Senza Sordino Volumes 21 - 40

Volumes 1-20 | Volumes 41-present

Volume 21, #1 November 1982

• What Is ICSOM? - a history
• ICSOM Treasurer Palanchian Seeks Union Office
• Milestone - Berlin hires woman musician
• Lewis Waldeck Named ICSOM National Director of Legislative Action
• Utah Musicians Ratify One-Year Pact
• Bravo, Henry, and Thanks - tribute to Henry Shaw
• Report Indianapolis Symphony Settlement
• New NPR Agreement
• Well Said! - Toledo musician praises ICSOM
• Milwaukee Musicians Agree to Concessions

Volume 21, #2 December 1982

• Major Settlements
• Chicago Symphony Contract Reached after 3-Week Strike
• New York Philharmonic Tries New Approach in Negotiations
• Ralph Mendelson Memorial Prize Awarded - to Mark Volpe
• A New Computerized Conductor Evaluation Form
• An Important Reminder - ICSOM dues deadline

Volume 21, #3 February 1983

• Drama, Tension Characterize Syracuse Negotiations
• Legislative Action Report
• ICSOM Committees Study Auditions, Condition of Printed Music
• Congratulations! - to Palanchian and Waldeck on new posts
• A Step in the Right Direction - dues go down in Louisville
• 1982-83 Symphony Wage Chart
• Florida Symphony Musicians Ratify Two-Year Pact
• From the Editor's Desk - twenty years of Senza Sordino

Volume 21, #4 April 1983

• Nine Days in December: Strike and Settlement in Detroit
• Life in the Symphony Department: A Report to the ICSOM Orchestras
• Zenone Leads Workshop in Indianapolis
• A Taxing Problem - ICSOM fights home studio case
• British Study Confirms NIHL Danger - report on British study on hearing loss in orchestra musicians
• Dialog - ICSOM Executive Committee Meets with Managers
• Palanchian Resigns: Burrell Appointed
• ICSOM's Media Committee
  

Volume 21, #5 June 1983

• The Argument for Taped Auditions
• ICSOM and IVASI - ICSOM does not endorse service
• What ICSOM Means to Louisville
• A Recommendation - review of Auditions are Just the Beginning, published by Association of Canadian Orchestras
• Baltimore Hosts ICSOM Annual Conference
• ICSOM Conference in Focus - message from ICSOM Chair Fred Zenone
• A Model for Others - ICSOM cited in "Union Democracy Review"
• Legislative Action Report
• In the Cause of Peace - musicians perform concerts dedicated to peace

Volume 21, #6 August 1983

• Collaboration Pays Off: Denver Settles Early
• From the Editor's Desk - artistic advisory committees and ICSOM conductor evaluations
• Ratification, Reimbursement Resolutions Adopted by AFM
• ICSOM Officers Meet with Major Managers, Serve on Panel
• Chicago Lyric Opera Settlement
• US Musicians in Canadian Orchestras

Volume 22, #1 October 1983

• Delegates Convene in Baltimore: 1983 ICSOM Conference Focuses on Financial and Artistic Matters
• We Remember George Zazofsky - ICSOM's first chairman
• New ICSOM Kits Presented to Delegates
• Tax Case Victory!
• Senza Sordino to Go to Unions, Managements
• Officers Elected at Conference

Volume 22, #2 December 1983

• A New Vision for the Met and its Orchestra
• Settlement Summaries
• Tax Case Update
• Where Does All the Money Go?: Treasurer's Report

Volume 22, #3 February 1984

• Los Angeles Uses Tapes for Auditions
• Negotiation Update
• ICSOM to Offer Service for Retired Musicians
• Zenone Gives Workshop in San Antonio
• 1983-84 Symphony Wage Chart
• Detroit Musicians Help Select New Music Director
• A College Course Examines Stage Fright

Volume 22, #4 April 1984

• ICSOM and the Utah Symphony
• Tripartite Ends in Seattle
• Tempest in a Purse?
• Oakland Modifies Core Orchestra Concept
• Negotiation Update - New Jersey, Oakland, Seattle
• ICSOM Legal Counsel Reviews 1983 Settlements, Notes Significant Trends
• The World's Greatest Locker?

