Frank Martin: “I Feel Blessed” by Alex Walsh Musical News pg 4 May - June 2016 | Vol. 88, No. 3 Thoughts From Your Board... We’re on the for little or no compensation. With the continue in Northen California, I’m track of region- introduction of computerization, ad- certain it will. However, it is impor- alization. I first ministration and communication with tant to understand that the acquisition heard that term the members has become easier. of additional geographic territory when I started does not necessarily translate into to work in Lo- Most of our members are probably more members for the local. cal 6 in 1994. aware of the recent mergers of Locals The idea was 153 and 292 with Local 6. While this is For many of our current members the that this pro- the first experience that our local has consolidation of locals has been wel- In This Issue. . . cess would al- had with regionalization, what the come as they no longer have to pay Gretchen Elliott, Trustee low for greater members may not realize is that both dues to belong to multiple locals. This Thoughts From Your Board effincincy by of those locals had already acquired requirement had been a common com- Life Member Luncheon Announcement the union in serving its members. In territory from smaller locals through plaint from those members playing spite of all of its efforts to increase its merger. Santa Rosa had acquired terri- the Freeway Philharmonic circuit. Save The Date Announcements membership the AFM hasn’t suc- tory from locals in Napa, Vallejo, and New & Reinstated Members ceeded and it has become increasingly Eureka, and San Jose had acquired ter- With ongoing advances in technology Address Changes difficult to find members interested ritory from San Leandro, Santa Cruz, our local will be able to represent the Frank Martin Article in serving as officers of smaller locals. and Monterey. Though it may be hard membership with efficiency and at a 2015 Financial Report Many of these officers have worked to imagine that regionalization will lower cost to the membership. Members Suspended * * * Members Dropped Not too long workers were giving up their lunch Fighter honked the horn and raised Tempo / Coda Contributions ago I had an hours to ride to the demonstration a clenched fist outside the window. I Advertisements experience and to be bused back in time to return kept wondering why these folks were that made me to their shifts. After asking if I could so excited about their union, when think about the join in, I ran home to change into nicer so many musicians seem less than fact that many clothes, and to put on an AFM lapel thrilled with ours. I don’t have the musicians don’t pin. (I figured that if I was wearing an answer, but I can say that we all need have much en- AFM union pin, I should try to look to make a change. thusiasm where sharp, even though I wasn’t represent- the union is ing anyone other than myself that We need to be excited about making Forrest Byram, Director concerned. day.) music. We need to be excited about I was walking past San Francisco contributing to the well being of the General Hospital, and there were two As workers boarded the bus, there world, and we need to be excited people from the Service Employees was genuine excitement. People were about the chance to stand together International Union (SEIU) holding up happy about getting together to help and help one another. Perhaps that ex- signs that said “Get On The Bus.” It one another. Spirits were high during citement needs to start with each of us turned out that there was a noon time the ride, and even higher at the rally. individually, but I am certain it needs rally at City Hall. SEIU was running A fire truck stopped at the corner to to start. We need to be as enthusiastic two buses from SF General, and many wait for the light, and a union Fire as the folks I saw rallying at City Hall.
