Klarinet Archive - Posting 000508.txt from 2003/03

From: "Jim Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] NYC Strike
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 15:10:57 -0500

Looks like the NY musicians sold out:
<A central point of contention involved the minimum number of musicians to
be used in musicals at large Broadway theaters.
Currently, minimums at those theaters range from 24 to 26. The producers
wanted to drop that figure to 15. The musicians balked.
Under the new contract, large Broadway theaters will have a minimum of 18 to
19 musicians, said Bill Moriarty, president of the Federation of Musicians'
local chapter.
The agreement lasts four years, but the minimum number of musicians will
stay in place for 10 years, he said.> (from CNN 3-11-03)
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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA
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"The clarinet, though appropriate to the expression of the most poetic ideas
and sentiments, is really an epic instrument - the voice of heroic love".
--Hector Berlioz: Grand traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration
modernes 1843

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