Volume 22, #5 June 1984

• Study Examines Stereotypes of Orchestra Musicians
• A New Approach to Solving Problems - address of Stephen Sell to the 1983 ICSOM Conference
• ASOL, NAM Announce New Study - on issues related to the performance of orchestra music in America
• Unions to Work Together - DC unions meet about upcoming Kennedy Center negotiations
• 1984 ICSOM Conference in Louisville
• A Look at Musician Discontent - study by psychologist

Volume 22, #6 August 1984

• An Index of Symphony and Opera Musicians - plans by CSO musician to publish historical listing
• Strike Fund, ERF News
• A Problem with Auditions - on error-laden excerpts
• Music For Young Audiences - Utah musicians compile list
• Senza Sordino Indexes - Volumes 19 through 22

Volume 23, #1 October 1984

• ICSOM Reorganizes in Louisville - 1984 Conference
• Welcome to ICSOM, St. Paul
• Settlement Summaries - Alabama, Honolulu, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, SF Opera
• Mendelson Prize Awarded - to Lauren Lavine

Volume 23, #2 December 1984

• Code of Ethical Audition Practices Approved by ICSOM, MOMC
• ROPA Is Formed
• ICSOM Committees
• Symphony Softball - orchestras slug it out
• Code of Ethical Audition Practices
• Settlement Summaries - Baltimore, Florida Symphony strike, Louisville strike, National, Philadelphia
• Letters - Gordon Peters writes about auditions

Volume 23, #3 February 1985

• Music Medicine
• Concern Over Use of Beta Blockers
• 1984 Aspen Conference
• Music Assistance Fund Orchestral Fellowship Update
• President's Council Meets in Chicago
• Liaison Committee Meets in New York
• St. Louis Has Physical Fitness Program
• 1984-85 Wage Chart
• Settlement Summaries - Florida Symphony, Louisville, New Orleans, SF Symphony

Volume 23, #4 April 1985

• A Look at Two European Orchestras
• Oklahoma, Minnesota Musicians Play for Famine Relief
• Another Perspective on Stage Fright
• 1985 Music Medicine Symposia
• The Association For Classical Music
• Settlement Summaries - Kennedy Center, Louisville, Rochester, SPCO, San Antonio

Volume 23, #5 June 1985

• San Antonio Strike Ends
• Preliminary Sound Level Survey Report
• Orchestras Seek Solutions to Decibel Dilemma
• ICSOM Conference in Focus - 1985 Conference plans
• Special Committee on Sound Levels Meets in Chicago
• New ICSOM Directory is Published
• ICSOM Legal Counsel Review Settlements
• Settlement Summaries - San Antonio
• Margaret Lucchesi Obituary

Volume 23, #6 August 1985

• Australian Group Studies Sound Levels Problem
• ICSOM Officer Profiles
• Feedback - editor responds to numerous comments
• Sightreading from Hell - "excerpt"
• Settlement Summaries - Phoenix
• Index to Volume 23

Volume 24, #1 October 1985

• ICSOM Convenes in San Francisco
• Minnesota Musicians, Union Agree on Representational Costs
• SPCO Project Promotes Overview - musicians, staff and board meet for retreat, try to advance
• Seattle Musicians Achieve Work Dues Reduction, Definition of Union Benefits
• Settlement Summaries - Chicago, Oklahoma, Oregon

Volume 24, #2 December 1985

• Atlanta Symphony Players Fund Salary Increases
• Music Assistance Fund Update
• New Music Medicine Clinics, Journal Debut
• Liaison Committee Meets in New York
• Milwaukee Symphony Offers Seminars - preventing injuries
• Settlement Summaries - Baltimore, Detroit,
• Houston, Minnesota, NY Philharmonic, Seattle, St. Louis
• Committee Continuity - advice from old hand to new

Volume 24, #3 February 1986

• Employers May Fail to Remit Money Deducted from Wages
• Diet and Drugs Implicated in Hearing Loss
• Music Medicine Publications Available to Musicians
• Letter - New Orleans musician complains about new music
• 1985-86 Wage Chart
• Chicago Musicians Give Peace Concert
• The Performing Arts Labor Relations Amendments
• Settlement Summaries - Milwaukee, Oakland

Volume 24, #4 April 1986

• Medical Survey Becomes a Reality
• North Carolina Musicians Start Summer Season
• Delegate Structure Vital to ICSOM Delegates
• ICSOM: A Review
• Minnesota Musicians Work With Joseph Gingold
• San Antonio Union Holds Health Fair
• Former Senza Sordino Editor Vance Beach Dies

Volume 24, #5 June 1986

• Fuentealba Convenes Symposium in Chicago - on orchestras, work dues, and locals
• 1986 ICSOM Conference in Atlanta
• Symphony Department Goes Online with Computer Bulletin Board
• Houston Musicians Play Challenger Memorial Concert
• My First ICSOM Conference - Florence Nelson's experiences as new delegate
• Instrument Transportation Committee Examines Airline Policies
• The Pittsburgh Symphony and ICSOM
• Settlement Summaries - Oklahoma
• San Francisco Violinist Retires After Fifty Years
• Poetry Corner - a rhyming petition for time off

Volume 24, #6 August 1986

• The Detroit Symphony and Local 5
• Kennedy Center and National Symphony to Affiliate
• Conductor Evaluation Forms Can Be Used For Optional Questions
• ICSOM Computer Committee Plans Questionnaire
• Con Sordino - Chicago musician maintains mute collection
• Settlement Summaries - Houston, NYC Opera, North Carolina
• Retrospective - Tom Hall's final column