* * * Recently I gave about the dismantling of the union’s Seattle, and establish a decent hourly an interview involvement in the 1970s, starting rate, as opposed to bands having to about Local 6 with musicians being classified as bring their own audiences, who in Life Members to a reporter on independent contractors and how that turn have to buy a certain amount of Crosscurrents relates to today’s world of Uber and alcohol. Billy Rayford which is a local Lyft. news team at At last year’s summit a noise Paul A. Yonemura KALW 91.7, I have been advocating for improving ordinance that London Breed pushed the oldest NPR their working conditions, and have through, protects existing live In Memoriam station west of met with Jocelyn Kane and Ben Van venues from being sued by wealthy Josephine Gray, Director the Mississippi. Houten at the City Hall Entertainment new residents moving into their Roy Butler and Nightlife Commission. I have also neighborhoods. It also facilitats better I’m a big fan of their programming approached Congresswoman Nancy relations between venue owners Thomas Gayters and had just volunteered for an Pelosi and SF City Supervisor Scott and local residents, giving them the Leo Toscano-Martinez early morning pledge drive. The Weiner about this. We want to conduct possibility of calling the venue owners reporter wanted to know specifically a survey of musicians and venue if there are late night disturbances, Jerry Thomas how our union helps indie and jazz owners as they did in Austin, TX. thus avoiding police involvement. musicians in their efforts to earn a We could instigate musician loading living in the Bay Area. We spoke zones like they have in Portland and
* * * I see the union ed and attracting the next generation, is one of the few places in the country continuing the especially for the big three (sym- that has a thriving arts scene. Musi- way it’s been phony, opera, and ballet) and musical cians benefit by union support. going in San theater and getting young players PERMIT NO. 454 PERMIT NON-PROFIT ORG. NON-PROFIT
U.S. POSTAGE PAID U.S. POSTAGE Francisco be- interested enough to join; this will I’ve seen close-to-zero participation SAN FRANCISCO, CA cause San Fran- require education toward awareness by the general membership in union cisco is a strong of the benefits of being a member. meetings and board meetings (which union town. are open to members). If people want Our union of- Some of the successes that Local 6 to understand better how the union ficers are busier has had in the past few years are the functions and what good comes of it, Hall Goff, Trustee than ever, and smooth transition in absorbing locals then I encourage them to come to our the strength of 153 and 292, getting the SF Symphony meetings, listen, ask questions, and the Bay Area economy is an indicator contract finished without a work stop- participate. It would be helpful if the of good things happening now and in page or the loss of contractual ground, general membership knew how open the future. With Local 6’s expanded and finishing the SF Opera contract. the union is to all membership who territory it’s even more important that are interested in how it functions. we keep working together, as a union I think a rising tide lifts all boats. With as well as with employers. more union participation there are I am also pleased and proud of the better conditions and higher wages for high level of musicianship I hear I think the biggest challenges for the musicians, our members. But there’s around me constantly, in all realms of Musicians Union Local 6 - 9th Street 116 94103 San Francisco, CA future are keeping audiences interest- more work to be done. The Bay Area music. More thoughts on page 3 Your Trusted Servants...
Official Bulletin of Local 6 Officers Musicians Union Local 6 David Schoenbrun, President American Federation of Musicians Kale Cumings, Vice-President Beth Zare, Secretary-Treasurer Beth Zare, Editor Alex Walsh, Managing Editor Board Of Directors Gretchen Elliott, Trustee The Musical News is published bi-monthly by Hall Goff, Trustee Musicians Union Local 6, AFM. Any notice Steve Hanson, Trustee appearing herein shall be considered to be Josephine Gray, Director an official notice to the membership. The Forrest Byram, Director appearance herein of an article or an Attention Life Members! advertisement does not imply an endorsement by the editors. President Emeritus 17th Annual Melinda Wagner
Contact Us Life Member Luncheon Staff Tony Orbasido - Recording, Reception (x301) Musicians Union Local 6 Wednesday, August 10 Lori Ponton Rodriguez - Treasury (x304) 116 - 9th Street 1-3pm Joe Rodriguez - Casuals (x306) San Francisco, CA 94103 Nick’s Restaurant Cheryl Fippen - MPTF, Death Benefits (x307) phone (415) 575-0777 100 Rockaway Beach Ave. Alex Walsh - Member Services (x308) fax (415) 863-6173 Pacifica, CA [email protected] Area-Wide Casual Wage Scale www.afm6.org Committee We are pleased to announce that our 17th Annual Life Member Lisa Sanchez, Chair Office Hours Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, August 10th at Nick’s Ray Buyco Monday - Friday Restaurant in Pacifica, CA. As in years past, only life members Gigi Dang 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in good standing will receive an invitation to this popular event. Michael Hatfield Invitations are mailed in late June or early July. To be included Jeanette Isenberg in the mailing, if you are one of the more than 20 life members Rob Gibson whose name appears on the suspended list printed in this Jim Zimmerman Schedule newsletter, please pay your dues as soon as possible. Space is limited and will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Finance Committee Holiday Schedule Melinda Wagner, Chair Office Will Be Closed: Steven D’Amico New Year’s Day Peter Wahrhaftig Martin Luther King Jr. Day Presidents’ Day Memorial Day Save The Date!!! Law & Legislative Committee Independence Day William Klingelhoffer, Chair Labor Day 7th Annual Melanie Bryson Columbus Day India Cooke Veterans Day Mary Hargrove Local 6 Picnic Rick Leder Thanksgiving Day (and day after) Monday, September 5 (Labor Day) Christmas (and day after) Gordon Messick 2-6pm Bob Williams
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Thoughts From Your Board... continued from page 1 It’s not news are going to mean for the future of our It’s time now to reconsider some old to anyone that union, it is clear that it will depend ways that might not be as effective as our industry on some very creative and diligent they once were and work to find new GET THE is changing work. This is an opportunity to work paradigms that can be both successful MUSICAL NEWS rapidly in together with producers and employ- in a capitalist market economy and BY EMAIL some very ers to discover business models that beneficial to everybody involved. Of significant can work in this new environment. course, this isn’t going to be easy, but Contact the office to receive ways. Though it is our chance to make working as a a PDF version or read it online Kale Cumings, it isn’t entirely I believe that the next few years are musician a viable lifestyle both for us at www.afm6.org Vice President clear what going to set a basis for how musical and for future musicians. these changes organizations function in our country.
