Musical News - Musicians Union Local Six

Musical News 

Vol. 82, No. 4 July August 2010 

2010 AFM CONVENTION 

PRODUCES BIG LEADERSHIP 

AND SMALL REVENUE CHANGES 

by David Schoenbrun, President 

Many members wonder what it’s like to attend the AFM 

Convention in Las Vegas. I liken it to that rare medical 

phenomenon in which surgical patients are merely 

paralyzed by the anesthesia administered to them, but 

otherwise must endure the agony of their procedure in full 

consciousness. Enough said… 

According to the offi cial role call, 271 delegates from 168 

locals attended the 98 th AFM Convention, which was held 

June 21 st through 24 th at the Riviera Hotel. A record 50 or 

so locals were not represented, presumably due to exigent 

financial conditions in their jurisdictions. Your Local 6 

delegation included myself, SecretaryTreasurer Gretchen 

Elliott, and members Diana Dorman and Jon Lancelle. 

Before reporting to you on the convention proceedings, I 

would like to take this opportunity to thank Diana and Jon 

for their exemplary participation as delegates. They were 

thorough in their preparations for the convention and took 

active roles throughout. The membership chose wisely in 

selecting them as representatives. 

I arrived in Las Vegas fi ve days prior to the beginning of 

the convention to serve on the Finance Committee, which, 

together with the Law Committee, met to review and offer 

amendments to some of the weightier recommendations 

and resolutions upon which the full body of the convention 

ultimately voted. Most important among these was 

“Recommendation 1,” the funding package proposed by the 

International Executive Board that called for the adoption of 

certain increases in Federation per capita and work dues. 

Funding the operations of the AFM is never an easy matter, 

given that dues are virtually its sole source of support, but 

it was clear from the beginning that the process at this 

convention would be especially difficult. Why 

On the expense side, the Federation budgeted and spent 

money that it expected to receive in motion picture and 

TV special payments assessments to the tune of about 

$750K per year. For a variety of reasons (it’s not PC to 

actually say why) that money has not been forthcoming, 

and probably never will materialize, despite the bylaw 

mandating its payment. The resulting budgetary defi cit 

makes for a rather bleak financial outlook for the 

continued on page 3 

1st ANNUAL 

LOCAL 6 BBQ / PICNIC 

Sept 5, 2010 27pm 

Details on page 3 

IN THIS ISSUE 

General Notices ...................................................... p. 2 

1st Annual Local 6 BBQ / PICNIC ......................... p. 3 

Oakland Youth Orchestra Notice ........................... p. 5 

Member Profile: Benny Barth ................................. p. 6 

Local 6 CBA List ...................................................... p. 9 

CBA Leaders Wage Scale ...................................... p. 9 

Board Minutes ...................................................... p. 10 

Free Teacher Listing .......................................... p. 11 

Members Suspended / Resigned ......................... p. 13 

Advertisements ..................................................... p. 14

2 MUSICAL NEWS July August 2010 

Musical News 

Official Bulletin of 

MUSICIANS UNION LOCAL 6 

American Federation of Musicians 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

NEW Login procedures 

for Local 6 website afm6.org 

Musicians Union Local 6 

116 9th Street 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

phone (415) 5750777 

fax (415) 8636173 

email: info@afm6.org 

website: www.afm6.org 

The Local 6 website now has a login feature to access 

the member’s area. 

Username: (your email on record in Local 6 database) 

Password: your birthday, entered numerically with no spaces 

(ex. 03091999) 

Currently, the member’s area contains casual contracts, scales, 

bylaws, and the Musical News, with more to come. 

PayPal 

Make your Local 6 dues payments through our Local 6 website and PayPal. 

You do not have to have a PayPal account, but you must have access to 

the Internet and a valid email address. A 5% administrative fee applies for 

all transactions. If you have any questions concerning this or any other 

method of dues payment, please contact John Hunt, Assistant Treasurer, at 

(415) 5750777 ext. 304 (john@afm6.org). 

OFFICERS 

David Schoenbrun, President 

Ronald Blais, Vice President 

Gretchen Elliott, SecretaryTreasurer 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Steve Hanson, Trustee 

Patricia Heller, Trustee 

Betsy London, Trustee 

John Fisher, Director 

Josephine Gray, Director 

STAFF 

John Hunt Treasury (x304) 

Maria Kozak MPF, Death Benefi ts (x301) 

Tony Orbasido Recording (x305) 

Joe Rodriguez Casuals (x306) 

Donna Thomson Payroll, Ads (x307) 

Alex Walsh Member Services (x308) 

FINANCE COMMITTEE 

Melinda Wagner Steven D’Amico 

Arthur Storch 

LAW & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 

Melanie Bryson Julie Burkert 

India Cooke William Klingelhoffer 

James Matheson Gordon Messick 

David Peterson 

PRESIDENT EMERITUS 

Melinda Wagner 

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 

OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED: 

New Year’s Day 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day 

Presidents’ Day 

Good Friday Afternoon 

Memorial Day 

Independence Day 

Labor Day 

Columbus Day 

Veterans Day 

Thanksgiving Day (and day after) 

Christmas Day (and day before) 

2010 MEMBERSHIP DUES 

Regular Membership $50.00/Quarter 

35 Year Membership $36.00/Quarter 

Life Membership $22.75/Quarter 

70/20 Year Membership $26.75/Quarter 

Late Charge $5.00 

MEETINGS SCHEDULE 

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP 

October 25, 2:00 p.m. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Biweekly board meetings are 

open to the membership. Call 

for meeting schedules. 

SUSPENSION JEOPARDIZES BENEFITS !! 

If you have been suspended or dropped as a member of Local 6 for nonpayment 

of dues, you have lost the following union benefi ts: death benefi t, defense and 

contract guarantee fund payments, the International Musician, access to the 

Lester Petrillo Fund and other benefi ts which require membership in Local 6. 

To avoid being suspended, members must pay their dues by the last day of each 

calendar quarter. Also, as a reminder, we do not bill for dues. However, we do print 

one or more of the following lists in each issue of the Musical News: Suspended, 

To Be Dropped, and/or Dropped. In addition, Late Notices are sent each quarter to 

the last known address of all suspended individuals prior to their being dropped. 

If you have been suspended, please pay your dues immediately in order to restore 

your lost benefits.

July August 2010 MUSICAL NEWS 3 

AFM CONVENTION (continued) 

organization, requiring a substantial infusion of money just 

to right the ship, not to mention funding the services that 

many locals and players conferences feel are lacking. 

On the revenue side, enter the present state of our 

economy: many small to midsized locals are strapped 

for cash, as their memberships are shrinking from an 

unwillingness or inability of some (former) members to pay 

dues, especially when the work they do does not actually 

require membership. Their delegates rejected any per 

capita increases as likely to only exacerbate those locals’ 

already existing fi nancial problems. And then there were 

delegates from some very large, prominent locals who 

arrived at the convention with binding directives from their 

boards and members not to support increases in dues 

and/or assessments in any form whatsoever, especially 

increases in motion picture/TV work dues intended to 

compensate for the mandated (but uncollectible) special 

payments assessments that must, practically speaking, be 

retired. These locals believe that their members are already 

paying more than their fair share, and enough is enough. 

So that was the scenario – the AFM in desperate need of 

cash to operate, and the purse strings held by Scrooge 

on crack. To be fair, some evidence was presented, and 

certainly a feeling was held by many local officers and 

delegates, that the Federation is living beyond its means. 

