Category: Newsletter

Last month the Palm Beach Opera audition committees participated in auditions for violin, viola, and cello. The auditions were observed by Secretary-Treasurer Apana and VP Fuller to make sure everything went smoothly and all rules were followed. We are happy to report that there will be three new member of the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra: READ MORE

Learn About the AFM-EPF Pension Fund The Pension Fund has a new portal to help you find answers to most of your questions. Want to know how the Fund works? How to designate a beneficiary? What to do if you get divorced? How to plan for retirement or how to collect your benefit? The portal READ MORE

IATSE has reached an agreement with the AMPTP. Following the lead of actors, writers, and musicians, their new agreement offers protection from the use of artificial intelligence. It also includes pay raises of seven percent in the first year, four percent in the second, and 3.5 percent in the final year. SAG-AFTRA has filed an READ MORE

Miami Music Project’s Teaching Artists Training Institute (TATI) has received a $1.3 million grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation. TATI is in its fourth year providing virtual training, in-person workshops, and intensive learning retreats to further education opportunities for its teaching artists. To date, 350 music educators have been engaged by TATI. Broadway READ MORE

New, Reinstated, and Resigned members for June 2024: New Members: none Reinstated Members: Resigned Members: none Deceased Members: none

Just a reminder that wage scales increased on June 1. For the current rates, please visit http://www.afm655.org/members/wagescale.php