* * * During the Gate, Orpheum and Curran) regularly time and money on something with in great demand and that’s why we 20th century used orchestras, and often two a human touch. Bershidsky states: continue as a union, sending our professional theaters would have concurrent “Someone will need to make all those officers and delegates to the AFM musicians productions. I also remember that artisanal products that machine- convention in June. But there is more saw many there were thriving symphony owners will crave. Someone will to the union than our officers, board technological orchestras in Sacramento, Oakland, need to take service industries to a and staff. It is YOU! It is all of you and cultural San Jose and Napa. As you know whole new level of personal attention, who give of your time serving on our changes that much of this has changed. inaccessible to machines. And committees (Wage-Scale; Finance; Law affected their someone will need to provide forms & Legislative; and Recording), serving livelihood Leonid Bershidsky’s May 6 article of entertainment that machines will as our labor council delegates and Steve Hanson, Trustee but when I in Bloomberg View entitled forever struggle with; ballet dancers serving on our player conferences. moved to the Automation Will Never Eliminate and classical musicians may suddenly (TMA was founded here twenty-one Bay Area in the 80’s, there was still Human Jobs, argues that with all of the find themselves in great demand.” years ago!) This is a thank you to a lot of union work for musicians technological advances in robotization our members who give of their time in the hotels. At that same time the and making machines more like I believe that in this 21st century, and know that the union is all of us Broadway touring theaters (Golden humans, people will want to spend live musicians will find themselves together. 3 Frank Martin: “I feel Blessed” by Alex Walsh Frank Martin is a keyboard player, arranger, composer, conductor, session musician, band leader, and teacher. His list of recording credits include Narada Michael Walden, Whitney Houston, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, Regina Bell, Tevin Campbell, and Chris Isaak. He joined Local 510 in the 1970s and is now a Local 6 life member.
“I did five records with Chris Isaak. I the Pharaohs, one of the songs his band lucked out getting in there on Wicked played. Game which was a mega hit. I also did live gigs with him, including MTV The Trend played their first gig at a Unplugged. It was a fun time.” local event and were paid $3 each. “Paid to play? It was incredible! Wicked Game was released in 1989. We thought we were hot stuff.” By this time Frank was a veteran They played many teen dances and session player, a dream he had since eventually knew over eighty songs. college. “One time Chris flew me to After high school the group dissolved LA to record finger percussion on my and Frank formed a psychedelic rock samplers. He called me up and said, band called Atticus. They recorded a ‘We want to fly you down here to do demo with Fred Catero, the engineer overdubs.’ I said, ‘Awesome! Some for Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, keyboards? He said, ‘No, percussion.’ Transit Authority, and many other I said, ‘You’re crazy--there must be a bands from the 60s and 70s and couple decent percussionists in LA.’ beyond. “We didn’t know how lucky He said, ‘No, no, we want to work we were. We did three tunes with him. with you.’ Who knows where that tape went?”
