Professional Musicians of Arizona
We are the Arizona connection for music and musicians! Our members and officers, from various backgrounds and genres, have a purpose that is singular and common - to serve the professional musician and the musical needs of our community.
We care about live music!
If you are looking for entertainment to complement your next event, you will appreciate our free referral service. If you are a musician looking to find contacts and information, see what the benefits of membership can be.
The Winter 2012 issue of The Pitch is now online. Members please login to view the Winter 2012 edition online. If we have your email address you will also receive one there.
AFM & Recording Industry Strike New 3-Year Labor Deal: The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) and the major recording companies struck a new three-year labor deal just before midnight on October 27, 2011. The new agreement, which becomes effective upon ratification, calls for scale wage increases across the board, as well as other economic improvements, in contrast to the current climate of deep concessionary bargaining in many industries. More . . .
DO NOT ACCEPT WORK FROM THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA, INC.: As we all know, the musicians of the Louisville Orchestra have been engaged in a lengthy negotiation with their management. They have repeatedly been threatened by their board with being replaced by other musicians. And now, after a final ultimatum, the Louisville Orchestra, Inc. has begun recruiting replacement musicians.
Both the Louisville Orchestra, Inc. and the Kentucky Opera have been placed on the American Federation of Musicians' (AFM) International Unfair List, and accepting work from these two groups could generate fines and penalties. But it is not just the Unfair List that should deter anyone from accepting this work--the fact is that it would simply be wrong to do so. More. . .
Read the latest on the AFM Legislative Action Fund (AFM’s political action committee, “PAC”) called “Help Congress Help Musicians” and a new membership drive for Friends of AFM called “Chorus of Voices.”
