The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra presents a spectacular June Gala Celebration with GRAMMY Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax on Saturday, June 12th at 5pm at The VETS.
Fort Wayne Philharmonic and its musicians have reached an agreement for summer performances and a full 2021-22 season.
The deal comes after about two .
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Fort Wayne Philharmonic musicians announced Friday they would not vote in favor of a contract that “contains permanent cuts” to wages or conditions.
The Fort Wayne Philharmonic announced Tuesday it would need to begin canceling summer concerts if an agreement with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Players Association could not be made by Friday.
The announcement came hours after musicians met on the Allen County Courthouse Green to show the results of their letter writing campaign. Musicians unfurled five rolls of taped together letters to the Philharmonic board about 1300 letters in total.
Negotiations between management and the musician’s union have been ongoing since last fall, a few months after musicians were furloughed by management due to the ongoing pandemic.
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Albany, NY – “On behalf of the 2.5 million members of the New York State AFL‐CIO, I express my deep disappointment that the producers of the Home Box Office (HBO) miniseries ‘The Gilded Age’ are denying musicians the right to union representation,” said Mario Cilento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO.
“The 23 orchestra musicians deserve the same respect as others working on the production currently underway in Troy, NY; to be represented by their union under a contract that meets industry standards.
“Even more troubling is the fact that when these musicians asked to be represented by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), HBO fired them.
I was lucky to know Gen.Gines Perez when I served in the U.S. Army at Fort Jackson.
He grew up in extreme poverty in southern Spain and immigrated to .