Atlantic Classical Orchestra Announces Auditions

ATLANTIC CLASSICAL ORCHESTRADAVID AMADO, MUSIC DIRECTORANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR VACANCIES STARTING IN THE 2025-2026 SEASON The Atlantic Classical Orchestra is a per-service orchestra offering 32 services per year. Auditions will be held on April 5, 2025 at Palm Beach Opera Offices in West Palm Beach, FL.Repertoire lists will be available at https://atlanticclassicalorchestra.com/ after January 13, 2025.Interested READ MORE

Palm Beach Opera Announces Cello Auditions

Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, David Stern, Music Director Announces a tenure-track vacancy for: Audition: February 24, 2025 in West Palm Beach Please email a single-page resume by February 1, 2025 to ghahn@pbopera.org. Further instructions and repertoire will be sent after resume submission. A limited number of highly qualified applicants will be invited to audition in READ MORE

Official Business

2025 Annual Dues Now Payable: Please send your checks before the end of January to avoid late fees or suspension of membership. You may also make semiannual payments by paying half in January and half in July. Please contact the office if you have questions or need more time to pay, and please send checks READ MORE

Last Month at the Local

Last month negotiations continued with Broadway Across America. We continue to exchange proposals but it often takes a long time for management to be available for another meeting so negotiations will continue into January, but we are hopeful that an agreement will be reached soon. We expect pay increases will be retroactive to the beginning READ MORE

That Union Thing

A thousand workers at a car battery plant in Kentucky have signed cards requesting to be represented by the United Auto Workers. The battery park is a joint venture between Ford and South Korea’s SK On, and workers have complained about exposure to chemicals, exposed wiring, and other hazards while they have been working at READ MORE

Local and Industry News

Jeff and Joanna Kaye have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. The award will be presented in April 2025. Joanna is executive director of Festival of the Arts Boca and has worked as a radio host. Jeff, a Local 655 member, is a renowned READ MORE