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The American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) is the labor union of singers, dancers, and staging staff in opera, ballet and concert dance, and concert choral performance in the United States. A national union with a membership of over 6,000 artists, [ 1 ] AGMA provides forceful advocacy and defense of its members' employment and artistic rights.
For this reason, the University Musical Society was established in December 1880. [1] UMS included both the University Orchestra and Choral Union. Throughout the year, the groups presented a series of concerts that featured their two groups as well as local and visiting performing artists.
Union of Scandinavian Singers: 1886 Formed out of a union of five Swedish-American music groups [14] American Union of Swedish Singers: 1892 [14] Knights and Ladies of Kaleva "preserving Finnish identity in America" [15] Estonian Singing Society (Eestlaste Laulu Selts) 1904 [16] Estonian American Music Club: International Polka Association: 1968
The school was founded in 1880 after Henry Simmons Frieze, founder and president of the Choral Union and the University Musical Society, urged leaders to include music among the school's offerings. Administrators and Deans include Charles Sink, Earl V. Moore, James B. Wallace, Allen Britton , Paul Boylan, Karen Wolff (2000–05), Christopher ...
This list includes music associations and music organizations from around the world. Academy of Country Music (ACM) Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (AARC) American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) Association For Electronic Music (AFEM) American Federation of Musicians (AFM) American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ...
Slum Village is a hip-hop group founded in Detroit, composed of original members Baatin, T3 and J. Dilla. T3 remains the only original member left after Baatin and J. Dilla left the group and ...
Labor leader James Petrillo took command of the AFM in 1940. He took a stronger stance, challenging technological unemployment. Among the most significant AFM actions was the 1942–44 musicians' strike (sometimes called the "Petrillo ban"), orchestrated to pressure record companies to agree to a royalty system more beneficial to the musicians.
American music websites (4 C, 162 P) Pages in category "Music organizations based in the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 278 total.