Recent Posts Tagged With 'orchestra pit'

• Florida Grand Opera Fires Orchestra

  Posted on Tuesday March 4th, 2008 at 14:53 in arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, orchestra pit, joel revzen

  A news item at TradingMarkets.com reprinted from the Miami Herald mentions that the Florida Grand Opera has decided not to renew the contract for its orchestra, the Florida Classical Orchestra. Conducted in other venues by the renowned Richard Hayman...

• All the World's a Stage

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 15:26 in support, musicians, contract negotiations, arizona opera, orchestra pit, labor dispute, azooma.org

  All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players... William Shakespeare - from "As You Like It" AZOOMA is openly soliciting our patrons to become involved in supporting the orchestra as members of an AUDIENCE ASSOCIATION. We are cur...

• Tentative Deal

  Posted on Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at 08:11 in musician, afm, contract negotiations, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, orchestra pit, labor dispute, artistic operation

  From the Arizona Daily Star: The Arizona Opera Orchestra narrowly averted a strike that could have disrupted this weekend’s run of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” The orchestra and opera management struck a tentative deal late Monday afternoon th...

• 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 ...

• High Hopes in "Play and Talk"

  Posted on Friday January 18th, 2008 at 10:37 in network, musician, labor, committee, afm, contract negotiations, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, azooma, orchestra pit, labor dispute, artistic operation

  In 2000 a vital document between the Arizona Opera and American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 586 was adopted. Through "collective bargaining," we ratified a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), insuring a fair and acceptable work environment...

• "Thank You, Next..."

  Posted on Sunday January 13th, 2008 at 08:05 in musician, musicians, opera, phoenix, audition, afm, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, orchestra pit, pit musicians

  It's not like American Idol, but there are similarities... The Arizona Opera recently announced auditions to fill vacancies. At one time or another each musician in the Arizona Opera Orchestra has had to pass a rigorous audition. Since these are pai...

• Keeping it Fresh

  Posted on Friday January 11th, 2008 at 11:13 in support, opera, sponsor, labor, chorus, afm, american federation of musicians, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, orchestra pit, artistic operation, agma

  Audition information for open positions has been recently added to the main web site. Under the terms of our master agreement, these positions have been advertised internationally in the American Federation of Musicians' publication, The Internation...

• Prepping for "War and Peace"

  Posted on Wednesday January 2nd, 2008 at 08:59 in War and Peace, opera, metropolitan opera, arizona opera orchestra, orchestra pit, artistic operation, pit musicians, joel revzen

  According to a recent article in Tucson's Arizona Daily Star written by Cathalena Burch, our esteemed Maestro Joel Revzen has been very busy preparing the Metropolitan Opera over the past few months, getting them primed and ready for upcoming perform...

• A Clean Sweep and Our "Fine Flutist"

  Posted on Friday December 21st, 2007 at 11:40 in musicians, flute, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, orchestra pit, pit musicians, azooma.org

  From AZOOMA WebMaster, Bruce Hembd: After reading an article on blogging written by the originator of the weblog, I have decided to do some housecleaning. Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom coined the term "weblog" about 10 years ago to describe the daily ...

• The X Factor

  Posted on Friday December 21st, 2007 at 01:10 in musician, musicians, arizona, opera, pit, arizona opera, arizona opera orchestra, azooma, orchestra pit, pit musicians

  Within AZOOMA.org three words are presented as our slogan: Expression. Experience. Excellence. These words are the basic tenets behind AZOOMA, the Arizona Opera Orchestra Musicians Association. They are intertwined with our spirit and our mission. E...

• 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...