Local 77 IDEAS

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

Sensory Friendly Chamber Music performances! See below for details
Thank you to American Federation of Musicians Local 77 member Arlen Hlusko for making this initiative!

Announcing our 2025-2026 season! Please save the dates, and share with anyone and everyone you think may enjoy these special sensory-friendly family concerts! All performances are FREE! ❤️‍🔥

All sensory-friendly family concerts will occur at 3pm. On Saturday October 25th only, at Old Pine Church on 4th/Pine, we will host a free, public performance at 5pm — following the sensory-friendly family performance at 3pm. This 5pm performance is open to any and all, to learn more about what we do and enjoy a free musical performance. Please come and bring your friends!!! We will also be accepting donations that go directly towards putting on these performances as well as our community work in schools and community centers that support children with autism. Thank you!

09/12/2025

Monday September 15 click the QR code to register!!!

09/12/2025

📣 The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is accepting applications for the CSO Resident Fellowship Program!

"This Fellowship is an excellence-based training program for superb early-career/post-graduate symphonic musicians who have demonstrated commitment to access and inclusion of underserved populations in the arts, learning and civic leadership. The goal of the Resident Fellowship Program is to prepare these musicians for success in national auditions for major professional symphonic orchestras."

Fellows are employed full-time with the CSO from September - May and receive weekly compensation and benefits spread over twelve months, a Personalized Career Development Plan, and mentorship opportunities.

Learn more at https://ow.ly/fXcr50WVQfO

Apply by September 30. Start your application here ➡️ https://ow.ly/8CiN50WVQfN

07/26/2025

Summer Arpeggio is out. See President Ellen Trainer’s article on the history of Local 274 and the plan to become Local 77-274

https://local77afm.org/2025/07/25/arpeggio-summer-2025-issue-no-24/l

07/11/2025

https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-clef-club-jazz-education-performing-arts/

Founded in the 1960s, the club is upgrading its facilities and reimagining its education program.

07/04/2025

Friends and family of legendary folk musician and “hellraiser” Anne Feeney have come together to announce a new round of grants for artists “on the frontlines of the fight against fascism.” The Anne Feeney Hellraiser Memorial Fund will provide three grants of up to $1,000 for emerging artist...

06/25/2025

06/23/2025

Five Democratic senators will host a Pride concert at the Kennedy Center in protest of President Trump’s takeover of the institution. The event will feature Broadway artists and highlight LGBTQ+ pride.

06/19/2025

Juneteenth (a contraction of the words "June" and "nineteenth") commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States.

On this day in 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas — more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

As we acknowledge this important anniversary, we reaffirm our commitment to the fight for true justice, equality, and solidarity.

Wishing you a meaningful Juneteenth!