Early Years With the Vietnam War raging, Frank Frank was born in Oakland, CA in joined the National Guard in 1969 to 1949. His grandmother was an opera avoid the draft. After basic training Frank Martin, 2015 singer. Unfortunately, her career was he returned to Oakland and went to cut short when her parents died. She school at Merritt College. He heard shocked when he was rejected. “I to sub at Caesar’s Palace and was was offered a scholarship to study another member of Local 6, Art auditioned for a small ensemble of immediately offered a job as an in Europe but declined because she Lande, at a club in Palo Alto called jazz cats and didn’t get the gig, with arranger/keyboard player. “It paid had to raise her younger siblings. In Your Ear and took lessons from a little bit of an attitude from them. $500 a week. I hadn’t made that kind Frank’s other grandmother worked him. “He taught me improv concepts ‘You’re not good enough, you don’t of money ever. I went home to think as a church organist for many years, and opened me up to Avant Garde know enough tunes,’ they said. From about it and remembered how I’d and his mother performed during the playing and composing. He was into that moment on I started practicing auditioned with a Top 40 band in war singing for the USO entertaining odd meters as well but in a more open and practicing and practicing, day Reno and saw all these bands at the the troops. His father sang in a sense. He was and is brilliant.” and night. I said to myself, ‘That’s casino playing for people who could barbershop quartet before Frank was never going to happen again.’ But it care less. I swore I would never do born. By this time Frank’s parents were was great because I realized they were that. The musicians were all making encouraging him to get a real estate right, I wasn’t ready. It’s amazing a living, and they were talented, but One day when he was five, Frank license. Frank thought it was a good how being told no can turn your life I saw this life where you play all came home to find a piano in the idea so he took business classes and around in a really positive way.” these schmaltzy things, make a lot of house. “I remember seeing this thing then went to a private school to get money, and then you die. So I called in the corner. I went up to it and put his license. “I had a job waiting for Frank eventually made it into the the guy back and said, ‘I’m sorry but I my hand on it and hit the low range. me at a company but I realized I had school bands and played in many can’t do it.’” I went ‘Wow, this is the coolest thing no passion for it. Halfway through groups on and off ever!” my studies a light campus. He joined went off and I Local 510 in San Frank started said, ‘What the Leandro which kept picking things out heck am I doing?’ him busy with trust on the piano by So I decided to fund jobs, including ear and was soon switch my major playing at the local taking lessons. By to music.” prisons. A few years the time he was a later, with one semester teenager he was Frank transferred to go, Frank left school studying with to Hayward to join a progressive Local 6 Member, State where he rock group and never Don Burke who studied Avant came back. “I joined a introduced him Garde music with band called Visions that to jazz by playing pianist Julian had members of Boz the records of White. “The first Scaggs group, Malo, and Miles Davis, Bill lesson I had he Edgar Winter’s White Frank Martin with multi keys, Narada tour, 1980 Evans, Toots went to the chalk Trash. It was a two year run. We were singing Theilemans, and board and drew A week later he was playing with songs in 13, wacky stuff. It was a good Dave Brubeck. an eye, then an saxophonist John Handy. Frank’s band.” “Dave Brubeck ear over here and friend, guitarist Steve Erquiaga, changed my life, The Trend, 1967. Dave Ellis (drms/bot- an eyebrow over had been asked to recommend a By this time, he was playing a Fender because he’s tom left) Bob Spinardi (bass/top left) Gary there. Then he keyboard player who could play jazz, Rhodes, a Hohner Clavinet, and an about rhythm.” Fricke (gtr/center) Todd Malone (vocalist/ drew another face. a Minimoog synthesizer, and odd M3 Hammond Organ. He spent many bottom right) Frank (top right) He said there’s no meters. “It was tailor-made for me, hours at Don Weir’s Music City in Frank attended difference, you’re all the stuff I wanted to do.”At the San Francisco drooling over the latest Bishop O’Dowd High School in just juxtaposing things around. That audition, which actually turned out gear and buying new synthesizers Oakland. In grade school he played was how he conceived music. You to be the first band rehearsal, John th when he could afford them. Frank was music for fun with friends and by 11 could turn it around, play it upside Handy told them they were going able to fund his equipment purchases grade was in an official band called down, do all this wacky stuff. That to LA in three weeks to make a new because his overhead was low. “My The Trend. was right up my alley.” record and then go on tour. He didn’t rent was $60 and PG&E was $10. I have enough material so he asked the could do wedding receptions and Frank’s father saw his passion Frank also began jamming in the band to submit music. “I went home little club dates and with the $50 I for music and bought him a Vox college practice rooms and was and wrote a bunch of songs. Two was getting here and there it was no Continental Organ, the kind used encouraged by fellow student and made it on the record. The album, problem making a living.” by Ray Manzarek from The Doors. trumpeter Mic Gillette to try out Handy Dandy Man, didn’t do well but Frank liked it but soon returned it for for school big bands and small jazz it was a great experience. It all came No To Las Vegas a Farfisa Compact Organ, used on ensembles. Used to being considered from saying no to Las Vegas.” “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham and one of the better players, he was In 1977, Frank went to Las Vegas
1964: The Beatles at the Cow Palace “I remember my dad had a friend at a bank who had a couple Beatle tickets. One of my sisters and I got to go. The Righteous Brothers were on the bill and three or four other acts. As soon as they said, ‘Please welcome to the stage, the Beatles!’ All you could hear was AAAHH! One loud pitch of girls going crazy. Sometime prior to the concert George Harrison mentioned the bands favorite candy was jellybeans, so everybody threw jellybeans at them while they played. It was a unique experience to hear all the screaming and watching the cops trying to keep the girls off the stage.”
4 with the musicians, but he was scared. him the lyrics and he said, ‘I’ve always “I remember standing behind the tried to write lyrics to this but I’ve hit curtain in Atlantic City, just shaking. a wall, can we co-write lyrics?’ I said, I said to myself, ‘Relax, breathe, and ‘Can we co-write lyrics, Al Jarreau? just do it.’ I walked in, introduced Yes, I think we can!’ So we got together myself, and started with the rhythm the next day and the next thing you section. I said ‘It doesn’t have to be know it’s on the album.” exactly what’s on the paper, I just want it to sound and feel good.’ And Frank says all of his sessions for they said, ‘Really? No one’s ever record companies were union until said that to us before.’ So they made the musicians Narada Michael Walden Band 1979 I had them on my side independent contractors. Frank Martin in Japan, 2013 USA Tour (Randy Jackson on bass) immediately. Same with “That hurt us all in a huge After the tour, Frank returned the rest of the band. It came way. We were paid less not nearly as much. It’s become my to Oakland where he recieved a together easily.” with no pension coming teaching studio and arranging oasis.” message from a drummer who had in and we had nobody to just moved to the Bay Area and was After the tour, Frank represent us. The record Frank continues to do sessions with looking to start a band. It turned out was asked to put a band companies were supposed Narada Michael Walden, and play to be Narada Michael Walden. Frank together for Angela in the to pay us within 15 days – in his band. Every other year they helped Narada find local players and Philippines. “We were good luck. It would take a go to New York to play with Sting they soon went on tour opening for asked to play for President month, two months, and at Carnegie Hall for his Rainforest Marcos at his palace on Sting rehearsal for even then you’d have to Foundation. “We’ve been doing that Patti Labelle and Grover Washington. Carnegie Hall, 2008 The pop audiences were frequently New Year’s Eve. I’ll never hassle them. It was tricky for seventeen years now, it’s a really lukewarm to Narada’s jazz fusion forget when Angela’s because you didn’t want to cool thing.” material, but went crazy when the manager danced with Imelda (the rock the boat.” “I was in the right place at the right time with the right gear and I happened to know about odd meters. Everything was handed to me in a cool way. I was lucky. I feel blessed.” band played his recent hit I Don’t President’s wife) and knocked her Throughout the 90s Frank worked Giving Back Want No One Else To Dance With You. over. We all thought, ‘Oh my God, on many union jingle sessions for This summer, through the After the tour the band went into the here we go! Ahh!’ We couldn’t wait to producers like Ed Bogas, Chris Michie International Cultural Arts & Healing studio to record Narada’s next album get out of there.”When they got back & Andy Kulberg. “They were as busy Sciences Institute, Frank will conduct The Dance Of Life which gave them home Angela asked Frank to move to as you could ever get. We used to a symphony in Kazakhstan. two more hits. New York and be the Musical Director do a ton at Russian Hill Recording of her band. He lived in Manhattan Studio and the Plant, all union stuff. “Kasakhstan is located between “To go into the studio and make the and toured three to four days a week. It stopped because the jingle business Afghanastan and Russia. They say it’s music feel good to a click track is an a safe area but we’re still going to have art that you don’t really learn until guards around us. They don’t speak you do it over and over and over. English so we’ll have interpreters. In the dance world it has to be on It’s a big production. I’ll work with the money. I learned that craft from the orchestra for five days and then Narada.” the dancers and singers will join us for three days. Then we’ll do a show. When Narada started producing The director, vocalist Amikaeyla artists out of the Automatt, David Gaston, arranged for us to play a Rubinson’s recording studio in San jazz duet concert for the President of Francisco, Frank became part