But to be fairer, any increases in the funding of the Union 

by its members over the last dozen or so years has been 

dwarfed, percentagewise, by the diminished purchasing 

power of our members’ dues dollars. The Union has 

learned to live with less, and now will have to learn to live 

with much less. In the end, a watereddown Substitute 

Recommendation 1, put forth by the Law & Legislative 

Committee, was narrowly defeated in a standing vote. It 

was replaced in the 11 th hour by a plan developed overnight 

by the new administration, with input from RMA, calling for 

an assessment (amount to be determined, but estimated 

to be $50 per member) on members who earn more than 

$2500 per year for work done under ratified recording 

agreements. If approved in a mailballot by those members 

affected, this proposal will produce in the neighborhood of 

$150K per year. 

One has to wonder how this will play out. The necessity 

of engaging in serious belttightening in bad times is 

understandable, but exactly which services can the 

Federation afford to cut, especially when there is a very 

clear expectation from the players conferences that staffing 

and operational budgets that support their members need 

to be expanded I have to say that I came away from 

this experience with a deeper appreciation of our Local 6 

members, who recognized and embraced the need for a 

small but very meaningful work dues increase, approved 

in January of this year, to support their Union’s ability to 

provide necessary services. 

continued on page 4 

1 st Annual Local 6 BBQ / PICNIC! by Betsy London, Local 6 Board of Directors 

What was I thinking when I volunteered 

to set up a Local 6 party After the panic 

settled down, I knew that the thing to do 

was to get a committee together so I could 

share the responsibility/blame!! Well, a 

wonderful group of people volunteered: 

Erin Vang, Carole Klein, Steve D’Amico, 

Daria D’Andrea, and moi…. We have tried 

to tackle the idea that it would be fun to get 

together in a nonworking situation, for a 

change, to see people whom we might not 

otherwise see for years at a time, and to 

just relax. 

The fi rst challenge was picking a date. Of 

course, there would never be a perfect 

date for which everyone was free, but we 

did try to fi nd out when the Opera/Ballet/ 

Symphony musicians were working, and we 

made the hours long enough that someone 

could drop in and then run off to a gig if 

necessary. The next project was picking 

a place. We checked out sites in several 

different parks before choosing San Pablo 

Reservoir. Steve says it is 45 minutes from 

1 st Annual Local 6 

BBQ / PICNIC! 

Sunday, Sept 5, 2010 27pm 

San Pablo Reservoir 

“The Pines” Picnic Area 

7301 San Pablo Rd 

El Sobrante 

Pacifica, so we fi gured that was not too 

far for people to go. (Like driving to work, 

except no worries about being on time!) 

Local 6 will be providing hotdogs, 

hamburgers, veggie burgers and beer, and 

we are hoping people will bring various 

side dishes to share. You can also bring 

whatever else you might want to BBQ and 

other drinks. There is a $6.50 parking fee 

per car, and we will provide a keg, with a 

minimal charge per drink. No swimming is 

allowed, but there is hiking, boating, fishing 

and just hanging out. It’s really a beautiful 

spot that makes you think you are up in 

the Sierras, without the hours of driving 

to get there. So, come relax and have fun 

with your family and your musical family! 

Check out the details on 

www.socializr.com/event/557371585 

and RSVP!! If you don’t have access to a 

computer, call Betsy at 5106531011, and 

leave your name and the number of people 

you are bringing.


CHANGES IN MEMBER CONTACT INFORMATION 

Bertetta, Thomas 

4155092667C 

4153330269Fax 

4153330159R 

Chew, Kristi Loder 

Kristi@klcmusic.com 

Fischer, Jonathan 

1379 Delaware St 

Berkeley, CA 94702 

4157100353C 

Gruber, Monika 

265 – 24th Ave #4 


Kramer, Alexander 

P O Box 78 

Calpella, CA 95418 

Kvistad, Richard 

rkvistad@gmail.com 

Leem, Alexandra 

6513 Calle De La Mancha 

Pleasanton, CA 94566 

9255233312R 

2152032706C 

Maulbetsch, Kelley 

4344 Balboa St #3 


Fields, Orvil 

18450 N. Highway 88 

Space #35 

Lockeford, CA 95237 

2092375794R 

Pricco, Max 

max@maxpriccomusic.com 

Rose, Tom 

5105322462R 

tgrose40@gmail.com 

Sanchez, Lisa 

lisa@lisasanchez.com 

Shepherd, Berisford 

“Shep” 

201 S La Esperanza Condo #4 

San Clemente, CA 92672 

9493660283R 

Shinohara, Beni 

4153882072R 

4155314490C 

benileinsf@aol.com 

Torres, Cathleen 

310 El Paseo 

Millbrae, CA 94030 

AFM CONVENTION (continued from page 3) 

I should make some mention of the fate of a few of the 

other more controversial and important recommendations 

and resolutions considered at the convention: 

Recommendation #2: Proposed to reduce the number 

of rankandfile musicians on the AFMEPF Board of 

Trustees from three to two. This proposal suffered from a 

fatal lack of explanation and rationale as it was presented 

prior to the convention. The real intention was to allow for 

representation on that Board by Locals 802 (NY) and 47 

(LA), and was probably not nearly as draconian a measure 

as the widelyheld reaction to it might have suggested. It 

was appropriately withdrawn from consideration. 

Recommendation #10: Proposed the elimination of the term 

“African American” in reference to an additional convention 

delegate to which merged locals are currently entitled, in 

order to comply with AFM Civil Rights policy and Dept. of 

Labor rules. A substitute recommendation was adopted that 

changed the designation to “Diversity Delegate.” How this 

change will be implemented locally is still under discussion. 

Recommendations #15 thru 22 addressed existing and 

proposed legislative initiatives, including the support of arts 

funding in the U.S., network neutrality (with appropriate 

copyright protection on the Internet), bandwidth protection 

for wireless microphones, the Employee Free Choice Act, 

performance rights in sound recordings, music antipiracy, 

health care reform, and visas for foreign performers. All 

passed in their original or slightly amended forms. 

Recommendation #23: Proposed the elimination of the 

AFM SecretaryTreasurer’s position, to be replaced by 

an appointed Executive Director, as is the practice of 

many other entertainment unions. While the convention 

saw some merit in the concept, it was thought to be a bit 

premature and in need of more study. 

Recommendation #24: Proposed an additional $10K 

“contingent expense account” for the AFM President, Vice 

President from Canada, and SecretaryTreasurer. This 

also suffered from a lack of sufficient explanation, but not 

even the most favorable interpretation would have made it 

palatable to the delegates. It was withdrawn. 

Resolution #7: Replaces the term “casual” with “freelance” 

wherever it is found in the AFM Bylaws. This was intended 

to bring a proper respect to the world of freelance musical 

employment. It was adopted and will probably require 

similar changes on the local level. 

Resolution #17: Proposed that the Musicians Performance 

Fund (MPF, formerly MPTF) be newly funded by the $500K 

collected each year by the AFM for “consultation letters” it 

provides to promoters of foreign musical acts to facilitate 

their visa applications. The problem this resolution sought 

to address was the evershrinking resources of MPF, 

which threatens to be out of existence as early as 2012. 

MPF is solely supported by a contractual contribution by 

the sound recording industry based on sales of physical 

sound recordings (CDs, etc.). These sales have plummeted 

in past years, replaced by digital downloads of covered 

recordings which are not subject to the same contractual 

contributions. 

