MPTF Review Mahalo to MPTF and MAH for providing 100 percent funded grants for 17 live stream events during the COVID pandemic. Approximately 100 of our musicians have tapped into this resource. The use of Studio 909 was donated by MAH for many of these live stream events. MPTF Live Stream Concerts from 2020-2021: A […]
Labor Union Victories Unite Here, Local 5 Through unity, solidarity, and with the support of Hawaii’s labor unions, Local 5 reached agreement in November 2021 with Kaiser Permanente for 2,000 Local 5 healthcare workers. These heroes who work tirelessly in our hospitals are now assured of fair wages and more manageable workloads. This is a […]
Mahalo to Brandy Shinoda! A University of Hawaii intern, Brandy has been learning the responsibilities of a musicians’ labor union and assisting office staff and MAH officers. From the Winter 2021-2022 issue, Ke Ola O Na Mele
President’s Message, Winter 2021-2022 Newsletter Aloha! I know this has been a challenging year, but I hope you all have fared well. We thank all of you for your continued participation in our union! As a positive, work for musicians has begun to ramp up as symphony concerts, theater shows, corporate/convention events, and free-lance gigs […]
IN MEMORIAM Local 677 President Jim Moffitt remembers Leonard Paul Hoshijo I have been a musician with the Honolulu, now Hawaii, Symphony since 1981. I first met Leonard in the late 1980s when the ILWU leadership approached the Musicians Union offering an effort to secure long-term funding for the HSO. The Union was involved in a months-long strike against the […]
Aloha members. I hope you all have been able to roll with the ups and downs of this extended Covid situation. We musicians are a resilient bunch, so hopefully, we all can hang in there until the end of this storm. In the meantime, we here at Local 677 have been keeping up with the […]
IMPORTANT NEWS… Union Plus benefits exist to improve quality of life for union members. Please go to unionplus.org and explore special discounts and programs on a variety of products and services, including travel, car rentals, flowers, education and scholarships, refinancing mortgages, life insurance, debt management, affordable legal plans, misc. shopping and discounts, and much more. […]
STUDIO 909 Opens for Members MAH Studio 909 is a beautiful, acoustically-tuned performance/event hall available to members at very reasonable rates for performances, recitals, live streams, and rehearsals. As our building is gradually and safely reopening, many members are taking advantage of this tremendous resource. Upstairs studios are now open Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.–6 p.m., and […]
A scholarship fund utilizing the assets of the recording industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF) was established in June 2020 to encourage the children of professional musicians to pursue higher education and to become leaders in their chosen fields. Based on her essay and video entry, Sophia Stark, daughter of Georgine and Darel Stark, won a monetary […]
On June 21, 2021, the following officers were elected to three-year terms, beginning on August 3, 2021. Congratulations to all candidates! President: Jim Moffitt Secretary Treasurer: Robert Shinoda Board of Directors: Chris Cabrera, Steve Flanter, Ken Hafner, George Kuo, John LeBlanc, TJ Ricer, Sheryl Shohet Sargent at Arms: Mochi Freeman AFM Convention Delegates: Marcia Schweitzer, […]