Violinist and bandleader Babe Egan was a vaudeville superstar. In 1929, she was one of the highest paid women in vaudeville, earning $50,000 that year (equivalent to $880,000 today). She performed for tens of millions of theatergoers in the U.S., coast-to-coast, in Canada, and in Europe, and her band was regularly featured on radio. Continue reading
Black members of more than 40 orchestras have launched the Black Orchestral Network (BON), a collective of Black orchestral musicians dedicated to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for Black people in the orchestral field. Continue reading
Throughout his career as an accomplished composer and pianist, Canadian-born Evan Wish has traveled all over the world. But his most recent trip to Italy proved to be among the greatest highlights of his life.
In October 2021, Wish was knighted by the Order of Saint George de Bourgogne in Italy for the merits in the international music category and humanitarian gifting thorough the years. Continue reading
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On Aug. 15, 1969, half a million people gathered upon on a dairy farm in Bethel near White Lake, New York for a three-day music festival that would come to define a generation.
Billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace and Music,” the epic event would later be known simply as Woodstock. Little did anyone imagine that it would become synonymous with the counterculture movement of the 1960s, and remains so five decades later. Continue reading
Overture Online
April 2018
Lucia Micarelli
Balancing life on the concert stage and the scoring stage
LA Phil: 100 Years in the Making
Sneak a peak at what’s in store for the historic centennial celebration
Resisting Janus
Working people must stand together
Learn Orchestration the Practical Way
Free classes for members start this summer
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FEBRUARY 2018
Jazz in Schools Turns 30
Black History Month program enters third decade of enriching lives through music
#listenLA: Awards Season 2018
Los Angeles musicians win big in the 60th annual Grammy Awards; Oscar noms are in!
Black History Month
Exploring the vital role of music in black history
California Jazz Foundation to Honor Local Jazz Heroes
Save the date to celebrate two of our own: Dr. Bobby Rodriguez and the late Buddy Collette
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August 2017
Keeping the Score in CA
An AB 1300 concert & media event feat. Rickey Minor & special guests
We’ve Moved!
Review these important updates & reminders regarding the Burbank relocation of Local 47 & AFM West Coast Office
Celebrating Lalo Schifrin: An 85th Birthday Concert
Musicians at Play, Music Fund of LA & Varèse Sarabande announce an October concert for the film music legend
We Can’t Afford to Work for Less
LAANE’s executive director spells out why “Right to Work”
is wrong
Congratulations 69th Annual Emmy nominees
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July 2017
YOLA Turns 10
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles celebrates a decade of enriching young lives through music
We’re Moving!
This month AFM Local 47 makes the transition to Burbank
Music Tax Credits – Keeping You in the Loop
Update from Recording Musicians Association Los Angeles
Wild Ride With ‘Mozart in the Jungle’
How a classical musician’s memoir turned into a hit television series
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