of Kasakhstan’s birthday.” his production team, along with bassist Randy Jackson, and guitarist Frank currently teaches at UC Corrado Rustici. “The Automatt was Berkeley, the California Jazz Institute, great. There was a camaraderie that as well as summer music camps and happened because we all played on public schools. He recently taught each other’s projects.” jazz to 5th graders in Healdsburg, an annual program called Operation Jazz “Of Course I Can Do That.” Band sponsored by the Healdsburg In 1981, Narada was producing Jazz Festival. Angela Bofill, a jazz artist who was crossing over into R&B. “We did three Frank Martin Group (Abe Laboriel-Alex Acuna-Marc Russo-Stef Burns), 2009 “I’m amazed by the enthusiasm and Angela Bofill records and out of the knowledge of these kids. The teachers Frank returned to the Bay Area and became in-house. Guys like myself blue she asked me, ‘Do you write for give them assignments to write immersed himself in the local scene. could come in and do it all. I didn’t big band?’ I said, ‘Oh yeah, of course I papers about their favorite jazz artists In 1985, he was hired by KPIX want to start my own jingle house so do big band writing.’ I’d never written and they come in with all kinds of Channel 5 to be in the house band for I lost out on that. Other people did a score in my life! So I got together questions. We talk about the groove a locally produced daytime talk show, really well.” with Wayne Wallace, the trombone and all this stuff I never heard about People Are Talking In The Afternoon, player, and he helped me arrange four when I was a kid. I love giving back. where her co-wrote the theme song Frank Martin Productions songs. Then she said, ‘I’m opening It’s changed my life.” with drummer Greg Sudmeier. He With session work slowing down, also played in what came to be known Frank decided it was time to build “I tell the kids that attitude is as The Kanzaki his own studio everything. As long as you’re Band at the so he could pursuing your passion, you’re Kanzaki Lounge “I’ve had a bad attitude when produce projects successful. It doesn’t have to be music, in Japantown on himself. For things are slow, but then I tell it can be anything. You may not get Tuesday nights, many years he the golden egg, but you’re living a a gig that lasted myself, ‘Go get a gig, teach, had maintained great life and making stuff along the ten years. “The compose--then I’m back.” a practice studio way.” players that went where he could through that band were unbelievable. rehearse and work out arrangement In those days you could have a steady ideas, so when a space opened up in band. That was a great scene.” San Rafael he jumped on it. “It was an Pete and Sheila Band (Escovedo) at the empty garage. I’ve built the studio up Scarab in Berkeley, 1981. from left: Larry Back in the studio with Narada, from scratch with help from friends Schneider (sax) Pete Escovedo (perc), Joy Frank was asked to give input on Al over the past fourteen years. It’s been Julkes (bass), Romi Geroso (gtr) Frank Jarreau’s new album. “Miles Davis a labor of love.” Martin (keys), Sheila Escovedo (drums), had just died so I suggested they do Wayne Wallace (bone) a tribute to Miles and add lyrics to it. Frank says the market has changed for Bill Cosby in Atlantic City and Las We looked down, and there on the and artists aren’t recording full Vegas and I need a Musical Director/ console was Miles Kind of Blue CD. We albums like they used to. “Up until Conductor.’ Again I said, ‘Of course I turned it over, saw the tune Blue and four years ago I was doing non-stop can do that!’” Green and said, ‘that’s it!’ I went home, productions. It’s just so hard to make did an arrangement, wrote lyrics, and your money back from a CD. Now recorded it overnight. When I brought people have really small budgets so Frank had taken a conducting class in Frank Martin in his studio with singer it in Al said, ‘I’ve been wanting to they record one song and sell it college, and been a band leader, so he Tony Lindsay (Santana), 2016 knew he could at least communicate record this forever, let’s do it!’ I gave online. I still do productions here but 5 page 8 of 11 page 4 of 11 page 7 of 11 page 3 of 11 page 6 of 11 page 2 of 11 page 5 of 11 page 1 of 11
