Convention Dates: June 20-23, 2016
Registration: June 19
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
3000 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
This year marks the 100th Convention of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. All members are invited and encouraged to attend.
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Saturday, June 11, 2016 – 2 p.m.
@ Local 47 Serena Kay & Earl Williams Auditorium
Please join friends and colleagues on Saturday, June 11 at 2 p.m. for a musical, video and personal tribute to Brian O’Connor at the AFM Local 47 Auditorium.
All musicians and friends are welcome to attend our tribute to a great friend, wonderful artist and fearless labor activist. There will be food, drink and surprises.
We are funding this event via donations to the O’Connor Celebration Fund. You may make a donation to the Fund and the event online at www.oconnorfund.com or by writing a check to the O’Connor Celebration Fund (direct deposits online can also be made to: Wells Fargo Routing No. 122000247, Acct 5274345718). No donation is necessary to attend. Any unused funds will be donated to the UCLA Neurosurgery research center.
Thank you.
Marie Matson and the O’Connor Celebration Fund Committee
Presented by ProMusicDB & sponsored by AFM Local 47:
Learn how to turn your music experience into a passive income stream by creating your own online course
Local 47 is pleased to sponsor How to Create Your Own Online Course in Music, a workshop presented by ProMusicdb.
Saturday, June 4
10 a.m. – noon
@ AFM Local 47 Serena Kay & Earl Williams Auditorium
Free for AFM members; $20 suggested donation for guests
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Lemonade, the sixth studio album released by Beyoncé, dropped April 23 and made quite a sweet splash, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard chart with 485,000 album sales and 115 million streams following its premiere on HBO. Continue reading
A sea of purple descends upon City Hall for an epic live concert tribute
Los Angeles City Hall was awash in shades of purple the evening of May 6 when the city held a Memorial Tribute to Prince Rogers Nelson honoring the iconic artist’s legacy in music and philanthropy.
Thousands of fans wearing Prince’s signature color descended upon the grassy lawn in front of the City Hall steps to celebrate the artist, who died on April 21 at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota. Continue reading
Former Life Member. Trumpet
(4/17/1938 – 4/29/2016)
by Jack Redmond
Fred, Freddy, or Derf, which was his nickname, died on April 39. His death was unexpected, and a huge loss to the very many who knew and loved him. Fred was one of my oldest and dearest friends, my buddy, my pal. He was like the brother I never had. He was a fine lead trumpet player, and a great pleasure to sit in front of on a band. Continue reading
The following AFM Local 47 rank-and-file members have been appointed by the Executive Board to serve on the new Finance Committee: Dennis Dreith, Neil Stubenhaus, John Mitchell, Tom Rizzo, Phil Yao.
Working with the Local 47 Trustees and our CPA, this committee will provide rank-and-file input from you, the members, to formulate policies and strategize for investing the surplus monies resulting from the sale of the 817 Vine Street property. We thank these members for their dedication and willingness to serve.