This resolution sparked a surprisingly long and 

impassioned debate, in which many delegates recounted 

their first gigs as having been played on “green sheets,” 

and representatives of some smaller locals expressed fears 

that the loss of MPF work might spell an end to the viability 

of their locals, since such employment represents the bulk 

of their members’ union work. Despite these emotional 

pleas, the convention acknowledged that the financial hit to 

the Federation resulting from this diversion of funds 

continued on page 8


NEW & REINSTATED MEMBERS 

Anderson, Brian 

Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, 

Cornet, Flugelhorn, 

Rotary Trumpet 

2226 Willow Ave 

Pittsburg, CA 94565 

9254584782R 

9257592615C 

bcamusic@yahoo.com 

Beadle, John 

Guitar, Trumpet 

30 Dore #207 


8475296555C 

4153923895B 

jobcadle@gmail.com 

Becker, Abraham 

Violin 

320 Shaw Rd 

Walnut Creek, CA 94597 

5104860797R 

Gonzalez Granero, Jose 

Clarinet 

139 Hugo St #11 


3236320876C 

joselayo1@hotmail.com 

Hoexter, Karen 

Clarinet 

124 San Pedro Rd 

Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 

6507121458R 

6507998142C 

khoexter@comcast.net 

Hsu, Graham 

Violin 

6344 Mojave Dr 

San Jose, CA 95120 

4082686692R 

4085051793C 

grahamhsu@gmail.com 

Johnson, Daryl 

Tuba 

1906 Rutherford Ave 

Louisville, KY 40205 

5022167072C 

JohnsonWhitty, Patrick 

Bassoon, Contra Bassoon 

159 Davis Ct 

San Antonio, TX 78209 

2108840484C 

pwjohnso@gmail.com 

Mosley, Xavier 

Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, 

Turntables 

P O Box 6476 

Alameda, CA 94501 

5104360593R 

4157483061C 

xmosley@mac.com 

Olson, Kenneth Earl 

Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, 

Cornet, Flugelhorn 

P O Box 2108 

Carmichael, CA 95609 

9165143247C 

Perkoff, Max 

Trombone, Piano 

12 Dorset Ln 

Mill Valley, CA 94941 

4153837111R 

4157266282C 

max@maxperkoff.com 

Recuber, Nicholas 

Acoustic & Electric Basses 

338 Pierce Run 

Newark, DE 19702 

6074174024C 

nick@nickrecuber.com 

Scanlan, Andrew 

Guitar, Drums 

2301 E Ruby Hill Dr 

Pleasanton, CA 94566 

9254250049R 

9259633827C 

andrewmscanlan@gmail.com 

Schwartz, Margot 

Violin, Viola 

1609 Prospect Ave #605 

Milwaukee, WI 53202 

4405743224C 

margotduffyschwartz@gmail.com 

Spurlock, Gulnar 

Violin 

220 Menlo Oaks Dr 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

6508531980R 

6502833311C 

gulnarsp@sbcglobal.net 

Stuart, Ruth Ann 

Oboe, English Horn 

509 Lisa Ct 

El Sobrante, CA 94803 

5102221505R 

5103329080C 

Thorsteinson, Krisjana 

Oboe, English Horn 

772 Fell St #2 


4159875101R 

k.thorsteinson88@gmail.com 

Zhang, Yuan 

Cello 

2015 – 19 th Ave #4 


6179701541C 

celloyuan@live.com 

The awardwinning Oakland Youth Orchestra has just returned from an exciting and successful tour of Costa Rica. 

While there, they played a sidebyside performance with the Costa Rican Youth Orchestra in the country’s National 

Theater, where the audience included the VicePresident of Costa Rica. OYO was enthusiastically received at all 

their performances, though many in the audience had 

never heard an orchestra before. 

OYO had an exciting World Premiere of Manteq 

atTayr (Language of the Birds), written by Bay Area 

Persian composer Omid Zoufonoun, at their Spring 

Concert at the Scottish Rite Center. Also, OYO has 

been awarded an NEA grant for their 201011 season 

commission of a work by Hector Armienta. 

New members are always welcome to the Oakland 

Youth Orchestra. New member auditions are being held 

on August 19 & 20. For more information or to get an 

audition application, please visit our website at oyo.org. 

The awardwinning Oakland Youth Orchestra.


Member Profile: BENNY BARTH by Bob Jones 

Benny Barth is a Local 6 jazz drummer 

who came up during the golden age 

of jazz. He was a founding member of 

The Mastersounds in the late fifties, 

and in the sixties played with Vince 

Guaraldi on the famous “Linus and 

Lucy” tune. As a casual musician, he 

played with many of the greats who 

came through the Bay Area, and is still 

active today. This article first appeared 

in The Jazz Times magazine in 1993, 

and has been edited for space. The full 

version can be found on the Local 6 

website. 

Benny Barth was born in 1929 in 

Indianapolis, IN, to Lucy and Jake Barth. 

As a child, Benny could be found beating 

on his mother’s pots and pans. He later 

took tap dancing lessons and also played 

the trumpet, but dropped it when he 

noticed the girls liked him better as a drummer. In 1941, 

his Uncle Ben Caldwell, for whom Benny was named, 

bought him a set of drums. In grade school he organized a 

band, and in high school, Benny was playing drums in the 

orchestra and concert band and practicing many hours a 

day. 

Benny’s memories of his Indianapolis days are filled with 

the great players he listened to and played with in that 

Midwest jazz center. Among these were bassists Leroy 

Vinnegar and Max Hartstein, trombone players Slide 

Hampton and the Hampton Family Band, Jimmy Coe, 

Willy Baker, Jerry Coker and Pooky Johnson on tenor 

sax, the Montgomery brothersWes, Buddy, and Monk, 

Freddy Hubbard, John Bunch and Fred Williamspiano, 

Lee Katzman, Al Kiger and Conte Condolitrumpet, pianists 

Jack Coker and Al Plank, and a number of Indianapolis 

drummersEarl “Fox” Walker, Hal Grant, Charlie 

Mastropaolo, Sonny Johnson, and Dr. Willis Kirk, who later 

became president of San Francisco City College. Benny 

credits Indianapolis bigband leader Barton Rogers with 

teaching him to play the high hat on the second and fourth 

beat. 

Sponsored by Willis Kirk, Benny became the only white 

member of the musical fraternity B. S. of I., the Bebop 

Society of Indianapolis. They presented local musicians in 

concert and gave scholarships to deserving students at the 

Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. Meetings were held 

every Sunday at members’ houses. “To open the meeting,” 

Benny says, “we would stand in a circle with our arms 

around each other and each one had to scat two choruses 

of Dizzy’s Oolya Koo. When the meeting was at our house 

and my parents saw that going on, why, they couldn’t 

believe it.” 

During the last day job he held (at the 

RCA Victor record distributorship in 

Indianapolis in 1949), Benny needed 

to get off early one day because Buddy 

Rich was holding a clinic at Indiana 

Music Company, where Benny took his 

drum lessons. The clinic started at 4:30, 

but Benny couldn’t get off work until 

5:00. By the time he got to the clinic, the 

place was jammed. His teacher, Buck 

Buchanan, motioned for him to come 

closer to the front, and Rich had to stop 

his presentation and wait for Benny to 

find a place. Rich looked at Buchanan 

and asked who this young fellow was. 

“That’s Benny Barth. He’s a bebop 

drummer,” Buchanan said. “Come in 

and sit down, Barth,” Buddy Rich said. 

“There’s room for bop here.” 

The fi rst drummers to impress Benny 

were connected with traveling big bands. Gene Krupa 

came through Indianapolis with Goodman, and Benny 

wanted to be just like him. But his friend, Lee Katzman, 

who cut high school and went on the road with one of the 

touring bands, told Benny to listen to drummers like Jo 

Jones, Big Sid Catlett, Dave Tough, and George Whetling. 

“As soon as I started listening to these drummers, I realized 

that there is so much more to playing music than I had 

thought. There is the feeling part. The drummer’s job is to 

make the whole band play. To kick it into gear. To do this, 

you have to have a feeling for what the music is about.” 

