Staff

Musicians Union Local 6
116 Ninth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-2603

Telephone: 415-575-0777
Fax: 415-863-6173

Office Hours: 10:00am to 4:00pm
Dues Department closes at 3:30pm

Staff

  • Sarah Rosales-Hunt - Executive Assistant to the President

    Sarah Rosales-Hunt

    Why should you contact me?
    Contact me if you have questions about an existing CBA, if you need help scheduling a committee meeting, or for help getting in touch with anyone on staff. You can also contact me if you have questions about any ongoing Local 6 projects.

    Sarah Rosales-Hunt is an amateur piano player, enthusiastic shower singer, and Broadway musical aficionado. With a background in program management and translation (localization and internationalization), she has been living and working in the Bay Area since 2012, following studies at Vassar College and six years living and working in Paris. She speaks fluent French; intermediate Spanish and Swedish; and has studied Arabic, Dutch, and Turkish. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Sarah lives in Oakland with her husband and their dog and two cats, and spends her free time reading, knitting, and practicing yoga.

  • Katie Curran - Assistant Secretary – Treasurer (Casual Rates)

    Katie Curran

    Why should you contact me?

    Contact me if you have questions about the Local 6 casual wage scale or a particular CBA, if you are an employer or contractor with questions about work dues or pension contributions, if you need help with a job quote, if you are on a committee planning a ratification vote, and more!

    Katie Curran is an active freelance musician based in San Francisco and currently serves as Principal Trombone of Opera San Jose. She has also held positions with the Santa Cruz County Symphony, the Vallejo Symphony, the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, and the Huntsville Symphony, and has served as an extra with the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Opera. In addition, she has held several positions in arts administration, working at the SF Conservatory, the Aspen Music Festival and School, and serving as General Manager of the Lexington Philharmonic in Kentucky from 2014-2016. In her spare time, she likes traveling, backpacking, and cooking.

  • Lori Ponton Rodriguez - Assistant Treasurer, Membership

    Lori Ponton Rodriguez

    Why should you contact me?

    Contact me to help you to join the membership, pay dues, resign or reinstate your membership, death benefit, member benefits and preliminary personal pension questions.

    Lori is a freelance musician on saxes, clarinet and flute.  She studied music performance at the University of Nevada-Reno and also honed her skills with the working professionals in the Reno Tahoe area, Las Vegas, and the Bay Area.  Some of the groups and headliners she has performed with are The Temptations, The Four Tops, The O’Jays, The Reno Philharmonic, Reno Sax Quartet, various jazz orchestras and was a founding member of the Reno Jazz Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr., Bernadette Peters and others, and various musical theater productions.

  • James Pytko - Financial Assistant

    James Pytko

    James Pytko is an avid performer and educator in the SF Bay Area. He is the Second/Bass Clarinetist of Opera San Jose and during the summer, he is the Principal Clarinet of the Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theater. James has also performed with Symphony Silicon Valley, Sphinx Symphony, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and many other bay area ensembles. James has taught clarinet at CSU Stanislaus and UC Santa Cruz, and now maintains a full private studio. His primary teachers were Richie Hawley, Carmine Campione, Scott Andrews and Naomi Drucker.

  • Hannah Kuhn - Lead Organizer

    Hannah Kuhn

    Why should you contact me?

    You can contact me for many reasons: to get a workshop organized, to plug-in to an active organizing committee, if you are interested in servicing as a Labor Council Delegate, and more!

    Hannah Kuhn is a freelance cellist and organizer coming to us from Tennessee. She brings experience from organizing to set standards with fellow freelance musicians, as well extensive time in state/local policy and community organizing. While in Chattanooga, Hannah served as AFM Local 80’s Delegate to the Local Area Labor Council and served as Record Secretary on the Executive Committee from 2018-2021. When she isn’t organizing or playing cello, Hannah spends her time hunting mushrooms, enjoying dystopia/utopia novels, and being with friends