This spring and summer, collaboration and community were the common threads for dozens of musical performances throughout North Texas. Through the co-sponsorship of Music Performance Trust Fund, Local 72-147 bands performed on April 18-21 for the 37th Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival’s “Music on Main” – Fort Worth’s largest, free, music festival. Also during […]
We wanted to update everyone on the situation with the group insurance policies that the AFM offers its members. The AFM had a contract with a company called Mercer for its group instrument/equipment insurance, liability insurance, home and auto insurance, and even life insurance in some states, though not Texas. Several months ago, Mercer was […]
This July an update to our wage scales will go into effect, with most of the scales in our wage book being raised. Late last year I appointed a Wage Scale Committee which discussed, deliberated and delivered to the Local 72-147 Executive Board a number of recommendations. In early March the Executive Board unanimously approved […]
UPDATE: Deadline for Music Family Scholarship extended to June 30, 2024. 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 […]
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 […]