So Max Roach, Kenny Clark, Roy Haynes, Philly Joe, and 

especially Art Blakey, became Benny’s models. When he 

thinks of the influence these players had upon him, Benny 

turns philosophical about his calling. “I realized that the 

drums are as much a musical instrument as the violin. 

I learned to tune my drums to the style of music being 

played. You do not need a massive array of drums and 

cymbals to be a jazz drummer. A high hat, a snare, a bass 

drum, a good twentyinch cymbal are the basics.” 

Warmed up to the intricacies of drumming, Benny goes 

on: “drums color the music, and in that sense, they are 

the most important instrument. You can get many different 

sounds out of just your snare drum. Drummers have their 

characteristic sound. Some say I sound something like 

Blakey or Max Roach. So be it. I don’t care. I don’t mind 

being mentioned with those two. But I think I have my own 

sound. It can take ten years or longer to find your own 

sound.” 

Benny says his greatest musical memory was going on 

the road with the Montgomery brothers and forming the 

group called the Mastersounds. Buddy played vibes, Monk


played electric bass (the first to do so in a jazz group, 

Benny says), and Richard Crabtree played piano. Wes 

Montgomery joined them on guitar for several recording 

sessions. “When the Mastersounds started out, we lived 

together in a big house in Seattle for several months in 

1957, playing the Seattle clubs and traveling,” Benny says. 

“We rehearsed every day. It was fulltime music.” 

An especially high point in Benny’s memory is two weeks 

playing behind Jimmy Witherspoon and Ben Webster. “We 

did a lot of blues and a lot of Ellington, and we swung all 

night,” is the way Benny puts it. “The gig went from 9:00 

to 1:30, including breaks, and when the night was over 

I always asked myself, ‘How could four hours go by so 

fast’” 

From mid1957 to 1960, the Mastersounds’ home base 

was San Francisco. They appeared in local clubs and 

did gigs and festivals far and wide. “We worked real hard 

at it,” Benny says, “and our little unknown group from 

Indianapolis became recognized all around the country.” 

The Mastersounds played the first Monterey Jazz Festival 

in 1958 and also the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival. They 

played the famous Blue Note in Chicago and the original 

Birdland in New York. During those years they did albums 

for World Pacific, both live and in studio. I asked Benny 

for his favorite recordings among these, and he named 

“Stranger in Paradise” from the Kismet album and a live cut 

from the Monterey Jazz Festival of “Un Poco Loco.” 

When the Mastersounds broke up in 1960, Benny 

freelanced in the Bay Area, playing behind East Coast 

bands and the smaller groups that came through town. 

San Francisco jazz musicians worked six nights a week 

in those days, and maybe a Saturday or Sunday matinee. 

On Monday nights there were jams when everybody who 

happened to be in town got 

together at one of the clubs. 

Benny remembers playing 

the great jazz clubs that were 

still going when he moved 

west—The Blackhawk, the 

Jazz Workshop, Sugarhill, El 

Matador, the Tropics on Geary, 

the Jazz Cellar in North Beach, 

Basin Street West, the Coffee 

Gallery, and there were others. 

One of his favorite Bay Area 

gigs was being part of the house 

rhythm section at the Jazz 

Workshop with Monte Budwig on bass and Vince Guaraldi 

on piano. Benny’s light tapping drumbeats can be heard on 

the famous “Linus and Lucy” tune that came out of that era. 

Benny is happy to talk about being the drummer for Teddy 

Wilson when he came west. “Cal Tjader recommended me 

and Dean Reilly to Teddy,” Benny says, “and he picked us. 

I played brushes all night with Teddy on many gigs in the 

sixties and seventies. Helen Humes heard me with Teddy 

and Milt Hinton at one of the Concord Jazz Festivals and 

asked me to be in the group backing her. I backed some 

great singers after that—Irene Krall, Peggy Lee, Helen 

Forest, Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine, Sylvia Simms, David 

Allyn, and Jimmy Witherspoon.” 

Many Bay Area jazz enthusiasts remember Benny Barth 

from the days as house band drummer at the hungry i 

with guitarist Eddie Duran. For several years, they played 

behind stars like Barbra Streisand, Mel Torme, and John 

Hendricks. 

Benny’s long and pleasurable association with jazz 

guitarists, which began with Wes Montgomery, went on 

to include gigs with Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, 

Kenny Burrell, and Charlie Byrd. This continued in the 

Bay Area with recordings with George Barnes and the 

wonderful Ginza album on Concord Records with Eddie 

Duran and Dean Reilly. Barth’s drum playing is especially 

suited to the wide lyrical range and quickly changing feeling 

of the jazz guitar. 

During these San Francisco years, Benny was married 

to his fi rst wife, Janet, whom he met at Indiana University 

in the early fi fties. They raised “two fine girls, Kim and 

Kendall,” in Benny’s own words. In 1987, he and Janet 

parted, and Benny moved to Guerneville, California, where 

he had made many friends 

from playing at the Russian 

River Jazz Festival in the 

formative years of that event. 

He married Diane Cosgrove in 

a swinging ceremony under the 

redwood trees that featured the 

seventeenpiece Rudy Salvini 

Big Band with maybe forty 

musicians sitting in from time 

to time. 

Here along the Russian River, 

Benny has embarked on 

the third stage of his career. 

Among other local and Bay Area gigs, he plays regularly 

with the Bob Lucas trio with Tom Shader on bass. “I’ve 

played in the Lucas trio off and on for twenty years,” Benny 

said. “It’s one of my longest associations.” 

Benny has been music director of the Cotati Jazz Festival 

and is drummer for a magnifi cent group called Bay Area 

Grand Masters that features Tee Carson on piano, Vernon 

Alley on bass, and Allen Smith on trumpet. He especially 

likes to play with guitarist Randy Vincent of Petaluma, 

and they get together often just to work out. With bassist 

Gary Digman, they formed the group Momentum, which 

has played the Cotati Festival and othcr gigs. Benny also 

returns to his hometown each May to play with the George


Bennie Barth (continued) 

Freije Big Band at the starting line of the Indianapolis 500 

Speedway. 

A couple of years ago, Benny had a new garage built, and 

over it he put a big room that serves as studio, storage for 

his drum collection, and a place for a pool table and several 

sets of golf clubs. Looking at the racks of drums along one 

wall of the studio, Benny says, ‘These are vintage jazz 

drums used in orchestras and little groups. Only two of 

them were made after 1960. No rock ‘n’ roll drums here.” 

This got him talking about his craft. 

Benny on the cymbal: “A good ride cymbal will have all the 

tones of the diatonic scale in it. It will get better for maybe 

twelve years and then it might go dull and you have to fi nd 

a new one.” 

Benny on brushes: “God, I’d like to be able to fi nd 

some good jazz brushes. I did a lot of brushes with the 

Mastersounds. They were light and fl icky and felt good, but 

in time the strands would break off. After a gig I would see 

strands from my brushes on the fl oor. Now the brushes you 

can get are too stiff, and the sound isn’t as good.” 

Benny on drumming in general: “This idea of bashing and 

pumping and playing loud all the time ... there’s no reason 

for it. Good drummers can burn at a low flame. The idea is 

to play good music at any volume. I learned from listening 

to the other instruments. Listen to Gillespie, listen to Parker, 

Prez, and Jug. There is a range of feeling and tones. I also 

learned a lot from vocalists. Billie Holiday, Nat ‘King’ Cole, 

Peggy Lee. The tunes are trying to say something. I must 

know the lyrics to hundreds of tunes, and I think the lyrics 

when I play. And I love to shout some blues.” 