Volume 25, #1 October 1986

• How Do You Spell Relief? - Fuentealba answers questions at 1986 Conference
• What Is Going On In ICSOM
• New Officers Chosen at Conference
• Chairman's Report
• Thank You, Frederick Zenone - for six years as ICSOM chair
• Settlement Summaries - Utah, Atlanta, Metropolitan Opera, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo
• Henry Shaw - lauded in 1986 Conference resolution
• Chickens, Blood, Swords - symphonies in the pit
• Recording Problems

Volume 25, #2 December 1986

• Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Oakland Symphony Update
• Boston: The Inside Story - negotiations
• San Diego Philharmonic Formed - after symphony management cancels season
• Change in Governing Board - resigning member replaced
• Settlement Summaries - Denver, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Boston, Oregon

Volume 25, #3 February 1987

• Collective Ideas: What Color Is Your Collar?
• Honolulu Symphony Strike: A Voyage of Discovery
• 1986-87 Wage Chart
• Settlement Summaries - Honolulu, Dallas
• News - San Antonio musicians reject concessions; board cancels season

Volume 25, #4 April 1987

• A Healthier Environment for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Update on the Medical Care of Musicians
• 1986 Aspen Conference - music medicine gathering
• Work Dues: Do You Get What You Pay For?
• Calendar of Meetings
• Health Care Cost Containment
• Music Medicine Clinics
• Overuse Syndrome in Musicians: An Historical Review

Volume 25, #5 June 1987

• 1987 ICSOM Conference in Salt Lake City: Highlights
• "Playing Hurt" Conference in Minnesota
• Milwaukee Symphony Gets Brainy Ideas - neurologist gives prevention seminars
• Letters - on alternative medicine and musicians, Local 802 employee assistance program
• Historical Perspective on Our 25th Anniversary
• LA Players Negotiate
• Settlement Summaries - Alabama, San Diego

Volume 25, #6 August 1987

• The ICSOM Medical Questionnaire
• The Use of Beta Blockers by ICSOM Musicians
• Focus: Stage Fright as a Severe Problem
• Focus: Severe Musculo-skeletal Problem in the Left Hand
• Music Medicine Clinics

Volume 26, #1 October 1987

• Union Networking Takes On Global Proportions -Japanese musicians contribute to musicians in Oakland and San Diego
• New York Philharmonic Raises a Ruckus in Caracas - helps local orchestra in dispute
• ICSOM to Increase Service to Member Orchestras
• New Officers Elected
• 25th Anniversary: Gold Mine of Information is Tom Hall's Present to ICSOM
• Founding Father of ICSOM Graces Conference -Henry Shaw
• AFM Presence at ICSOM Conference
• Musical Organizations Scale to Summit - player conferences form committee
• Chairperson's Report
• Dues Increase

Volume 26, #2 December 1987

• Orchestra San Antonio Report - musicians form orchestra after cancellation of season
• The Association for Union Democracy: Leader Addresses 1987 Conference
• It Shouldn't Hurt To Be a Musician - the first "Playing Hurt" conference
• Can We Talk? - ICSOM meets with major managers group
• News - Florida Orchestra joins, Toledo leaves,
• ICSOM president resigns, new dues structure
• Settlement Summaries - New Orleans, Phoenix, National, Denver, Chicago Lyric, Houston, SF Opera, Syracuse, SPCO, Los Angeles, Rochester, Philadelphia

Volume 26, #3 February 1988

• Detroit Symphony Orchestra Settlement
• Taped Resume or Taped Audition: 1987
• ICSOM Survey
• Settlement in San Antonio
• 1987-88 Wage Chart
• ICSOM Governing Board Meeting
• Settlements - Milwaukee, Florida Symphony, San Antonio
• New Orleans Season Canceled

Volume 26, #4 April 1988

• Putting In Our Two Cent's Worth on Artistic
• Advisory Committees
• Orchestra's Efforts Come Full Circle - Baltimore musician writes about solidarity
• ICSOM Treasurer Counts $$$ for Local - Florence Nelson appointed treasurer of Local 802
• A Wind Concert for Life and Breath
• A Stall in Negotiations? - new restroom trip policy
• Lessons: ICSOM Counsel Reviews Negotiations
• 1987-88 Calendar of Meetings
• Senior Symphony Debuts This Month
• Floppy Contracts - AFM, ICSOM to get contracts on disk
• Settlement Summaries - SF Ballet, SF Symphony, St. Louis

Volume 26, #5 June 1988

• ICSOM Shuffles Off to Buffalo - 1988 Conference preview
• Some Thoughts on Representation - duties of delegates
• Seattle Future Looks Foggy
• Letters - San Francisco musician on musician input
• Elections - nominations for new officers
• Orchestra/Union Relations Not All Bad - interview with president of St. Louis local
• New Earplug Development
• Settlement Summaries - Pittsburgh, Louisville

