The 19th Annual Summer Course in the Alexander Technique at the University of Colorado at Boulder will be held July 8-12, 9:00 to noon daily. A one day Intensive will be held July 13, 1-5:00 pm. The 2012 faculty includes Ed Bilanchone, Amy Likar, and DMA member James Brody. Early registration by DMA members will result in a 15% reduction in tuition.
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TIS THE SEASON… As we approach the holidays, for many of us it’s a festive time of year as we look forward to spending time celebrating with our family and friends. Yet, there are many people in our communities that this time of year is not “happy”, “wonderful”, “joyous”, nor “cheerful”. Each year, Labor’s Community Agency asks for help to replenish the Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund, which is primarily used to assist union members, their families, and the community with emergency assistance during time of crisis or need. Hunger, homelessness, and despair continue to affect our community. Requests for help continue to be unprecedented with the poor economy and continued job loss and Labor’s Community Agency has become overburdened. You can help… your generosity will make a difference. Please help us help those in need by contributing to Labor’s Community Agency’s Annual Emergency Assistance Fund Donation Drive. Together we can bring hope to those in need!
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We need your help NOW! Mile High United Way is no longer going to fund LCA! This is not just a request for donations, this is a plea for life – the life of Labor’s Community Agency!

LCA needs 4,000 plus union brothers and sisters or their friends to sign up for monthly donations or it will be closed down by United Way’s unwillingness to continue using union members’ contributions to fund it. We have 60 days to show our strength and solidarity. If anyone can do this, labor can!

Please click here. It takes less than 5 minutes and costs less than most people spend on coffee each week. Pass the Hat!

MusiCares® provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares’ services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality. MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.

Marty Rein is a professional bassist who lives in Fort Collins and is serving as a local ambassador for MusiCares and their efforts locally. We are proud to announce that Marty is now a member of the Denver Musicians Association and we look forward to assisting him in the weeks and years ahead. Marty’s email is mjrein24@comcast.net

The following “story”“http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107260317 was published this week in the Fort Collins newspaper The Coloradoan.
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Recently while appearing on “Face the Nation”, you stated the following about the current Healthcare Reform Bill: “Though I don’t know exactly what’s in it, from what I hear, I certainly would have a hard time voting for it because it has some of the same infirmities that the public option did.” Senator Lieberman, I am embarrassed for you.

Things were moving along for veteran jazz duo Perpetual Motion with plans underway to record their fifth CD when violinist Josie Quick was sidelined with lupus, an autoimmune disease affecting joints and other tissue.

Today, through the care of a great doctor and alternative therapies, Quick is back playing again. Her jazz ensemble, Perpetual Motion, is celebrating with a comeback concert on Saturday, December 19 at 8:00 pm at the Swallow Hill Music Association, 71 East Yale Avenue in Denver. Phone 303-777-1003 for tickets or visit www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Giant insurance companies have created a health care system that costs too much, covers too little and excludes too many. Congress has to stand up for working families and stand up to insurance companies.
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At a Portsmouth, N.H., town hall meeting, President Obama set
the record straight on the health care reform proposal. Get the
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New York, NY – The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) applauds the release of the House of Representatives bill, (H.R. 3200), “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act,” a real step forward in fixing America’s failing health care system. We appreciate the dedication of the House Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor Committees and Chairmen Rangel, Waxman and Miller in producing this single measure for committee consideration to ensure reform efforts move forward quickly.

Do people really know what it’s like to be a professional musician? Do musicians themselves even know what their peers think and do? A large-scale groundbreaking new study from a University of Pennsylvania researcher (and musician) is attempting to find out.

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 lively and transforming course of study for instrumentalists and/or vocalists, leading to certification as a Certified Music Practitioner.

Certified Music Practitioners provide live, therapeutic music at the bedside to ill or dying patients in many different types of healthcare facilites, creating a healing, nurturing environment.

Classes will being in the Denver Area January 26-27, 2008. For information and an application see the MHTP website: http://www.mhtp.org/; mhtp@mhtp.org