Sites of ICSOM Conferences

Date Site Highlights (or important related events)
May, 1962 Chicago "Symposium of Symphony Orchestra Delegates"
Sept., 1962 Cleveland  
First Senza Sordino published in January, 1963
June, 1963 Rochester Full slate of officers elected
Sept., 1963 St. Louis Bylaws formulated
1964 Washington DC Rapid Communication Center established
1965 Toronto Emergency Relief Fund established
1966 Los Angeles  
Ford Foundation Grants Began
July, 1967 Cleveland Special one-day meeting to discuss taping
Sept., 1967 Houston Conductor evaluation program established
1968 Detroit Legal counsel retained
Conference status granted January 21, 1969
1969 Baltimore  
1970 Chicago Standing committee on media created
AFM Strike Fund effected September 15, 1970
1971 Seattle Model contract clauses presented
1972 Montreal First ICSOM Directory published
NLRB jurisdiction effected
1973 Cincinnati  
1974 San Francisco San Francisco tenure case discussed
1975 Indianapolis First ICSOM Kit distributed
1976 Denver Music Assistance Fund liaison established
1977 Cleveland Major Managers address delegates
1978 San Diego Minority-group musicians a focus
1979 Minneapolis Quality of Work Life focus; Mendelson Fund established
1980 Portland Federation work dues at issue
1981 Milwaukee SOB A-V contract announced; Quality of Work Life focus
1982 Los Angeles Conductor evaluations computerized
Full-time AFM Symphony Department created
1983 Baltimore ICSOM Emeritus established
Ratification bylaw adopted by AFM
1984 Louisville ICSOM leadership structure reorganized
ROPA Formed
1985 San Francisco Music medicine survey announced; change of legal counsel
1986 Atlanta Oakland Symphony bankruptcy announced
1987 Salt Lake City ICSOM's 25th Anniversary; Summit, Structure committees
1988 Buffalo Trade Division concept discussed
Seattle decertifies
1989 Aspen  
AFM amends bylaws to give player conferences voice at AFM convention, mandate local services
1990 Orlando Union finances/services examined
Roehl Report adopted
1991 Vail, CO First non-hosted conference
1992 Vail, CO ICSOM’s 30th anniversary
1993 Park City, UT ASOL reports discussed; minority student scholarship established
1994 Vail, CO  
Florence Nelson succeeds Lew Waldeck at AFM SSD
1995 Vail, CO Orchestra governance, membership on boards examined
1996 Vail, CO Brad Buckley succeeded by Robert Levine as chair
1997 Vail, CO Restructuring the AFM examined; ICSOM CD-ROM
1998 Las Vegas, NV Unity Conference (ICSOM, ROPA, OCSM, RMA, TMA)
1999 Vail, CO Interest-based bargaining (IBB) presentation
2000 Louisville ICSOM, Inc., approved; new Internet agreement discussed
2001 San Diego  
Player Conference officers on AFM convention committees
2002 Ottawa, ONT Unity II with ROPA and OCSM; ICSOM’s 40th anniversary
2003 Vail, CO “Getting back to basics, looking ahead to the future”
2004 Salt Lake City “We have seen the future and it could be us” – conference dedicated to Lew Waldeck
2005 San Diego “Focus on Negotiations”
2006 Nashville, TN “What Roehl Wrought” – conference dedicated to Bill Roehl
2007 Minneapolis "Breaking the Fourth Wall"
2008 San Francisco  

Unless otherwise noted, ICSOM conferences were held in late August or early September.

Symposia of symphony orchestra representatives and local union officers have been held under the auspices of the American Federation of Musicians. Although ICSOM officers and delegates attended, these were not ICSOM conferences.

July, 1960 New York City  
October, 1962 New York City  
October, 1963 New York City  
October, 1969 New York City  
March, 1971 New York City  
May, 1986 Chicago  
January, 2003 Chicago (media)
July, 2003 Chicago  
February, 2005 Chicago (media)