Volume 26, #6 August 1988

• Justice For Extras
• Oklahoma Symphony Dissolved
• Conductor Evaluations Evaluated
• Looking Back - past comments about conductor evaluations
• ICSOM Orchestras Contribute over $69,000 to Colleagues in Need
• After Retirement, What? - retirement issues besides pension
• Saving the Ozone - SF musicians recycle, ban styrofoam cups
• Orchestra Finances - money management for committees
• Medical Alert - high doses of B6 may cause nerve damage

Volume 27, #1 October 1988

• The Summit Meets IEB - IEB meets with player conferences
• Seattle Leaves the AFM
• A Position Paper: Troubled Orchestras
• AFM Personnel at ICSOM Conference
• Cry Wolf! - ICSOM president raises wolves
• In Support of Open Auditions - letter from SPCO musicians
• Elections - new officers

Volume 27, #2 December 1988

• Don't Add This Fiber to Your Diet - asbestos in halls
• Letters - Vancouver musician on Seattle's leaving the AFM
• Settlement Summaries - Houston, Rochester, Utah,
• Phoenix, Florida Orchestra, Chicago, New York Philharmonic
• Strike Up the Fund - strike fund trustees meet
• Help Wanted - assistant for AFM Symphony Department
• Changes on Governing Board - Nancy Griffin resigns

Volume 27, #3 February 1989

• Life Goes On, Even During a Strike - Baltimore musicians survive 21-week strike
• Dial 466-1RAT - Baltimore hotline
• 1988-89 Wage Chart
• Negotiating Orchestras Meet
• Music Medicine Capsules
• Aspen Music Medicine Conference

Volume 27, #4 April 1989

• New Orleans: Blues in the Black - New Orleans Symphony reorganizes
• August 1989: Looking Ahead to Aspen - 1989 Conference preview
• SF Opera Takes a Stand: musicians design the perfect stand; management builds it (and did they come?)
• Pit Players Produce Perfect Pitches - opera orchestra life
• Settlement Summaries - Minnesota, New Orleans, Baltimore
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - ICSOM counsel discusses Baltimore strike

Volume 27, #5 & 6 June-August 1989

• Orchestra Players Make Significant Gains at AFM Convention
• Black Musicians in the ICSOM Orchestras
• Hiring of Rick Robinson Provokes Strong Reactions
• Robinson Responds - interview with Detroit musician
• Agenda: 1989 ICSOM Conference at Aspen
• NEA Appropriations

Volume 28, #1 October 1989

• ICSOM Moves Mountains at Aspen: 1989 Conference Overview
• The Arts Under Siege: What to Do? - arts lobbyist speaks
• What Your ICSOM Dues Buy
• Live-PALRA: Why Should We Care?
• Progress Toward a Trade Division: Consultant Recommends Evolution, Not Revolution
• Arden House Retreat Successful - Music Assistance Fund

Volume 28, #2 December 1989

• Colorado Symphony Orchestra Formed
• Settlement Summaries - Florida Orchestra, San Antonio, Metropolitan Opera, North Carolina, Detroit, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Syracuse
• Legislative Action Committee
• Calling on Congress - National musician lobbies Congress
• What Live-PALRA Means (Legally)
• Reach Out and Touch Someone - outreach programs
• John Palanchian, Former ICSOM Treasurer, Dies

Volume 28, #3 February 1990

• Congressman Sidney R. Yates: A Champion of the Arts
• January Meetings
• 1989-90 Wage Chart
• Cartoon Contest Winner - Superconductor
• Settlement Summaries - Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland, San Diego, NYC Opera, New Jersey, NYC Ballet
• The Houston Symphony Musicians' Project Fund
• Worth Noting - IEB changes phono ratification rules, NYC Ballet works with 802

Volume 28, #4 April 1990

• Doors Were Closed, Hearts Were Open - National tours USSR
• Musicians' Hazards - health and safety hazards
• A Source of Help - ACTS provides health, safety services
• Cartoon Contest Winner - Orchestra Chairs
• News - Governing Board meets, negotiating orchestras meet, IEB adopts Roehl report
• 1989 "Playing Hurt" Conference

Volume 28, #5 & 6 June-August 1990

• The State of the (Dis)Union - Buckley addresses the IEB
• 1990 Conference Preview
• The Roehl Report
• What Is a Trade Division?
• What Does the Roehl Report Mean?
• Emerson's Remarks to the Northwest Conference of AFM Locals
• Emerson's Response to ICSOM Chairman
• Keep Sending Those Cards and Letters - supporting NEA
• Guest Conductors and Tours This Past Season
• Baltimore Symphony Drives By Ramada Ithaca - musicians support hotel workers
• Cartoon Contest Winner - Know Your Conductor

Volume 29, #1 October 1990

• ICSOM Conference In Orlando: More Action Than a Theme Park!
• AFM's Problems Worsen
• Bill Roehl Sees Hope for the AFM Elections
• Electronic Media Problems: A Broken Record
• How the League's Executive Director Views the Field - Catherine French addresses Conference
• The Music Lobby - AFL-CIO lobbyist speaks about lobbying
• Antoinette Handy - NEA staffer speaks to Conference
• Chairperson's Report
• Conductor Evaluation Score: 2 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors
• Fond Farewells - three officers retire, change in counsel