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Casual Job Reports Tempo Contributions Listed are the casual leaders who have made work dues payments (***$30-50, ****$50-100) between 3/5/16 - 5/13/16 and the dates of the jobs. If any of your engagements are not listed, it is possible that the leader/contractor has Kanon, Joseph not remitted either work dues or pension contributions on your behalf. In Olsen, Jerry this case, please contact the union for assistance. Perry, Cyrle **** 12/06/15 Reed, Kent 03/05/16 Through Peterson, Charles *** 01/23/16 Shimabukuro, Jake 03/12/16 Russo, Mark Voynow, Sarah 01/31/16 Heart 03/12/16 Crawford, Ken 02/06/16 Lewis, Huey 03/20/16 Eulberg, Steven 02/10/16 Eulberg, Steven 03/24/16 Eulberg, Steven 02/19/16 Through 03/25/16 Eulberg, Steven 04/17/16 Wreede, Katrina Tempo Signature Club page 9 of 11 02/20/16 Sanchez, Poncho 02/21/16 Jones, Rickie Lee 04/18/16 Ketchum, Janet David Schoenbrun 02/26/16 Through 04/24/16 Starlite Strings Beth Zare 02/27/16 Mendes, Sergio 04/30/16 Sanchez, Lisa 02/27/16 Lovano, Joe 05/07/16 Sanchez, Lisa Jo Gray
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Members Suspended (for non-payment of 1st quarter dues, updated through 5/13/16) Albers, Cynthia L Cunningham, Tekla M Hinshaw, Darby Murtagh, Catherine Simbre, C J Wineglass, John Christopher Alvarez Jr, Santos Dayner, Katharine Horner, Karen E Oliver, Sarn Skeen, William Worn, Richard Fraser Ateljevich, Jack Sava Di Salvo, Melvin Hornig, Thomas D Olmsted, Victor Duenas Slaughter, Michael Allan Wyatt III, James Lee Austin, Arthur Diaz-Flaviani, Laura Howe, Donald W Orozco, Teresa Smiley, Mariko Yoon, Cheonho Axelson, Joan Donehew, Robert M Hull, Barbara Osby, Oz Snyder, Robin Zhang, Sheng Bailis, Robert Ebisuzaki, Matthew Ishii, Maki Owens, Christina Spurlock, Gulnar Bates, Steven M Engelkes II, John R Jones, Shawn Parvulescu, Florin Steele, David W Behrens, Christian L Ertz, Ashley Nicole Kahn, Ruth Pearson, John F Stephens, Greg Benham, Donald W Fankuchen, Jory Kanouse, Monroe Peeples, Baker S Stern, Kay Lyn Blea, Anthony Farano, Sam Kantner, Paul Peterson, Michael Stroud, Stephanie Rickard Boelter, Jessica Fishler, Kenneth L Kim, David Pingel, Scott Suminski, Steven Bonnell, Robin Flaviani, Victor Kim, Nancy Pogorzelski, Wieslaw Taubl, Annabelle Irene Borden, Barbara Fouts, Andrew W King, John H Presler, Anna Theurer, Richard D Brandenburg, Mark G Friedberg, Adam Kwon, Michelle Pyszkowski, Jason Thielen, Peter Brezina, Philip Fukawa, Doris M Levinger, Lowell Rider, Wendell Thompson, Chester Broderick, Lawrence S Gaenslen, Eric Lorenz, Fil Rivard, Elizabeth Thompson, Eric R Brody, Tod Gayhart, Fred Lunn, Douglas W Rizzo, Anthony Tirados, Windermere Brummel, Jon Gaynon, Laura Lynch, Janet M Roland, Kevin Todd, Robert Buttemer, Evan Gemmer, Rebecca MacKinnon, Chuck Rowbatham, Theresa Turner, Edgar D Calonico, Robert M Girard, Richard J Makhijani, Natasha Rudin, Dahna S Tusa, Frank A Calonico, Sharon Lyons Goldmark, Joseph Malan, Roy Ruotolo, Vanessa Vaiani, R Clyde Camphouse, Alex Gong, Una Mandel, Rene Michel Schaefer, Joel D Venstrom, Kristine Capobianco, John F Gordon, Joan Marish, Elad Schantz, Marcella P Wang, Yu-ting Carroll, Donald H Graber, David Martell, David Scott, Dave Len Wei, Sharon Chachkin, Myra Hakenen, Sarajane Martin, Claire-Jeanne Scott, Joseph Weichel, Cynthia Chanco, Aileen Harrison, Margot Martin, Richard J Scott, Robert E Weinman, Todd Choi, Minna Haslim, Krista McCarroll, Hadley Scow, Adam Weiss, Lisa S Claassen, Gretchen Hayes, George McIntosh, Carolyn Severance, Michael Andrew Wenhardt, Colin M Collins, Cindy Heffernan, Emma Meyer, Jeanelle Sherbundy, Jason Thomas White, Archie Cooke, India M Hervig, Jonna I Mikasa, Kent Sherman, Charles H Williamson, James R Coyne, Marilyn Hettel, John Douglas Minor, Michael A Sheu, Danny Wilson, Timothy
