669 Event from Musical News March-2004 SF Chronicle Articles 1956-1960 Musical News 1956-1960 International Musician 1957-1965 Leta E Miller, “Racial Segregation and the San Francisco Musicians’ Union, 1923-60,” Journal of the Society for American Music 1:2 (May 2007): 161-206. Made available by permission of Cambridge University Press. Click To Play Commemoration of The Merger-Black Musicians, […]
10th Anniversary Celebration a Great Success!
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A GREAT SUCCESS! The celebratory event held on November 10th, 2008, to commemorate our 10 years at 116 Ninth Street was a great success, and any member who visited us at 230 Jones Street during the last decade or so prior to our move can certainly understand our motivation for observing this milestone in our […]
A Brief History of Local 6
Categories HistoryPosted onLocal 6’s lively history Before the Quake Musicians have always wanted fair treatment and better pay. For example, in 1850 musicians demanded a wage increase before they would perform in the celebration of California’s admission to the United States. To their dismay, the demand was refused. The festivities were held without music. In 1869, musicians […]