Volume 29, #2 December 1990

• 52 to 52 - Philadelphia ratification vote a tie
• Florida Symphony Tribute to Bernstein
• Union Services to ICSOM Orchestras
• Orchestra Players' Associations: Whose Business Is It?
• Music to Your Ears, But Not to Your Eyes - problems with printed music
• Noteworthy - new AV agreement, Blue Ribbon panel meets

Volume 29, #3 February 1991

• Blue Ribbon Wraps Up Final Package
• 1990-91 Wage Chart
• Cartoon: Is Your Stand Partner a Space Alien?
• Letter - from Detroit musician about support from Local 5
• Rebel With a Cause - Chicago activist Wayne Barrington
• Noteworthy - St. Louis cancels Europe tour on account of Persian Gulf war, Florida Orchestra settles

Volume 29, #4 April 1991

• A Union That Marches To Its Members' Tune - profile of Hawaii local and its president
• Resolutions - to be presented at 1991
• AFM Convention
• Governing Board Meeting
• Editorial - small and large orchestras must work together
• Music Medicine News - Aspen conference, Eastman conference, textbook published
• Noteworthy - AV agreement ratified, ICSOM sends five to AFM Convention, ICSOM engages consultants

Volume 29, #5 & 6 June-August 1991

• Commentary - Buckley on the AFM and the Blue Ribbon recommendations
• ICSOM Conference Agenda
• We Sit at the Same Table, But on Opposite Sides -Torch address to ASOL
• Book Reviews - books on auditioning
• Fit as a Fiddle - exercise for musicians, review of video
• Noteworthy - Colorado musicians receive bonus

Volume 30, #1 October 1991

• 1991 Conference: The View from Vail
• Orchestras Need Services From AFM
• Reforms Will Help AFM, ICSOM
• Professionals Bring Music Copying to a High Art
• National Health Care Proposed to Cure InsuranceWoes
• Six ICSOM Orchestras Flex and Stretch
• Playing Less Hurt© Conference
• Mock Negotiation Session
• Fine Detail - Tom Hall coordinates ICSOM Conference
• Letter - anonymous string player compares principals to Hindu merchant class
• AFM President Speaks to Conference

Volume 30, #2 December 1991

• Rochester Philharmonic Musicians Honor Music Teachers
• Concertgoer's Guide Reaps Rewards for Honolulu Symphony Musicians
• Asleep at the Helm? - conductors report sleeplessness before and after performances (not during?)
• Strike Fund Trustees Meet
• "Fat" Ballerina vs. Management "Heavies" - ABT dancer discharged by lean and mean management
• Pension Pointers
• Marilyn Lauriente Sadly Missed - obituary
• ICSOM Conference: Impressions of a First-Timer

Volume 30, #3 February 1992

• Atlanta Harpist Wins Case; Management Refuses to
• Comply
• 1991-92 Wage Chart
• 1990-91 Recording Sessions
• United We Stand - NY Philharmonic musicians organize

Volume 30, #4 April 1991

• Report of the ICSOM Special Committee on Troubled Orchestras
• Orchestra Players' Associations: Part 2
• Acoustical Shields and Orchestra Musicians
• Which Earplugs to Use
• Playing (less) Hurt© Conference: Hearing
• Injured Musician Seeks Information about Joint Replacement Surgery
• Solitude of a Role Model - black hornist in Los Angeles
• Keith Robinson: In Memoriam

Volume 30, #5 & 6 June-August 1992

• New York Philharmonic Forms Cooperative Council
• Playing (less) Hurt© Goes South for the Winter
• An LTD Is Not a Ford - long-term disability insurance
• Worth Noting - ICSOM Chairperson Buckley attends IEB
• ICSOM Turns Thirty
• Cartoon: The Natural Tuba

Volume 31, #1 October 1992

• 1992 Conference: ICSOM Turns Thirty; Collective Action PreVails!
• The Good Humor Man - Edward Arian speaks to conference
• AFM Attends ICSOM
• Food For Thought: Frederick Zenone Shares Ideas on Troubled Field
• Brad Buckley Issues Call to Action
• Eighteen Years of Leadership - past ICSOM chairs honored
• LA's Coalition for Culture - address by LA city staffer

Volume 31, #2 December 1992

• The NSO's Northern Exposure - National tours Alaska
• The Orchestra Librarian
• Worth Noting - media committee meets with phono reps, ICSOM officers meet with ASOL, Buckley attends IEB

