Music Performance Trust Fund is thrilled to begin its fourth year offering MPTF Scholarships, now offering the Music Family Scholarship & the the Music’s Future Scholarship. Since its inception, MPTF granted over 450 scholarships to deserving students, and eagerly anticipates the opportunities this year promises. The scholarship applications are open from March 1, 2024 – May […]
International Secretary-Treasurer Ken Shirk has reported in the current issue of the International Musician that the AFM’s broker, AMBA, has located new carrier, and coverage should begin sometime this month. Subject to final confirmation, Shirk has been informed that the premium rate multiplier will be a little cheaper, although the minimum premium will be a […]
On March 3, the Musicians of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra ratified a three-year agreement running from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027. After preliminary discussions began late in 2024 with the current agreement still being in effect through August of this year, it became clear that an early successor contract settlement would be possible. […]
For those of you who have instruments and equipment insured through the AFM, we have an update on that situation. The broker, AMBA, has told the AFM that a replacement carrier (which has been selected) will hopefully be in place by the end of March, but that it might go into April. Apparently the premium […]
As February rolls to a close, it is most appropriate to remember one of history’s greatest labor leaders, A Philip Randolph. On August 28, 1963 more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington DC for a political rally which became a key moment in the struggle for civil rights in the United States. On that day, […]
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. inspired millions across the world with the delivery of his immortal “I have a dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In music Dr. King found the perfect expression of the universal struggle for freedom and dignity. Here are the words of Dr. Martin […]
A longstanding Holiday tradition in DFW is the annual Christmas Pageant presented by residents at the Denton State Supported Living Center. Opened in 1960 and designed as a community for individuals with intellectual and developmental difficulties, this Pageant, now in its 43rd year, has become essential in this community’s holiday celebrations.