Members Dropped (for non-payment of 3rd quarter dues, updated through 5/13/16) Peggy “Lady Bo” Malone Blumenstock, Elizabeth A Laguana, Rose Smith, Rebecca Chin, Jeffrey Matteri, Alan Young, Ondine Celebration of Life Fasman, Louis Adam Ordaz, Joseph P Zhang, Shenshen Govorchin, Peter Salter, Jay Dewitt Zingg, Drew Sunday, July 17 Hill, Graham Savell, Thomas C beginning at 4pm The Catalyst Club “The key to longevity is to learn every aspect of 1011 Pacific Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95060 music that you can.”-- Prince
7 Yamaha G2 DX Grand Piano. Excellent condition. Used by long-time professional Bay Area jazz keyboard player & member of Local 6 for many years. $7,500. Announces the following vacancies: Contact Drew at 760-827-9861 or [email protected] Utility Horn Associate Principal Oboe or Barbara at 510-703-0678 or September 19, 20, 2016 (Prelims/Semi-finals) September 25, 26, 2016 (Prelims/Semi-finals) [email protected] October 2016, Exact Date TBD (Finals) October 2016, Exact Date TBD (Finals) Resume submission deadline: July 15, 2016 Resume submission deadline: July 15, 2016
Correspondence will be mailed out after the resume Mail, fax, or email a ONE-PAGE resume to: Kristine Clevenger deadline. Resumes received after the above deadline Certified Massage Therapist may not be considered. Employment will begin as Amy Sedan, Orchestra Personnel Administrator the winning candidate’s availability and the San [Specify Instrument] Audition Therapeutic Massage, Lymphatic Drainage, Francisco Symphony schedule allow. San Francisco Symphony Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Davies Symphony Hall The Audition Committee reserves the right to San Francisco, CA 94102-4585 Phone 650-305-8789 dismiss any candidate not meeting the highest Fax (415) 863-9330 professional standards at these auditions. [email protected] Address 2049 Grant Rd Los Altos, CA 94024 Website therapybykristine.com An Equal Opportunity Employer CA Certification 13855 Repertoire and additional info will be available on our website: www.sfsymphony.org
Opera San Jose Joseph Marcheso, Music Director
Announce auditions for the following positions: Announces auditions AUDITIONS for the following vacancies:
June 24, 2016 Principal Harp 2nd Trumpet (46 services) Section 1st Violin (2 chairs) Audition will be held in Oakland on 4th Horn (No Guaranteed Services) Principal Harp Sunday, June 19, 2016 Bass Trombone (No Guaranteed Services) Deadline for applications is Monday, June 13, 2016 Section 1st Violin (2nd Stand, 3rd Chair) June 25, 2016 Section Percussion (1 chair) Per service rate for all three positions is Principal Bassoon Qualified applicants please send a concise $180.72 for the 2016/17 Season Musicians with previous professional orchestral experience may resume and a $25.00 deposit apply by submitting their résumé and a $50.00 audition deposit (refundable at time of audition) to: Auditions will be held in late September. refundable at the time of audition. Applications may be sent to: Highly qualified applicants should mail Oakland Symphony or email a one-page resume by Norman C. Peck, Personnel Manager 1440 Broadway, Suite #405 Friday, September 2nd, 2016 to: Santa Cruz Symphony Oakland, CA 94612 1860 Price Way; San Leandro, CA 94577 Att: Carl Stanley, Orchestra Personnel Manager Mark Veregge, OSJ Orchestra Personnel Manager 6176 Calle Del Conejo, San Jose, CA 95120 Applications must be received no later than email: [email protected] Friday June 10, 2016. A list of the audition repertoire and other relevant (no phone calls please) Candidates will be sent repertoire and other details after review information will be mailed to the candidate upon the and acceptance of their application. Employment to begin in Oc- receipt and acceptance of the resume. No phone calls A list of the audition repertoire and other relevant informa- tober 2016 or the candidate’s earliest availability. Section scale is please. Further information will be posted on our tion will be mailed to the candidate upon the receipt and $94.00 per service, and Principal scale is $114.68 per service. 39 services are planned. Additionally, all musicians receive a daily web site at www.oaklandsymphony.org acceptance of the resume. travel allowance, pension contribution and housing option.
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