Congratulations to all the Los Angeles AFM Local 47 members who received 67th Annual Emmy Awards nominations, and to all of the talented L.A. musicians who performed on an impressive 50 of this year’s nominated series, commercials & TV specials!
View the full list of Local 47-scored nominees at listen-la.com!
Former Life Member. Conductor/Director
(9/2/1935 – 6/21/2015)
“Lambro, a classical composer whose works have been performed by some of the world’s premiere symphony orchestras, composed a handful of motion picture scores during the 1960s and 1970s, including the original, unused score for Polanski’s ‘Chinatown’.”
– “Crypt of the Living Dead” Composer Phillip Lambro Dead at Age 80 – by Randall D. Larson, Musique Fantastique
Life Member. Clarinet
(11/17/1927 – 5/13/2015)
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Sunday, July 19
2-5 p.m.
Local 47 Serena Kay & Earl Williams Auditorium
817 Vine St. Hollywood CA 90038
Robert Drasnin: An Appreciation – Veteran TV composer left musical legacy for the boomer generation – by Jon Burlingame
“Matilda: The Musical” Local 47 orchestra at the Ahmanson — Back row: Jeff Driskill (woodwinds), David Mergen (cello), Anna Stadlman (bass), Sal Lozano (woodwinds), Matthew Smedal (music director, Pittsburgh Local 60-471), Dan Fornero (trumpet 1), Rob Schaer (trumpet 2), Robert Payne (trombone/contractor). Front Row: Bill Congdon (assistant music director, Charlotte Local 342/Las Vegas Local 369), Joshua Priest (percussion, NY Local 802), Thom Rotella (guitar).
Based on the beloved novel by Roald Dahl, “Matilda: The Musical” delighted audiences at the Ahmanson Theatre in a highly successful run May 28 through July 12. Continue reading
Working Californians announces a stellar lineup for this year’s NIGHT SHIFT Labor Day weekend concert with several of AFM Local 47’s finest!
On the bill:
Sheila E
Rickey Minor
Deacon John & Rockin Dopsie w/ the AFM Local 47 Band
& more!!
Learn more and reserve tickets at 323.592.3444 or workingcalifornians.org
Overture Online: July 2015
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW – Read the Overture Online on your smartphone or tablet available from the App Store or Google Play.
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Cover Story:
Q&A WITH MICHAEL GIACCHINO
Summer’s hottest composer shares his love of Los Angeles musicians, balancing work and family, and how he maintained his sanity scoring three summer blockbusters back to back (to back)
Also in this issue:
IN MEMORIAM: JAMES HORNER
Hollywood mourns the tragic loss of one of our generation’s finest film composers
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Monday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.
and more!
Members: Watch your mailboxes…
Local 47 members will soon be receiving the print Summer magazine in the mail. These print issues contain additional news not found in the public Overture Online, such as Resolutions to amend the bylaws, member status updates, and other announcements requiring due notice per the Bylaws. If you are a member in good standing and didn’t receive your print copy, email us or view it online by logging in to your member account at afm47.org.
Browse past issues of Overture Online here.
Part 2 of an informational series about financial core
You’ve been hearing some chatter about fi-core. Maybe you’ve felt pressure from a colleague — or perhaps even an employer — to quit your Union and go fi-core. While it is your right to take financial-core status, it is also your right to know the truth and the long-term consequences of this decision.
The Fi-core Coercer says it’s perfectly within your legal right to go fi-core, so what’s the harm?
Financial-core status is indeed perfectly within a worker’s legal rights, but it’s important to remember its roots stem from a lawsuit that was designed to break a union. Communications Workers vs. Harry Beck, an AT&T worker, didn’t end up breaking that union, but it did weaken all unions by allowing members to disavow their allegiance while still reaping the benefits of the wages and working conditions their union and members historically had fought for, and won, on their behalf. It’s now perfectly legal for employers to break up union members among themselves, and break up their unions, without breaking the law. Fi-core is your legal right, but is it right?
REPORT DARK DATES
Please report the date, time and location of non-union recording sessions to the Local 47 EMD Department. If you know the contractor’s name, include it as well. All reports are, of course, strictly anonymous.
Phone: (323) 993-3130
Anonymous online form: bit.ly/darkdate
It’s your livelihood. Help protect it.
Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar
Summer’s hottest composer shares his love of Los Angeles musicians, balancing work and family, and how he maintained his sanity scoring three summer blockbusters back to back (to back)
From film and TV to video games, composer Michael Giacchino’s colorful and energetic music can be heard nearly everywhere. This is especially true this summer; in just a few short weeks, he scored three of the summer’s widest box-office releases — “Jurassic World,” “Inside Out” and “Tomorrowland” — without so much as a break. But hard work doesn’t seem to faze the prolific composer, whose obsession with music and movies began early. At 10, Giacchino would sneak tape recorders into movie theaters so he could listen to them each night as he fell asleep, and it wasn’t long before he started making stop-motion animation with homemade soundtracks in his parents’ basement. Continue reading
Dear Members:
On June 9, 2015, the AFM Local 47 Executive Board requested strike sanction approval from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor against Cinema Scoring, CMG Music Recording, and Peter Rotter Music Services. This request came as the result of these employers’ actual and/or potential non-union engagements that would undermine area standards and harm the livelihoods of musicians who depend on fair employment for their survival.
On June 24, the strike sanctions were approved by the LA County Federation of Labor, which represents over 300 unions and hundreds of thousands of working women and men throughout Los Angeles County. These strike sanctions mean that if and when any of the aforementioned parties calls a non-union engagement, other labor unions have agreed to stand in solidarity with us and not cross our line. Executive Secretary-Treasurer Rusty Hicks sent letters to all parties informing them of the strike sanction authorizations, which can be read here. Continue reading