Benny on the importance of drumming: “A good drummer 

can make a good band great. A good drummer can make 

a dull band sound good. If the drummer ain’t making it, no 

kind of band can swing.” 

Some years ago, when he was still living in Daly City and 

had a weekend gig at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa, I 

came across Benny muttering to himself in the rest room. 

“They don’t pay us anything much, and we have to drive all 

this way, and we have to have these fl ashing lights from the 

ceiling, and nobody cares if we play good or not.. .” Here 

he wadded the paper towel he was drying his hands with 

and tossed it into the wastebasket for a perfect twopointer. 

Then he continued “but they’re not going keep me from 

playing my drums.” 

This, it seems to me, is the basic orientation of Benny’s 

ongoing life as a jazz drummer. You will still find him playing 

his drums every chance he gets. And when he’s not doing 

that, you will likely find him on the golf course at Northwood 

trying to hit his ball around a redwood tree. 

AFM CONVENTION (continued from page 4) 

as something of a wakeup call, and we are all now faced 

with the daunting task of finding alternative funding to keep 

MPF alive. 

Resolution #18: Proposed the creation of the Canadian 

Federation of Musicians (CFM), the new offi cial designation 

for all AFM activities within Canada and its territories. In 

a heartwarming display of USCanadian solidarity, the 

resolution was unanimously approved by the convention in 

an amended form. 

Many trees gave their lives to provide the reams of 

electioneering material that festooned (some would 

say cluttered) convention delegates’ tables in the days 

preceding the election of new AFM officers. The election 

results produced what can only be described as a 

wholesale change in our Union’s leadership. One could 

speculate endlessly as to how and why this happened, but 

at the end of the day, the salient issue, as perceived by the 

voting delegates, was the need to end the longstanding 

internal disputes that have had a profoundly divisive and 

financially crippling impact on our Union. Your new AFM 

officers are as follows (IEB members in order of votes 

received; * indicates incumbent): 

President 

Ray Hair (Local 72147, DallasFort Worth) 

International Vice President 

Bruce Fife (Local 99, Portland) 

Vice President from Canada 

Bill Skolnik (Local 149, Toronto)* 

SecretaryTreasurer 

Sam Folio (Local 368, Reno)* 

International Executive Board 

Vince Trombetta (Local 47, Los Angeles) 

Tino Gagliardi (Local 802, New York) 

Dave Pomeroy (Local 257, Nashville) 

Joe Parente (Local 77, Philadelphia)* 

Tina Morrison (Local 105, Spokane) 

Local 6 congratulates Presidentelect Hair and all of the 

other newlyelected AFM officers, and offers them our 

best wishes. They will need much courage, wisdom and 

luck as they set about to tackle the many challenges that 

face our Union, especially considering the very limited 

funds available to them. We stand ready to support this 

new leadership, and we offer whatever help and guidance 

that may be requested of us in the best interest of our 

members.


CBA LEADERS 

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS 

The following organizations have collective bargaining 

agreements with Local 6 that are either currently 

in effect or subject to renegotiation. Before accepting 

employment with an organization that is not listed, 

please contact a Local 6 offi cer to ensure that the 

union has negotiated a proper contract providing for 

pension contributions. It is a violation of our Bylaws 

to play or contract symphony, opera, ballet, or theater 

work in the absence of a union contract. Your reports 

will be handled confi dentially and will assist us in protecting 

union standards by obtaining agreements for 

all such work. 

American Bach Soloists 

A.C.T. (American Conservatory Theater) 

Berkeley Repertory Theatre 

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra 

California Symphony 

Festival Opera 

Golden Gate Park Band 

Grace Cathedral 

Green Street Mortuary (Funeral Bands) 

Lamplighters 

Marin Symphony 

Masterworks Chorale 

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church 

Midsummer Mozart 

New Century Chamber Orchestra 

New Millennium Strings 

Oakland East Bay Symphony 

Open Opera 

Pacific Chamber Symphony 

Park Avenue Talent (Fairmont Hotel) 

Peninsula Ballet 

Philharmonia Baroque 

Pocket Opera 

Quadre 

San Francisco Ballet 

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra 

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players 

San Francisco Opera 

San Francisco Opera Center 

San Francisco Symphony 

San Mateo County Fair 

Shorenstein Theatres, LLC 

Villa Sinfonia 

Woodminster Theater 

As of May 1, 2010, the following individuals are signatory to 

the Local 6 CBA Leaders collective bargaining agreement 

which provides for the payment of wages listed below. Any 

leader / contractor not listed who employs musicians for 

casuals must pay wages in accordance with the AreaWide 

Casual Wage Scale. 

Jack Bethards 

Michael Carney 

Earl Heckscher 

CBA LEADERS WAGE SCALE 

May 1, 2010 April 30, 2011 

2 hour casual $ 132.00 

3 hour casual 154.00 

4 hour casual 175.00 

3 hour show 207.00 

rehearsal/hour 39.00 

overtime/half hour 32.50 

Extra for single musician 25.00 

Drumset cartage 20.00 

Leader Fee 15% 

Parking 

Byrne Newhart 

Kevin Porter 

Terry Summa 

if free parking not provided or available 30.00 

New Years’ Eve 

200% x scale 

The CBA Leaders agreement includes a 22% payroll 

fee which covers the cost of assuming employer federal, 

state and workers compensation responsibilities. If a 

signator does not make the required deductions from your 

paycheck, you are entitled to receive an additional 22% as 

wages. 

United we stand. 

Divided we beg.


MINUTES OF MEETINGS 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING – 

MAY 13, 2010 

Meeting called to order at 10:45 by President 

David Schoenbrun. 

Present: Schoenbrun, Blais, Elliott, Fisher, Gray, 

Hanson, Heller, London. 

The minutes of the meeting of April 29, 2010, 

were approved without objection. 

Applications and resignations approved as 

submitted. 

NEW MEMBERS: 

Alise Ewan – violin, piano – 5/3/10 

Aaron Germain – acoustic & electric basses – 

5/12/10 

READMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP: 

Rich Lee – bass trombone, tuba – 4/29/10 

Ryo Fukuda – violin – 5/5/10 

Henry Viets – French horn – 5/10/10 

DECEASED: 

Gordon Bennett, Jr. – 4/11/10 

COMMUNICATIONS: 

From AFM President Tom Lee requesting a 

contribution to the AFM Musicians Disaster 

Relief Fund to assist union musicians affected 

by the recent severe fl ooding in Nashville, TN: 

M/S/C to donate $300. 

GENERAL BUSINESS: 

The following items were discussed: 

The 8/12/04 decision of the Board of Directors 

to selfinsure the Local 6 death benefi t: 3 

deaths were reported during the month of April; 

7 deaths have been reported this year as of 

April 30th: M/S/C to continue to selfinsure, with 

monthly Board oversight. 

Proposed terms of a new Local 6 CBA 

Leaders Agreement to be in effect from May 

1, 2010 April 30, 2011: M/S/C to approve as 

recommended by the AreaWide Casual Wage 

Scale Committee and accepted by the leaders. 

delegates voted not to support the proposed 

SitLie Ordinance. 

REPORT OF OFFICERS: 

SecretaryTreasurer Elliott reported on the 

following: 

The April 2010 fi nancial report and statement 

of accounts: M/S/C to approve expenditures for 

April as submitted. 

Business expenses charged to the Local 6 credit 

card for the month of April. 

Submitting to the AFMEPF an updated Pension 

Participation Agreement for Local 6. 

President Schoenbrun reported on the following: 

Activities and information regarding negotiations 

and contract maintenance for collective 

bargaining agreements with: Festival Opera, 

Shorenstein Theaters. 

