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International Musician
Monthly journal providing news and information for professional musicians. Includes legislation updates and audition notices.
Articles from Vol. 108, No. 11, November
Advocate for America's Orchestras
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On a recent autumn afternoon, I spent three riveting hours in a darkened movie theater experiencing the Metropolitan Opera's first live broadcast of the season, a magnificent production of Wagner's Das Rheingold. From a theater in North Carolina, we...
AFM Initiates Beauty and the Beast Leafleting Campaign
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It can generally be agreed that a "good" performance in music is one that accurately reflects the composer's intentions. Of course, determining a composer's intentions can sometimes be a difficult task, and one that can become a topic of hot debate in...
ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Changes the World One Note at a Time
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Nashville's ALIASChamber Ensemble began on a simple premise: professional musicians who wanted to perform chamber music on their own terms. Since then, the success of the Nashville group has snowballed into a top-performing-and socially conscious-musical...
Aural Activist
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JEFF COFFIN URGES YOUNG PLAYERS TO FIND THEIR OWN SOUNDMusic schools around the country are pumping out technically fantastic sax players. They can tear the knob right off of a metronome, sight read an inkblot test, and tightly navigate through miles...
Balance Is Key to Work of IEB Subcommittees
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Welcome to a new feature in the International Musician. The new administration has a goal of transforming many aspects of how the union does its work, and one of the easy changes takes place right here in our publication. In each issue, in addition to...
Detroit Symphony Strike Underway
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Members of Detroit Symphony Orchestra officially went on strike October 4, after a September 24 negotiating session failed to produce an agreement between musicians and management. Rehearsals for DSO's season opening concert were scheduled to begin the...
Dream Comes True for Virtuoso Cellist
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MIHAI MARICAOn his seventh birthday, Romanian-born Mihai Marica of Local 400 (Hartford, CT) received a cello. Twenty years later, he is a world-renowned virtuoso musician who has performed at Carnegie Hall, was interim principal cellist of the New Haven...
Fan Funding: Tap the Internet for Your Next Project
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The writing on the wall is pretty clear: the music industry is changing, quickly and completely. Take a look at declining CD sales over the past decade, and the weak digital download figures that are a far cry from making up for the loss. The production...
Flashback
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PUBLISHED IN PAST NOVEMBER ISSUES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN ...70 Years Ago1940The IM announced that agents licensed by the Federation would no longer control either the lines or the distribution of remote control broadcasts to radio stations, and...
Guitarist Starts Cancer Memorial Fund and Raffle
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Guitarist Paul J. LaBelle says music heals people and can "soothe the savage beast in your soul."LaBelle, 54, of Local 120 (Scranton, PA) has made a more than 40-year career that often capitalizes on using his talents for the good of others."I started...
Health Care Reform and Collective Bargaining: What You Need to Know Now
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Disclaimer: Although the basic structure is contained in the legislation, federal agencies continue to issue regulations that provide important details about the implementation of health care reform. Future regulations and guidance may affect the validity...
ILCA Members Speak to America's Workers
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The International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) is the professional organization of labor communicators in North America. Each year ILCA honors excellence of member publications through its awards. The Federation would like to congratulate...
Local 1 Receives Voluntary Recognition
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Like many chamber groups, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) began with an idea and a shoestring budget. Founded in 1974 by conductor Paul Nadler, a member of Local 802 (New York City), CCO filled a niche in the Cincinnati arts scene, performing...
Petra Haden Creates A Cappella Harmonies with a Cinematic Flair
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The Who's third album, The Who Sell Out, was released in 1967. It was a concept album, a supposed mock radio broadcast from a "pirate" radio station, complete with unrelated songs threaded together with fake commercials interspersed between the tracks....
Play for the Door: Are You Kidding?
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I received an interesting e-mail from Bruce Riccitelli of Local 151 (Elizabeth, NJ) a few days ago. Riccitelli really told it like it is when it comes to playing for the door, or worse yet "pay to play." Here's what he said:I'm writing this because,...
Resources
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PEDAL CONTROL: ACHIEVING SPEED, CONTROL, POWER, AND ENDURANCE FOR THE FEETCo-authored by Local 802 member Joe Bergamini, Pedal Control is a complete method for improving and understanding foot movement on the drumset. The first part of the book focuses...
Seasoned Jazz Performer Refreshes Career with New Book
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June "Pepper" Harris of Local 149 (Toronto, ON) remembers what her father said when she was 12 years old and playing the family's piano: "It was cute when you were playing by ear when you were a kid, but now this is just noise. You need a teacher." He...
Take Note
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CHANGESLOCAL 41, JOHNSTOWN, PA-President/Secretary Sam Signorino; 621 Goucher St.; Johnstown, PA 15905LOCAL 97, LOCKPORT, NY-New mailing address: Secretary Christina Coyle; PO Box 542; Amherst, NY 14226; New Tel: 716-628-2500LOCAL 101-473, DAYTON, OH-Secretary-Treasurer...
The MPTF and You: It Pays to Work Together
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An immediate and top priority of the Federation's newly-elected International Executive Board is the preservation of the Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF). Our administration is determined to save the MPTF, the very existence of which is threatened....
Travelling to the US?/Vous Planifiez Un Voyage Aux ÉTats-Unis?
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Immigration Fees for P and O VisasEffective November 23, 2010: The fee for P and O visas is $325 US. The premium processing fee is $1,225 US. The fees are payable to "Department of Homeland Security," and must be submitted with a US dollar money order....
