Recent Posts Tagged With 'freelance. musician'

• A Compromising Position

  Posted on Monday March 10th, 2008 at 21:30 in musician, afm, collective bargaining, arizona opera, azooma, freelance. musician

  After 17 long months of negotiations, AZOOMA has secured a long-term commitment through the 2011-2012 season. It is a three-year agreement with a side letter that includes two additional years of "right of first refusal." T...

• Pieces of a Puzzle: “Gigging” as a Music Freelancer - Part I

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 17:56 in gig, arizona opera orchestra, freelance. musician

  Fitting pieces together into a "Frankenstein" career A section member of the Arizona Opera Orchestra earns anywhere from roughly one to six thousand dollars per opera season. Not every opera production requires a full orchestra and this accounts for...

• Pieces of a Puzzle: “Gigging” as a Music Freelancer, Part II

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 17:30 in gig, arizona opera orchestra, freelance. musician

  Fitting pieces together into a "Frankenstein" career Pros and Cons As Jason Heath states in his excellent and highly-recommended Double Bass Blog, “a freelancer must stitch all of these gigs together into a Frankenstein career.” A freelance care...

• Promises and Commitments: The Tie That Binds Us Together - Part II

  Posted on Sunday December 9th, 2007 at 00:10 in labor, contract negotiations, collective bargaining, arizona opera, azooma, freelance. musician

  A Collective Bargaining Agreement makes everything possible. Contracts The current CBA between Arizona Opera and American Federation of Musicians Local 586 has a built-in term limit. When that term expires, the opera and the union have the opportuni...

• Promises and Commitments: The Tie That Binds Us Together - Part III

  Posted on Saturday December 8th, 2007 at 23:30 in labor, contract negotiations, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, freelance. musician

  A Collective Bargaining Agreement makes everything possible. Part-time Work/Full-time Commitment While an AZOOMA musician is technically a part-time employee, their commitment to the art and craft of music is full-time. Performing music is very simi...

• Our New Web Site

  Posted on Monday November 19th, 2007 at 12:10 in web site, musicians, arizona opera, azooma, azooma.org, freelance. musician

  AZOOMA makes its presence known. AZOOMA has a new web site designed to reach out to the general public and let everyone know who we are and what we do. The official URL is http://www.azooma.org/. Besides presenting entertaining, live music performed...

• Life in the Pit

  Posted on Sunday November 18th, 2007 at 08:02 in musician, pit, arizona opera orchestra, orchestra pit, pit musicians, freelance. musician

  Playing in a pit orchestra is very different. Perfoming in a "pit orchestra" is vastly different than performing on the stage. A pit orchestra is a specialized ensemble that both accompanies the singers and adds to the drama on stage. Occasionally i...