Ratifi cation by the musicians of a oneyear 

letter of agreement between Local 6 and the SF 

Opera Center (FKA Western Opera Theater). 

Receiving signed collective bargaining 

agreements from the following employers: 

Eugene Chukhlov (SF City Chorus), Dominican 

University, Producers Associates/Woodminster. 

Meeting adjourned at 12:10 in memory of 

Gordon Bennett, Jr. and Lena Horne. 

Submitted by Gretchen Elliott, 


********* 


MAY 27, 2010 



Present: Schoenbrun, Blais, Elliott, Fisher, Gray, 

Hanson, Heller. 

Absent: London, excused. 

Annual COPE Banquet, to be held on July 

9th, by purchasing a program ad and/or dinner 

tickets: M/S/C to donate $75 in lieu of attending 

the event. 

From Local 6 member Shinji Eshima requesting 

support from Local 6 for the International 

Society of Bassists convention to be held at 

SF State University in June 2011: M/S/C to 

contribute $250. 



Proposed terms of a successor collective 

bargaining agreement (1year term) between 

Local 6 and Festival Opera: M/S/C to approve, 

subject to ratifi cation by the musicians. 

Proposed terms of a successor, prehire 

collective bargaining agreement (1year term) 

between Local 6 and the Oakland Municipal 

Band: M/S/C to approve. 

The Local 6 board policy, initially approved 

January 31, 2008, that allows for a waiver of 

initiation fees for selfcontained band members 

joining the union together: M/S/C to require that 

musicians taking advantage of this discount join 

for a minimum of two quarters, effective July 1, 

2010. Directors Fisher and Gray voted no. 





bargaining agreements with: Lamplighters, 

Shorenstein Theaters. 

Receiving signed CBA Leaders Agreements 

from four Local 6 leaders. 

Issues concerning the implementation of the 

pension rate increases mandated by the AFM 

Pension Fund’s rehabilitation plan. 


Hank Jones and James Schlader. 

Proposed terms of a prehire collective 

bargaining agreement between Local 6 and the 

San Francisco Boys Chorus for an engagement 

in June 2010: M/S/C to approve. 

A Local 6 Board policy, created through 

a collaborative effort with the Symphonic 

Oversight Committee, that establishes a process 

by which the SF Symphony, Opera and Ballet 

Orchestras will receive sufficient funds to cover 

their respective negotiation and other expenses: 

M/S/C to adopt. 

A request from backers of the California 

Marijuana Legalization Initiative for an 

endorsement by the Local 6 Board of Directors: 

after a spirited discussion, it was M/S/C to table. 

Director Fisher reported on issues discussed 

at a recent delegate meeting of the SF Labor 

Council, as follows: the delegates voted to 

support an increase in the SF hotel tax; the 

The minutes of the meeting of May 13, 2010, 



submitted. 

NEW MEMBERS: 

John Beadle – guitar, trumpet – 5/26/10 

Andrew Scanlan – guitar, drums – 5/26/10 


Xavier Mosley – drums, keyboards, vocals, 

turntables – 5/14/10 

COMMUNICATIONS: 

From the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra 

Committee thanking us for our donation in 

support of the Honolulu Symphony musicians 

during the ongoing lockout by the orchestra’s 

management. 

From the San Mateo County Central Labor 

Council requesting that we support its 31st 



********* 


JUNE 10, 2010 



Present: Schoenbrun, Elliott, Fisher, Gray, 

Hanson, Heller, London. 

Absent: Blais, excused. 

Also in attendance: Local 6 member Forrest 

Byram. 

The minutes of the meeting of May 27, 2010, 



submitted.


NEW MEMBERS: 

José Gonzalez Granero – clarinet – 6/7/10 

Krisjana Thorsteinson – oboe, English horn – 

6/8/10 


The following person appeared: 

Local 6 member Adrienne Duckworth to share 

her concerns regarding the scale that, since the 

1990s, has been negotiated as a part of Local 

6’s collective bargaining agreement with the 

Berkeley Symphony to be utilized for musicians 

engaged for ballet productions taking place at 

Zellerbach Auditorium under the auspices of Cal 

Performances. 


The 8/12/04 decision of the Board of Directors 

to selfinsure the Local 6 death benefi t: one 

death was reported during the month of May; 

eight deaths have been reported this year as of 

May 31st: M/S/C to continue to selfinsure, with 

monthly Board oversight. 



Local 6 and the Lamplighters: M/S/C to approve, 

subject to ratifi cation by the musicians. 

Director London reported that a committee 

chaired by Erin Vang has been established to 

work out the details for a social event for Local 

6 members. 


SecretaryTreasurer Elliott reported on the 

following: 

The May 2010 fi nancial report and statement 

of accounts: M/S/C to approve expenditures for 

May as submitted. 

Business expenses charged to the Local 6 credit 

card for the month of May. 


Progress in obtaining signed supplemental 

pension agreements from employers who are 

signatory to collective bargaining agreements 

with Local 6, as required by the AFM Pension 

Fund’s Rehabilitation Plan. 

Information concerning the annual Local 6 Golf 

Tournament, which is scheduled for August 9th 

at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex in Alameda. 

Receiving two copies of the recently published 

book on the history of the Golden Gate Park 

Band. 


Yvonne Loriod. 




JULY 1, 2010 



Present: Schoenbrun, Blais, Elliott, Fisher, 

Hanson, London. 

Also present: AFM Convention delegate 

Diana Dorman. 

Absent: Gray, Heller – both excused. 

The minutes of the meeting of June 10, 2010, 



submitted. 

NEW MEMBERS: 

Daryl Johnson (AFM Member: Local 11) – tuba 

– 6/14/10 

Patrick JohnsonWhitty – bassoon, contra 

bassoon – 6/14/10 

Margot Schwartz (AFM Member: Local 8) – 

violin, viola – 6/14/10 


Kenneth Olson – trumpet, piccolo trumpet, 

cornet, flugelhorn – 6/17/10 

Abraham Becker – violin – 6/21/10 



The 1st Annual Local 6 Picnic/BBQ: Director 

London reported the following: the event will 

take place on Sunday, September 5th, from 

2 – 7 p.m. at a park in the East Bay to be 

determined; and the committee consists of her, 

Erin Vang (chair), Daria D’Andrea, Steve 

D’Amico and Carole Klein. M/S/C to approve a 

budget of $500. 

Proposed terms of a oneyear extension letter 

to the current collective bargaining agreement 

between Local 6 and the California Symphony 

Orchestra: M/S/C to approve the agreement, 

which has already been ratified by the 

musicians. 



Local 6 and Villa Sinfonia: M/S/C to approve, 

subject to ratifi cation by the musicians; ST 

Elliott abstained. 

A proposal from the Local 6 web designer, Scott 

Weiss, for updating the design and functionality 

of our website, which was originally created in 

2004: M/S/C to approve the project at a cost of 

$4,950, after a 20% discount from his normal 

rates. 

Events transpiring at the 98th AFM Convention, 

which was held in Las Vegas from June 2024. 

Local 6 Delegates Schoenbrun, Elliott, Dorman, 

and Lancelle attended. 





bargaining agreements with: Festival Opera, 

Lamplighters, SF Opera, SF Opera Center, SF 

Symphony, Shorenstein Theaters. 

Progress in resolving a pay discrepancy 

affecting Local 6 string players involved in 

recording the cast album for American Idiot. 

Assisting a local ensemble with managing the 

contractual requirements for doing a recording 

project utilizing the AFM Sound Recording Labor 

Agreement. 

Details regarding the upcoming Local 6 Golf 

Tournament. 

Meeting adjourned at 1:30. 



SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE 

OFFERING FREE TEACHER LISTINGS 

FOR LOCAL 6 MEMBERS 

We have recently been notified by San Francisco Classical Voice (sfcv.org), the awardwinning website dedicated to promoting 

classical music in the greater Bay Area, that they will soon be adding a new search tool to help people find music teachers or 

music education programs in their area. Local 6 members are invited to sign up online today for this free listing, launching in 

early fall of 2010 http://www.sfcv.org/node/11581. By including your name in their new Music Education database, you will 

help potential students find you while increasing the possibility of expanding your own teaching opportunities and income. 

Contact Eric at eric@sfcv.org for more information. 

Also, don’t forget that Local 6 already offers a free listing for teachers on its website. To date, this benefit has been greatly 

underutilized by the membership. To sign up, contact Alex at alex@afm6.org.


EXPENDITURES 

The Board of Directors approved the 

expenditures listed below for the month of 

April 2010. 

Gross Salaries 

President 6,327.99 

SecretaryTreasurer 5,769.66 

Assistants 15,898.86 

Board of Directors 1,354.92 

Stenographers 3,919.62 

Total $ 33,271.05 

Other Expenses 

Employer Payroll Taxes 5,517.15 

Employer Pension 3,247.39 

Workers Compensation 664.86 

Health Insurance 4,679.63 

Reimbursed Med. Exp. 382.00 

AFM Per Capita Dues 18,180.00 

SF Labor Council Dues 200.00 

State Fed. of Labor Dues 325.00 

Alameda Labor Council 100.00 

North Bay Labor Council 108.00 

San Mateo Labor Council 90.00 

Postage 671.18 

Supplies & Services 730.07 

Telephone 319.59 

Offi ce Equip. & Rental 10.50 

Repairs & Maintenance 50.00 

Misc. Offi ce Expense 226.72 

Donations 50.00 

Miscellaneous Stewards 400.00 

Offi cers’ Expense 166.50 

Committee Expense 168.31 

Miscellaneous Taxes 260.27 

Legal Retainer 1,200.00 

Legal Other 225.00 

Organizing & Recruitment 200.00 

Musical News 1,559.64 

Printed Contracts 551.88 

Building Repairs & Upkeep 917.00 

Building Supplies 127.28 

Property Taxes 3,837.90 

Building Outside Services 263.25 

Utilities 401.48 

Death Benefits 4,000.00 

Music for Member Funeral 332.43 

Flowers 215.10 

Total $ 50,378.13 

The Board of Directors approved the 

expenditures listed below for the month of 

May 2010. 

Gross Salaries 

President 3,163.99 

SecretaryTreasurer 3,846.44 

Assistants 10,666.56 

Board of Directors 1,064.58 

Stenographers 2,595.26 

Total $ 21,336.83 

Other Expenses 

Employer Payroll Taxes 1,632.28 

Employer Pension 2,161.66 

Health Insurance 3,767.89 

Reimbursed Med. Exp. 485.66 

SF Labor Council Dues 200.00 

State Fed. of Labor Dues 325.00 

Postage 271.40 

Supplies & Services 365.83 

Telephone 309.40 

Offi ce Equip. & Rental 10.50 

Donations 625.00 

Miscellaneous Stewards 400.00 

Offi cers’ Expense 289.45 

Accounting 4,900.00 

Offi cers Liability Insurance 1,921.20 

Legal Retainer 1,200.00 

Legal Other 110.04 

Legal Negotiations 511.00 

Organizing & Recruitment 937.50 

AFM Delegates 688.14 

State Legislative Conf. 45.39 

Building Supplies 63.49 

Building Outside Services 263.25 

Piano Tuning 130.00 

Utilities 451.40 

Death Benefits 6,000.00 

Total $ 28,065.48 

Did you know….. 

…that San Francisco ranks 

9 th among AFM locals in 

membership size The top 

14 (as of 1/1/10) are: 

New York 8422 

Los Angeles 8163 

Montreal 3199 

Toronto 2773 

Chicago 2641 

Nashville 2552 

Washington, DC 1957 

Vancouver 1726 

San Francisco 1663 

Dallas – Ft. Worth 1646 

Boston 1617 

Minn. – St. Paul 1386 

Detroit 1093 

Houston 1044 

Coda 

Earl Cava $15 

Legislative Action Fund 

Jon Lancelle $20 

John Leones $15 

David Schoenbrun $15 

SELFPAY HEALTH & 

DENTAL PLANS FOR 

MUSICIANS 

Local 6 members now have the 

opportunity to enroll in selfpay 

group medical and dental insurance 

programs. All of the plans offer 

guaranteed acceptance and 

coverage for preexisting conditions. 

For rates and information on the 

plans, visit: 

www.afm6.org/ 

GroupHealthInsurance.htm 

Please contact Alex or Gretchen at 

Local 6 with any questions.


SUSPENDED (for nonpayment of 2nd quarter dues, updated through 7/23/10) 

Abondolo, Gianna 

Adcock, William C 

Adie, Megan 

Aloise, Sean 

Assadi, Omid 

Baber, Steven 

Bamont, Johnnie Lee 

Bennett, Donald H 

Bibbo, Stephanie 

Bowes, David D 

Bowman, Jason 

Bridges, Stuart 

Brussell, Benjamin A 

Burkert, Gene 

Burns, Dave 

Chasalow, Suzanne 

Chew, Kristi Loder 

Chun, Mary 

Clements, Tony 

Delaney, Douglas 

Della Santa, David 

Donehew, Robert M 

Einem, Jolianne 

Eriksen, Jon 

Everett, William J 

Flyer, Nina G 

Freeman, John 

Gemmer, Rebecca 

Glenn, Roger H 

Green, Dori 

Gronningen, Ellen K 

Grunberg, Peter 

Hammond, Jon 

Hassman, Bryndon 

Hinshaw, Darby 

Hogan, Austin 

Homi, Julie 

Horner, Karen E 

Johnson, Alan 

Jones, Tom 

Keigwin, Jon 

Knapp, Michael Ross 

Knight, Jonathan G 

Knight, Terri 

Kremer, Rudolph 

Lewin, Daniel 

Lewis, Tyler 

Liberatore, William C 

Lockhart, Carolyn J 

Maddala, Vivek 

Makhijani, Natasha 

MarinaTompkins, Victoria 

Matteri, Alan 

Meeks, Leslie Kim 

Menard, Steve 

Miki, Kayo Jane 

Miller, Scott 

Mulder, Darren 

Murzyn, Alexander 

Nash, Gary 

O’Shea, Anita 

Parenti, Dan 

Parish, Jeffrey D 

Park, Jason 

Parvulescu, Florin 

Peterson, David Wright 

Phelps, Timothy W 

Pinsker, Anne 

Prince, Ben 

Quigley, Joe 

Regan, James Patrick 

Revelo, Dean D 

Riccardi, Barbara 

Riccardi, Noah 

Rodseth, James 

Rojansky, Abby 

Rosenfeld, Alex 

Sanchez, Lisa 

Santana, Salvador 

Satterford, Robert B 

Scaggs, William 

Schillaci, Joseph 

Severance, Nanci 

Shaul, Aaron 

Shelley, Ryder 

Siderman, Ruth Kahn 

Sparling, Kent 

Spears, Timothy 

Staller, Glenn 

Steadman, Michael 

Stover, John A 

Thiessen, John 

Thorley, Douglas 

Tinsley, James 

Vetterli, Kim 

Vetterli, Richard 

Vuckovich, Larry M 

Walker, Susan L 

Walkman, Pruda B 

Warkentin, Wanda 

Welch, Nicole J 

White, Archie 

Woodcock, Robert 

Yukiko, Robin 

RESIGNATIONS (since 3/31/10) 

Goldstein, Jonathan 

Haslim, Krista 

Lee, Esther 

Lee, Rich 

Metzgar, Curtis 

Pierce, Gregor 

Robertson, Kathleen 

Runnels, Bob 

SakBrody, Zehra 

CASUAL JOB REPORTS 

Listed below are the casual leaders who have made work dues 

payments between 05/14/2010 and 07/15/2010 and the dates of 

the jobs. If any of your engagements are not listed, it is possible 

that the leader/contractor has not remitted either work dues or 

pension contributions on your behalf. In this case, please contact 

the union for assistance. 

