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Membership Meeting: February 2012 Vol. 72 No. 2 Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 @1:00 pm Membership Meeting: Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 @1:00 pm Local 10-208 of AFM AFL-CIO CHICAGO FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OFFICERS – DELEGATES 2011-2013 Gary Matts President Terryl Jares Vice-President Spencer Aloisio Secretary-Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gary Matts Robert Bauchens Bob Lizik President Rich Daniels Janice MacDonald Frank Donaldson Leo Murphy B.J. Levy CONTRACT DEPARTMENT Terryl Jares – Vice-President Nancy Van Aacken Of Negotiations, Politics, and Elections ASSISTANTS TO THE PRESIDENT - JURISDICTIONS Terryl Jares - Vice-President Supervisor - Entire jurisdiction There is a saying in negotiations that there are no non-economic issues. In including theaters the political arena there are no non-political issues. Candidates have opposing (Cell Phone: 312-310-4100) positions on crucial issues, and the race that has just started is already Dean Rolando Recordings, Transcriptions, heating up. Documentaries, Etc. As I write this the Iowa Caucus is old news. The New Hampshire primary is (Cell Phone: 708-380-6219) recent news. The South Carolina Primary is breaking news. Because President DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS OF THE Obama is the heir apparent to the Democratic nomination, the media focus is ILLINOIS STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL on the winnowing field of Republican hopefuls. After the departure of several ORGANIZATIONS contenders, four Republican candidates remain. Spencer Aloisio Gary Matts The pundits are analyzing and re-analyzing the candidates, proffering why Terryl Jares this prediction was right, or that poll was wrong, why one strategy worked and DELEGATES TO CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR AND the other message didn’t. Advisors will advise, strategists will propose strategies INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL and spin-doctors will spin. The voters however, will decide. Rich Daniels Gary Matts As voters, union members and their families have much at stake in Terryl Jares DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS OF THE the coming primaries and the November election. Recently, nearby state AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS governments have made sweeping changes to state labor laws that restrict Spencer Aloisio Terryl Jares bargaining rights. Labor has fought back. Here in our own backyard, one million Rich Daniels Gary Matts Frank Donaldson petitions have been filed to force a recall election of Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Alternates: Walker, his lieutenant governor and four state senators. The action took place Leo Murphy Larry Bowen after they supported legislation that effectively ended collective bargaining EDITOR, THE INTERMEZZO rights for nearly all public sector workers. This comes on the heels of Ohio Terryl Jares voters overwhelmingly overturning legislation that restricted the rights of public PRESIDENT EMERITUS Ed Ward workers through a referendum in last November’s elections. But as battles are VICE-PRESIDENT EMERITUS won, new attacks are mounted. In Indiana, Governor Mitch Daniels and a Tom Beranek number of the state legislators are supporting legislation which if passed will BOARD OF DIRECTORS EMERITUS make Indiana a right to work state. Ruth Marion Tobias These kinds of sweeping changes have far reaching consequences for union members and their families. I urge you to be an informed voter. Before you cast Open Daily, except your vote consider the issues. Listen to the debate. Get to know the candidates Saturday, Sunday and Holidays Office Hours 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. and their views. Learn more about Labor’s endorsed candidates at Chicago All Phones: 312-782-0063 (24 Hrs.) Federation of Labor website: www.chicagolabor.org and the Illinois AFL-CIO AFM WEB SITE: www.afm.org website: www.ilafl-cio.org. CFM WEB SITE: www.cfm10208.com Address all e-mail to the Secretary/Treasurer: [email protected] Cover illustration provided by Chris Nolan Creative. 2 Intermezzo February 2012 Terryl Jares NEW WAGE SCALES ARE IN! The wages for 2012 and 2013 are now in effect. I have highlighted the primary changes below. Contract forms are available on our website at www.cfm10208.com or through our office. A Musical Services Contract MUST be completed and filed before an engagement. USE QUICK FILE For those of you that think the process is too complicated, we offer a “Quick File” service. Once you have the details of the engagement, just call the Union at 312-782-0063 and ask for “Quick File”. We will complete ALL of your paperwork and send you copies for your client to sign. The contract is filed and you will get a bill for work dues and pension at the end of the month. SIMPLE! Highlights of the New Wage Scales 2012-2013 - Increase Casual Scales: Class AA to $195 Class A to $170 Class B to remain at $95 - Increase Symphonic Rates: Class AA to $160 Class A to $145 Class B to remain at $95 - Increase Symphonic Rehearsal Rates: Rehearsals on days other than performances, daytime or evening 1. Rehearsals in Class AA boundaries pay $130 for 3 hours 2. Rehearsals in Class A boundaries pay $95 for 2.5 hours If free parking is NOT available, a parking reimbursement of $15 for each rehearsal must also be paid in Class A boundaries. Rehearsals on day of performance Leader or Contractor: $95 plus $10 per musician Sidemusician: $95 for 2.5 hours or less - Increase Major Event Scale: Rehearsal Leader or Contractor: $285 for 2.5 hours Sidemusician: $145 for 2.5 hours Performance Leader or Contractor: $270 plus $15 per musician Sidemusician: $270 - Rate for Community Theater and Religious Service Rehearsals: $75 for 3 hours February 2012 Intermezzo 3 By Ruth Marion Tobias DID YOU KNOW…… Composer/arranger/conductor guitarist His two decades of private trumpet BARBARA SCHUBERT conducted CHARLEY HARRISON keeps teaching house to house elicited the University of Chicago Symphony our Chicago players busy. His album enough humorous stories to craft a full Orchestra in December for An “Keeping My Composure” features sized book. His flutist wife,KAREN brass players ART DAVIS, KIRK DESSENT, finally inveigled him GARRISON, DANNY BARBER and into sitting at the computer to write! ART HOYLE; SCOTT BENTALL, Published by Martin Sisters Publishing, TIM COFFMAN and TOM MATTA; LLC. the book can be ordered through horns: GREG FLINT, NEIL KIMEL; retail book sellers or www.amazon.com, reedists BILL OVERTON, JOHN www.books.google.com/ebooks and WOJCIECHOWSKI, JERRY www.barnesandnoble.com. Enjoy! DIMUZIO, PAUL McGINLEY. Added spice is in great vocals by AND THE WINNERS ARE…. FRIEDA LEE, FREDDY COLE, ORBERT DAVIS and business KURT ELLING, SARA GAZAREK. partner MARK INGRAM took Great album; good show, Charley. home a golden statue from the recent Barbara Schubert Demonstrating her love for all things violin, RACHEL BARTON Evening in E Minor. The guest artist PINE demonstrated one of her latest was 22-year-old cellist SEBASTIAN achievements, playing the viola d’amore BÄVERSTAM, a dual citizen of the US at Francis W. Parker School in the and Sweden, who is a recent Concert Lincoln Park area during last fall’s Artists Guild winner and has appeared Humanities Festival. As JOHN VON multiple times on the nationally RHEIN, Tribune classical music critic syndicated radio show “From the Top” explained the “long obscure member of (a big favorite of many for the splendid the violin family…roughly the size of performances by quite young people a viola, the bowed instrument, typically Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram wrapped up in their budding musical has 14 strings—half of them resonating Emmy awards show for Outstanding careers) and “Voice of America” or sympathetic—and gives off a Crafts Achievement, Off-Air-Musical broadcasts. sweeter, less penetrating sound than the Composition/arrangement for the violin.” Rachel is such a skillful and WTTW documentary, “DuSable to entertaining performer, delighting her Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis”. audiences with informative material Ta-Da! in addition to her virtuosic playing, performed “VIVALDI concertos and Orbert was involved in yet another a TELEMANN trio sonata with the interesting evening of jazz when he and Chicago period instrumental ensemble HOWARD REICH, Tribune jazz critic, Ars Antigua.” appeared on MILT ROSENBERG’s WGN (720 AM) radio show. Rosenberg If you see a book on the shelves plumbed the history of jazz, posing entitled “Memoirs of a Trumpet many, many questions and proposed Teacher” by SAM BENNETT, don’t lines of edification to delve into the be fooled—that is actually the nom de subject with its fascinating implications plume of trumpeter PAT DESSENT. in the musical world. The discussion Sebastian Bäverstam 4 Intermezzo February 2012 periods were short and varied, German Radio Orchestra. He conducted with trumpeter JOE LILL, bassist punctuated with recorded examples the Skokie Valley Youth Symphony and ALAN STEINER and French horn, from the very early days of jazz was a busy freelance player. Leaving LISA TAYLOR. Victor Muenzer invention to the present. Both Davis and his position on a high note, his last will conduct. Reich, of course, proved to be learned performance was September 6 at the exponents of the musical form, Davis conclusion of CSO’s European tour. Well known for his Chicagoland work deeply into performing it almost daily. as both a jazz and classical soloist, Reich’s total recall of every facet of In 1968, Gilbertsen came to CSO from Lill also is the Director of Bands at musicians’ skills is just too amazing! the Florida Symphony in Orlando North Park University and an active where he was principal trombone, guest conductor. Taylor is Principal WE HEARD FROM……. “at the behest of acting musical Horn of PRCO and is a member of The BURNELLS, MARK and director IRWIN HOFFMAN. His the Chicago Chamber Orchestra. She ANNE, performed in a new club called final performance as a member of also plays with many local orchestras TwelveWest at 12 West Elm Street.