Recent Posts Tagged With 'freelance musician'

• On the Road Again

  Posted on Saturday March 1st, 2008 at 11:27 in commute, contract negotiations, collective bargaining, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, freelance musician

  The musicians of AZOOMA spend a lot of time in the car driving to rehearse and perform with the Arizona Opera. We live in one of three cities in Arizona - Phoenix, Flagstaff and Tucson - and being an Opera musician requires us to regularly travel to ...

• Getting Dressed Up

  Posted on Sunday January 20th, 2008 at 09:19 in phoenix, chorus, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, orchestra pit, freelance musician

  For the upcoming Arizona Opera "Gems" concert, the Arizona Opera Orchestra will be front-and center and on stage. In the usual fully-staged productions with singers, sets and costumes the Opera Orchestra is typically under the stage in an area known ...

• There's No Place Like Home

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 17:55 in musician, musicians, gig, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, freelance musician

  The second in a series of articles featuring AZOOMA musicians. Many Opera musicians pursue other work to supplement their opera income to make a complete living in music. It takes some creativity and planning to accomplish this. Quite a few musicians...

• Love and Marriage (Redux)

  Posted on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 15:49 in musician, tucson, arizona, phoenix, pit, afm, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, freelance musician, pit musicians

  The first in a series of articles featuring AZOOMA musicians. Revised 1/11/08. "All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest--never vicious or cruel. Good battle i...

• Inconvenient Truths

  Posted on Thursday January 10th, 2008 at 11:25 in musician, musicians, arizona, specialist, arizona opera, azooma, freelance musician

  Many people in the general public are honestly surprised that musicians get paid money to perform. Some even get downright insulted when musicians insist on getting paid to play. Holly Mulcahy at the Partial Observer recently posted an excellent arti...

• The Expanding Universe of AZOOMA.org

  Posted on Saturday December 15th, 2007 at 23:08 in network, wikipedia, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, freelance musician

  From Bruce Hembd, AZOOMA Webmaster To better fulfill our mission of spreading the word about AZOOMA and Arizona Opera, AZOOMA now maintains a variety of web accounts and spaces in the "Web 2.0" universe. The AZOOMA network currently includes: The ...