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Index to Senza Sordino, 1993 - 1999

Volume 44, #3 October 2006

• ICSOM Conference Report
• Officers’ Reports
• Orchestra Newslets
• Why ICSOM
• Adopted Resolutions of the 2006 Conference
• Impressions of a First-Time Delegate

Volume 44, #2 July 2006

• William E. Roehl and the Roehl Report
• Officers’ Reports
• Roehl Report
• Roehl Report Timeline
• Orchestra Newslets
• St. Louis Update

Volume 44, #1 May 2006

• Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra Report
• Officer Reports
• Lenny Reflects
• 2006 ICSOM Conference Dates
• Nominating Committee Notice
• New ICSOM Webmaster

Volume 43, #3 October 2005

• 2005 ICSOM Conference Report
• Conference Resolutions
• Officer Reports
• Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Concert in Nashville
• More Than Meets the Ear Book Announcement

Volume 43, #2 June 2005

• High Noon at the Not-So-OK Corral
• Officer Reports
• "Victory" in St. Louis
• ICSOM on the Road
• Lew Waldeck Fund
• ICSOM Media Committee
• Touring and Residencies
• On National Media Agreements
• Solidarity Concert in St. Louis
• Nominating Committee Notice

Volume 43, #1- March 2005

• Chicago Settlement
• Officer Reports
• Legislative Report
• Zazofsky et al
• New York Philharmonic Settlement
• On National Media Agreements
• AFM-EPF Notice

Volume 42, #4- October 2004

• 2004 ICSOM Conference Report
• Chairperson Report
• The Myth of the "Structural Deficit"
• Conference Resolutions
• ICSOM Endorses Kerry/Edwards

Volume 42, #3- July 2004

• Music to the People
• Officer Reports
• How to Hire a Boss
• Backstage Roundup
• Remembering Irv Segall

Volume 42, #2- May 2004

• Detroit Symphony Negotiations
• Officer Reports
• The Duty of Fair Representation
• Backstage Roundup
• Playing in the Snow - Minnesota Orchestra in Finland
• Pittsburgh and the Pope - Pittsburgh Symphony performs at the Vatican
• Remembering Lew Waldeck

Volume 42, #1- February 2004

• Charlotte Symphony strike
• Officer reports
• Lew Waldeck memorial service
• Backstage roundup
• Tough times in Texas
• Learning to lead

Volume 41, #4- Octobert 2003

• The 2003 ICSOM Conference
• Officer reports
• Backstage Roundup
• Counsel's Report
• 2003 ICSOM Conference Resolutions
• Address by Michael Kaiser
• Canada Report
• ICSOM Dues Increase

Volume 41, #3- June 2003

• The new ICSOM Media Committee
• Officer reports
• Elections and ICSOM
• Musicians on boards: pro and con
• 2002-2003 ICSOM Wage Chart
• Orchestra reports
• Brainstorms
• AFM Convention watch

Volume 41, #2- April 2003

• Houston strike and settlement
• Officer reports
• Chicago Symphony Minority Fellowships
• Counsel report
• 2002-2003 ICSOM Wage Chart
• AFM Convention watch
• EMF media survey results
• Remembering Russell Brodine
• Sphinx Competition

Volume 41, #1- February 2003

• Media summit report
• Houston musicians fight concessions
• Officer reports
• Member-at-large reports
• ICSOM online
• Statement from AFM President Lee
• Directory update
• TEMPO
• Counsel report

Volume 40, #5- December 2002

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

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, #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, #2- March 2002

• Voicings - on electronic media

Volume 40, #1- January 2002

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

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

Volume 39, #4- June 2001

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

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, #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, #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, #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 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

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, #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, #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, #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 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

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, #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, #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, #1- January 1998

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

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, #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, #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, #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 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

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, # 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 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

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, #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, #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, #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 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

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, #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, #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, #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

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