Volume 31, #3 February 1993

• Senza Sordino: Thriving at Thirty
• 1992-93 Wage Chart
• 1991-92 ICSOM Orchestra Recording Sessions
• ICSOM Conference Moved - from Colorado to Utah
• Worth Noting - Roehl program, ICSOM meetings
• The Book - The Musician's Survival Manual: A Guide to the Prevention and Treatment of Injuries in Instrumentalists, published by ICSOM

Volume 31, #4 June 1993

• A Tsorris with a Fringe on Top: A Primer on Employee Benefits
• ICSOM Conference Highlights - preview

Volume 32, #1 October 1993

• ICSOM Conference 1993: No Picnic in Park City
• ICSOM, the ASOL, and Orchestras in Crisis
• Bruce Wade Remembered
• 25 Symphonies Doomed to Die - reprint of 1970 UPI article
• Letters - from Philadelphia musician protesting viola joke; response from editor
• The Foundation Trilogy: Patronage, Philanthropy, and the Modern Arts Funder - address by Marion Godfrey of the Pew Memorial Trust

Volume 32, #2 December 1993

• Full Court Press: The Orchestra Newsletter
• Symphonic Ecology: The Demise of Orchestrus Rex
• Letter from Dallas Symphony member - protesting Buckley address; response from Buckley
• Obituaries: Daniel Majeske, Margaret Hawkins
• Mortgage as Missive - Union Privilege© mortgage program
• Newslets - new head of AFM pension fund, presidential advisory commission established, Waldeck resigns from SSD, ICSOM helps in tax case

Volume 32, #3 February 1994

• The Legal Underpinnings of the Negotiating Process
• Prepare to Board: Researching your Employers
• SenzaNet - Senza Sordino available online
• The Old Pro's Book of Handy Hints
• Product Watch - gloves, ICSOM music medicine book, mutes, percussion book, AFM-EP Fund
• Letter from St. Louis Symphony committee - about article in Alternate Fingerings
• News - Florence Nelson appointed head of SSD, Honolulu update, managers trash ASOL report, news from Milwaukee, Senza's new look, violist wins two Gold Medals, neurologists look at musicians

Volume 32, #4 May 1994

• Middle-aged Ninja Mutant Newsletter: The Complete Index to Senza Sordino
• 1993-94 Wage Chart
• 1992-93 ICSOM Orchestra Recording Sessions
• A Call for Help - musician requests marrow donors for child
• Back Issue Policy
• Newslets - Buckley, Angus to meet with IEB; Brandt, Levine meet with AFM computer group

Volume 32, #5-6 August 1994

• The Year of Negotiating (Hardly)
• ICSOM Orchestra Settlements 1993-94
• The Virtual Labor Organization
• The Maestro Mousse
• Letters - from Oregon Symphony musician proposing training program for musicians on orchestra and board committees, with response from editor
• Index to Volume 32
• Newslets - ICSOM helps win tax case for violinists

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Volume 33, #1 - November 1994

• The 1994 ICSOM Conference
• The Paradigm Chronicles: An Interview with Thomas Wolf
• 1994 Wage Chart
• Heimberg's Handy Hints, Volume II
• Obituary: Bernhard Goldschmidt
• One to a Stand? - letter from San Francisco Symphony musician
• 1994 ICSOM Conference Proceedings
• Newslets - ASOL officer on compensation and retention, DOS Orchestra on the Web, Alabama Symphony union officer moves to management

Volume 33, #2 - February 1995

• Save the NEA
• 1994-95 NEA Grants
• Friends and Foes - quotes from NEA supporters and opponents
• March to the Scaffold - NEA legislative timetable
• To-Do List - how to save the NEA
• The Los Angeles Arts Endowment - address by Los Angeles City Councilman Joel Wachs
• Newslets - Louisville Orchestra musicians given a deadline to accept downsizing demands

Volume 33, #3 - June 1995

• Save the NEA II - John Sparks of the ASOL, Lew Waldeck of ICSOM, and Mark Tully Massagli of the AFM on the NEA
• 1994-95 Wage Chart
• Letters - criticizing conductor recipe, on the frustrations of orchestra musicians, and on musician participation on orchestra boards
• Newslets - ICSOM Governing Board meetings, upcoming conferences, lobbying for recording rights, ICSOM Internet services

Volume 33, #4 - August 1995

• Tip-toeing through the TNT: The Duty of Fair Representation
• Rehearsal Police
• AFM Does Vegas - the 1995 AFM Convention
• Orchs Psychology - Syracuse Symphony musicians work with sports psychologist
• Newslets - Buffalo Philharmonic cancels summer season

Volume 33, #5 & 6 - September 1995

• Bassoonists Invade Vail - 1995 ICSOM Conference
• 1994-95 ICSOM Orchestra Settlements
• Erratica - various corrections
• Index to Volume 33
• Newslets - Symphony Orchestra Institute Founded, Chicago Symphony musicians to play for locked-out Staley workers

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Volume 34, # 1 - January 1996

• Prodigal Returns - The AFM-EP Fund
• Conductor Evaluations - Why Bother?
• Preliminary 1995-96 ICSOM Wage Chart
• 1994-95 ICSOM Orchestra Recording Sessions
• "Input is Futile: Prepare to be Ignored" - an editorial on musicians and boards
• "Pay Now - Pray Later?" - the advantages of paying tax on LTD premiums
• Handy Hints, Volume III
• Newslets - Symphony Orchestra Institute, Musicians beat IRS, Du Brul takes new job

Volume 34, # 2 - April 1996

• Death and Transfiguration - The Rebirth of the Honolulu Symphony
• In Memoriam Henry Loew
• Phono Negotiations Concluded
• Newslets - ASOL, AFM, ICSOM, ROPA meet; Symphony Orchestra Institute awards Doctoral Fellowships

Volume 34, #5 & 6 - October 1996

• New ICSOM Leadership Unveiled in Vail
• 1996 Conference Keynote Address
• Be It Resolved
• Silence In San Diego
• Orchestras In The News

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Volume 35, #1- December 1996

• Philadelphia Strike Ends
• Chair Report
• The Depreciation Deduction
• Atlanta Strike Is Over
• Striking the Job, Not the Music
• AFM Strike Fund Benefit Increased
• San Francisco Symphony Votes To Strike

Volume 35, #2- March 1997

• Restructuring the AFM
• Resurrection in Alabama and San Diego
• ICSOM Wage Chart
• Atlanta Strike
• San Francisco Strike
• CSO Alumni Association
• ICSOM Financial Report
• Editors on Art & Civilization

Volume 35, #3 - May 1997

• Rhapsody In Bluegrass - the continuing struggle of the Louisville Orchestra musicians
• RMA Opposes Dues Increase
• Orchestra-L
• Review - An Orchestra Musician's Odyssey
• Honolulu Symphony Claws its Way Back
• Wage Chart Additions
• Friends in Need
• Computer Bytes Music Copyists
• Newslets

Volume 35, #4 - August 1997

• The AFM - A Leaking Ship in Troubled Waters
• AFM Convention Highlights
• 1997 ICSOM Conference
• The Musician's Survival Manual
• The ICSOM CD-ROM
• The Musicians' Chair
• Harpists, Cellists, Short Musicians Unite! - another chair
• Rhapsody In Bluegrass, Part II
• Newslets

Volume 35, #5 & 6 - October 1997

• In Search of a Real Fix - Players Conferences join forces
• 1997 Conference News
• Chicago Lyric Opera Settles
• Voicings - thanks from Jacksonville, letter from Indianapolis musician about conference, letter from Grant Park musician about donating sick leave
• Houston Settles
• 1997 Conference Action
• PCC Forms ITF, Meets IEB
• Newslets

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Volume 36, #1- January 1998

• Dues & Don'ts
• Book Review: Organizing Genius
• Rhapsody in Bluegrass, Part III
• Voicings
• Newslets

Volume 36, #2- March 1998

• Musicians Meet at Meany
• ITF Progress Report
• ICSOM 1997-98 Wage Chart
• Campaigning from the Bass Line
• Message from the ICSOM Board
• Voicings (from the Meany Center)
• Newslets (from the pits)

Volume 36, #3- May 1998

• Kansas City Joins ICSOM
• Dissonance: Dissent in the AFM
• On The Road To UNITY
• Voicings
• MB and MSO
• Petrillo: Leader of the Ban
• Missing Pieces in Mellon's Puzzle
• The Athletic Musician
• Index to Senza Sordino, Vol. 34 & 35
• Newslets

Volume 36, #4- July 1998

• Dissonance to Consonance: Roehl Report Seeks Resolution
• Promise Breakers: The Unraveling of Blue Ribbon
• New "Evergreen" Era in Kansas City
• Editorial: The Communist/Capitalist State of the Union
• Simon
• ICSOM Financial Statements 1996-97
• Newslets

Volume 36, #5 - October 1998

• Unity Conference Report
• The ITF Proposals
• Are We There Yet?
• High Note, Right on Key
• 5,000 Miles of ICSOM Orchestra News
• ICSOM Conference Resolutions
• Voicings
• Newslets

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Volume 37, #1- January 1999

• Hear Today - Gone Tomorrow
• New York Philharmonic Supplemental Pension Fund
• Report from the Chair
• Orchestra Musicians Answer Union's Call
• Professional Unions on the Rise
• Do Millionaires Need a Union?
• Newslets - Unions win with the Supremes, Rio Rises

Volume 37, #2- April 1999

• Domestic Partner Benefits in Orchestra
• ICSOM Board De-Bassed!
• Directory Updates and Corrections
• 1998-99 Wage Chart
• Voicings - Feedback on Hearing Loss, Non-for-profit Millionaires
• Tour de Farce

Volume 37, #3- June 1999

• The 1999 AFM Convention - A Chance for Salvage, or for Sinking Deeper?
• Why ITF Matters
• 1999 ICSOM Conference Preview
• Newslets - Boston Tour cancelled due to war in Kosovo

Volume 37, #4- August 1999

• Musicians Exchange Roles - Australian Up, Minnesotan Down Under
• ICSOM Financial Statement FY 1997-98
• An ICSOM-Eye View of the AFM Convention
• Voicings - letter from Sam Denov

Volume 37, #5- October 1999

• The AFM Convention
• A Week in the Life of ICSOM
• Interest-based Bargaining
• ICSOM@Work
• 1999 ICSOM Resolutions
• Senza Sordino Makes the Rounds
• Voicings - AFM-EP Fund disability provisions
• Newslets - Charlotte in, Simons' legal bill paid

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Volume 38, #1 - January 2000

• Three Strikes, We're Out - Toronto, NYC Ballet, Atlanta Ballet
• Reports from the Field - AFM & TDU Conventions, Music and the Internet
• More Professionals Join Unions
• Scab Alert
• World Trade Organization
• Voicings - dispute in Halifax
• Newslets - 2000 Conference announcement, Dreith moves on, Milwaukee Symphony goes to Cuba

Volume 38, #2 - March 2000

• Our Successors: Performing in solidarity or as scabs?
• ICSOM Financial Statements FY89/99
• Empty Seats - What can we do?
• MPTF brings orchestras to airwaves
• MMB Music reaches middle age
• ICSOM Wage Chart 1999/2000
• AFM reform gets high marks
• Voicings - Electronic Media Forum

Volume 38, #3 - June 2000

• New Internet Agreement reached
• Closing cadence
• ICSOM conference 2000
• A bit of history and advice - on outreach programs reaching into musicians' pockets
• The nonprofit paradigm
• Voicings

Volume 38, #4 - August 2000

• Who represents you?
• Index to Senza Sordino Volumes 36 & 37
• Actors strike advertising industry
• Supreme Court rules on job bias
• Newslets
• ICSOM conference 2000

Volume 38, #5 - October 2000

• Introspection at ICSOM
• Florida Philharmonic settles under duress
• Theater musicians face challenges
• Voicings
• ICSOM musicians rally for Louisville nurses
• Atlanta Ballet settles
• ICSOM Conference resolutions
• ICSOM revisited
• Senza Sordino wins national awards

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Volume 39, #1 January 2001

• A step forward, a look back
• Committees and such
• Age discrimination
• St. Louis survey of 1958
• Voicings
• Florida Philharmonic strike - conclusion

Volume 39, #2 March 2001

• Why ICSOM?
• Some plain talk about symphony orchestras
• Launching ICSOM into the new millenium
• Voicings
• Comparative Salaries 1952-2000
• Evolution of the Committee Chair Part I: The Interview
• Evolution of the Committee Chair Part II: Freefall Twelve Minutes
• Richmond Symphony Buy-out
• Newslets

Volume 39, #3 June 2001

• ICSOM in the CyberAge
• Duties of the ICSOM Delegate
• Duties of the ICSOM Members-at-Large
• Communicating - ICSOM Style
• IBB: Success in Minnesota
• IBB: In Whose "Interest?"
• 2001 Wage Chart
• Duo on the Road
• Voicings
• Closing Cadence

Volume 39, #4 August 2001

• Two 2001 AFM Convention Reports
• Lew Waldeck Honored
• Voicings
• Work Hardening
• Newslets

Volume 39, #5 October 2001

• The 2001 ICSOM Conference
• Musicians respond to terrorism
• Voicings - by New Yorker on the WTC attack
• Calgary locked out
• Using the Web for union democracy
• The Editor's report on the conference
• The Secretary's conference view
• ICSOM conference resolutions
• ICSOM 1999-2000 financials
• Newslets

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Volume 40, #1 January 2002

• Canadian orchestras struggle
• Voicings
• Drucker redux
• A positive peace
• Preface to Great Media Debate

Volume 40, #2 March 2002

• Voicings - on electronic media

Volume 40, #3 June 2002

• Unity Conference
• Canadian Travel Tips
• Canadian Orchestra update
• Pension Arbitration Decision
• San Jose Symphony in Trouble
• Voicings
• President Lee defends Musicians ­ Kirov, CARP
• ConcertWorks
• Internet Contract Extension Proposed
• Closing Cadence
• Last Man Without ithout A Solo CD
• ICSOM Authors Announce Books
• The Sports Page ­ Utah, Boston
• Shreveport Symphony in Trouble
• Newslets

Volume 40, #4 August 2002

• Labor's view of the entertainment industry
• Theater musicians explore Pamphlet B
• Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra strikes for job security
• New officers elected at ICSOM Conference
• Playing at our jobs' funeral
• Newslets - no ICSOM Directory this year, retiring Cleveland musicians, Shreveport, San José updates

Volume 40, #5 December 2002

• Conference report
• Officer reports
• Member-at-Large reports
• Conference resolutions
• Counsel report - Yeshiva revisited

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