Member and violinist of the Boston Musicians’ Association (AFM Local 9-535), Christine Vitale is asking for your participation in a research project on post-performance mood. She is currently a freelance musician and doctoral student of Counseling/Sport Psychology at Boston University and is conducting this research as part of her dissertation. Continue reading to access Survey.

A “Right-to-Work” for less initiative (Amendment 47) slated for the November Ballot is as deceptive in name as its proponents: “A Better Colorado.” They claim that “Amendment 47 will strengthen Colorado’s economy, create jobs and make our state more competitive,” but nothing could be further from the truth. Average annual earnings for workers in right-to-work states are $5,333 less than their counterparts in free-bargaining states.
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Front Range Youth Symphony Orchestras are holding auditions for the 2008-2009 season May 10 and May 17. Looking for students ages 8-21 to play string, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments for three ensembles including the Youth Symphony, Symphonic Strings and Concert Strings.

Last night, the members of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra unanimously voted by secret ballot to reject the CSO Board’s “final offer” for a new contract which would take effect next season. The offer called for a 40% annual salary cut from all 53 Full-Time Musicians with no restoration in additional years.

For the past several years, flight attendants, pilots and other airline workers have sacrificed pay, benefits and working conditions through a long series of bankruptcies, restructurings, mergers, layoffs and threatened liquidations. And on Thursday, airline unions told Congress workers must have a voice at the table when the biggest merger in the industry is being discussed.

The IAJE Board has voted to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Law. While over 250 individuals contributed just over $12,000, this, along with the many other efforts and contributions of IAJE staff, Board members, and association partners, was simply not enough to address the accumulated debt of the organization or its urgent need for cash relief.

Artists representing over 15 countries petitioned Congress to close a loophole in U.S. law and grant artists, musicians and record labels a right to be compensated when their music is played on FM and AM radio. No other free-market nation in Europe or North America fails to pay broadcast royalties to artists and performers.
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Concerts & Jazz Guitar Workshops.
April 12th, the legendary guitarist Gene Bertoncini, hailed as “The Segovia of Jazz”
April 19h, Mel Bay recording artist Corey Christiansen, Modern jazz master guitarist.

Gene Bertoncini, the guitarist in Doc Severinsen’s Tonight Show band during the Johnny Carson host-era, has worked with Lena Horne, Michael Moore, Zoot Sims, Buddy Rich, and Michel Legrand. Dale Bruning has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Michael Moore, Jim Hall, and Erroll Garner, among others.

Billy Strayhorn’s classic ‘Take the A Train’ takes us back to Harlem, NY during the ’40’s at the peak of a cultural and musical renaissance. To this day Harlem’s colorful history recalls the sophisticated lifestyle of the black elite who created a social, entertainment economy that was home for musical icons such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday.