sandoval to be Awarded at 2024 Kennedy Center Honors
  • AFM Local 47 Honored at Delores Huerta Spirit Awards
  • AFM Goes to American Film Convention 2024
  • LA Phil Principal Concertmaster Martin Chalifour Announces Retirement
  • AFM, NBCUniversal Settle Civil Action; Submit Your Incomplete Track Info
  • AFM, SAG-AFTRA & Others Call Out TikTok’s Greed
  • Celebrations of Life: John T. Perrett, Ben Powell
  • Audition Notice: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
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AFM, NBCUniversal Settle Civil Action; Submit Your Incomplete Track Information

NBCUniversal (NBCU) and American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) are jointly requesting information, pursuant to a settlement agreement in the civil action AFM v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC et al., pertaining to incomplete tracks used in one of the following programs from March 1, 2020 through October 1, 2024 (“Claim Period”), in order to ensure proper payment for such use pursuant to the Television Videotape Agreement:

  • “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”
  • “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
  • “Saturday Night Live”
  • “Today Show”
  • “The Kelly Clarkson Show” Continue reading →
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American Film Convention 2024

AFM Local 47 Communications Director Linda Rapka, Motion Picture/TV Film Business Representative Xochitl Rodriguez, President Stephanie O’Keefe, AFM Electronic Media Services Division Assistant Director Rebecca Gurnee, AFM Electronic Media Services Division Director John Painting, and AFM Local 47 Vice President Marc Sazer.

On October 15-17, 2024, the American Federation of Musicians was proud to participate in the inaugural American Film Convention, with AFM Local 47 holding down the booth. AFM presented two panels during the three-day event with the theme “Scoring Your Indie Vision: The Power of Music and the AFM Independent/Festival Film Agreement.” Continue reading →

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