During the Music Performance Trust Fund fiscal year, May 2024-April 2025, MPTF funded 4,728 performances across the U.S. and Canada at community centers, theaters, schools, senior centers/assisted living facilities, public events, Red Cross initiatives, airports, and more. All MPTF performances are admission-free. During the fiscal year, MPTF-funded performances served an estimated audience of two million. […]
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MPTF in Hawaii, Update Fall 2024
The mission of the Music Performance Trust Fund is to provide admission-free, live, quality music events by professional musicians to schools, the senior population, and general public. Established in 1948 by a landmark labor action between the American Federation of Musicians and major recording companies of the day, royalties from record sales and, more recently, […]
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Fall 2020
Aloha, Members: I’d like to update you all on what your union officers and volunteers have been doing during these challenging times. We have formed two committees, and we are working behind the scenes looking to the future, looking toward an end to this Covid crisis, and an upturn in the economy. The first committee […]
100% Funded Music Performance Trust F...
To assist musicians during the pandemic, MPTF is offering 100% funding for live stream performances. MPTF events usually require a sponsor or employer to fund 50% of the cost of a performance. Under this program, no employer contribution is required. Performances are paid at Local 677 scale, including all appropriate step-ups for leader, doubling, cartage, […]