03/09/10 Jarrett, Keith 

03/30/10 Through 

03/31/10 Werner, Kenny 

04/02/10 Klein, Carole 


04/05/10 Angels & Airwaves 

04/13/10 Brown, Pieta 

04/15/10 Sanchez, Lisa 

05/01/10 Matheson, James 


05/02/10 Kronos Quartet 

05/22/10 Porter, Kevin 





05/26/10 Carter, Ron 

05/28/10 Tolling, Mads 

05/28/10 Carter, Regina 

05/29/10 Allison, Mose 


05/30/10 Douglass, Bill 

05/29/10 Donaldson, Lou 

05/29/10 Deeter, Renee 


06/05/10 Matheson, James 


06/14/10 Newhart, Byrne 


06/17/10 Tower of Power 

06/21/10 Newhart, Byrne 


06/23/10 Tierney Sutton Band 


07/05/10 Summa, Terry 

MPF JOBS 

DATE LOCATION LEADER MUS 

05/02 Laguna Honda Hospital John Hunt 1 

05/09 Laguna Honda Hospital Jon Hammond 1 

05/23 Laguna Honda Hospital David Sturdevant 1 

05/14 Laguna Honda Hospital Michael Hatfield 1 

05/30 Laguna Honda Hospital Shota Osabe 1 

05/31 Laguna Honda Hospital John Capobianco 2 

06/11 Laguna Honda Hospital Stephanie Teel 1 

06/06 Laguna Honda Hospital Lisa Sanchez 1 

06/13 Laguna Honda Hospital Dick Snyder 2 

06/29 Laguna Honda Hospital Jon Hammond 1 

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The Stockton Symphony 

announces AUDITIONS 

Sunday, August 29, 2010 

For a TEMPORARY 1year position as: 

ACTING ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER 

Also auditioning for the following tenuretrack positions: 

SECTION VIOLIN (1st and 2nd) 

SECTION BASS 

Application deadline: August 20, 2010 

Saturday, September 11, 2010 

For the following tenuretrack positions: 

3rd HORN & TUBA 

Application deadline: September 3, 2010 

Candidates: please be advised that secondround auditions 

will be held the same day. Please send resume and 

refundable $35 deposit to: 

Stockton Symphony Association 

46 W. Fremont Street, Stockton, CA 95202 

Upon receipt of these items, qualified applicants will be sent 

excerpts and notification of scheduled audition times will be by 

telephone or email at least 48 hours prior to auditions. 

Audition repertoire is listed on our website: 

www.stocktonsymphony.org 

48hour cancellation notification required. 

Refunds will be mailed five days following auditions. 

Joanna L. Pinckney, Personnel Manager 

personnel@stocktonsymphony.org 

Auditions are anonymous and screened. 

Help wanted! 

The Corte Madera Town Band 

is now recruiting for the 

fallwinter season. 

Conductor Paid Position 

Fine players 

enthusiasts for concert band music 

Teachers 

great experience for your better students 

Rehearsals 

Thursdays 7:15 PM in Corte Madera 

Contact 

Jack Tyler, President 

tylberg@comcast.net 

4159272500 phone 

4159272540 fax 

SACRAMENTO PHILHARMONIC 

ORCHESTRA 

Michael Morgan Music Director 

Announces auditions for the following positions: 

SECTION VIOLIN 

(1 permanent position) 

SECTION VIOLIN 

(2 single season positions) 

SECTION VIOLA 

(1 permanent position) 

Auditions in September, 2010 

Visit www.sacphil.org (see “job opportunities”) 

for current information as it becomes available. 

Please email or mail your concise resume to: 

Kenneth Raskin 

Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra 

2617 K Street, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95816 

Email: kraskin@sacphil.org 

$120.00 per service plus 9.36% AFM pension contribution. 

All invited applicants will be required to submit a 

$25 refundable deposit to secure an audition spot. 

ANNOUNCING AUDITION 

Principal Horn 

Saturday, September 18, 2010 

10:00 am 4:00 pm 

To request an audition time, please send a onepage 

resume AND a $25.00 refundable check payable to 

Marin Symphony to: 

Holly Williams 

Marin Symphony 

Orchestra Personnel Manager 

748 South Meadows Parkway, Suite A9 

Reno, NV 89521 

OR 

email: honeydewflute@yahoo.com 

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE 

Requests Deadline: 

Monday, September 6, 2010


LOCAL 6 

AVAILABILITY LIST 

Members: For a listing in the 

next issue send $3.00 to Local 6 

by September 9, 2010 

Stuart Bridges 

Songwriter / Guitarist 

(925) 2741156 

Patrick Simms / Local 6 

Recording Studio 

(415) 3738874 

24track digital recording 

Pro Tools 

Large, comfortable live room 

Experienced engineer 

Complete recording services 

Remote recording available 

Special low rate for members 

Auditions for the open positions of 

3 rd flute, 

section viola, 

and section cello 

with the Marin Symphony are 

postponed indefinitely. 

We will post announcements with 

AFM Local 6 and on the Marin 

Symphony website, 

www.marinsymphony.org, 

as soon as auditions 

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West Coast Songwriters 

30th Annual 

Music Conference 

September 1012 

Foothill College, 

Los Altos Hills, CA 

www.westcoastsongwriters.org 

Two days of Seminars, Songscreenings, 

Performances, Lyric Reviews, Oneonone 

Consultations, Performance 

Showcases, Networking and more, 

including a fantastic Sunset Concert. 

Guests at this year's 30th annual 

Conference include Peter Yarrow 

and Paul Stookey (Peter Paul & Mary 

fame) ...and many more guests to 

come! Sign up now to benefit from 

reduced rates and earlier admission. 

Sponsored by ASCAP, SESAC, BMI, 

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OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY 

Michael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor 

Announces an audition for the following position: 

Section Bass (Third Stand, Inside) 

Auditions will be held in Oakland on 

Monday, October 18, 2010 

Deadline for applications is October 8, 2010 

Qualifi ed applicants please send a concise resume 

and a $25.00 deposit to: 

Oakland East Bay Symphony 

400 – 29 th Street, Suite 501 

Oakland, CA 94609 

Att: Carl Stanley, Orchestra Personnel Manager 

(Please note: the Symphony offi ce address changes 

as of August 27 – check our web site at that time 

for the new address information) 

A list of the audition repertoire and other relevant information 

will be mailed to the candidate upon the receipt and 

acceptance of the resume. No phone calls please. 

Further information will be posted on our web site 

at www.oebs.org. Email questions to cstanley@oebs.org 

Proudly serving the San Francisco musician community 

since 1922 

Oakland East Bay Symphony is a regional (perservice) orchestra. 

The base rate of pay for the 20102011 season is $130.00 per service. 

Management also makes a 7.8% pension contribution to the AFM/EPF 

musicians pension fund on all basic compensation. The 20102011 

season consisted of six subscription sets with concerts at the 

Paramount Theatre. There was a guaranteed total of 31 subscription 

services. Additional reduced orchestra work is also offered.

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