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Over the weekend, musicians rejected the Minnesota Orchestral Association's fourth proposal in the organization's long labor dispute, which included an annual salary of $104,500 over the life of a three-year contract, a revenue sharing opportunity and a $20,000 signing bonus for each musician, made possible through one-time special funding from Minnesota foundations and community support entities.

The Minnesota Orchestra Board Negotiating Committee—aided by a coalition of community supporters—has issued its fourth contract proposal in the ongoing labor dispute with the Musicians' Union. The three-year offer includes an average annual salary of $104,500 and a signing bonus of $20,000 per musician. The Board has requested that the Musicians' Negotiating Committee present the offer to the musicians for a secret ballot before the proposal expires at noon on Monday, September 30.

The Minnesota Orchestra Board Negotiating Committee has issued a revised contract proposal in the ongoing labor dispute with the Musicians' Union that would lift the musician lockout and significantly modify both the proposed wage reduction and the number of work rule changes sought. The Board, which met yesterday and approved the revised offer, has requested that the Musicians' Bargaining Committee present the offer to the full Orchestra for an anonymous vote by September 9.

The Minnesota Orchestra Board Negotiating Committee has issued a revised contract proposal in the ongoing labor dispute with the Musicians' Union that would lift the musician lockout and significantly modify both the proposed wage reduction and the number of work rule changes sought. The Board, which met yesterday and approved the revised offer, has requested that the Musicians' Bargaining Committee present the offer to the full Orchestra for an anonymous vote by September 9.

The Minnesota Orchestral Association announced today that it has cancelled six scheduled summer performances, slated for July 20 through August 3, since a new contract agreement has not been reached with its musicians. All ticketholders of affected concerts at Ted Mann Concert Hall are being contacted and offered a variety of refund options.

The Minnesota Orchestra Board Negotiating Committee has offered three proposed dates to the Musicians' Union for negotiating sessions at the end of this month. The Orchestra also announced the cancellation of two final weeks in its classical subscription season through June 2, as well as the addition of three weeks of classical concerts in July at Ted Mann Concert Hall.

'GET A JOB,' the award-winning motion picture comedy produced entirely in Hawaii, starring Willie K, Eric Gilliom, Augie T and many of the island's top entertainers and musicians, releases to DVD on November 1, 2012. Check out stills from the movie below!

22Q Entertainment LLC and GoAlleyCat Productions presents the West Coast Premiere of the New York hit, IT IS DONE, a thrilling new play in an environmental setting, written by award-winning playwright Alex Goldberg and directed by Ovation award-winner Michael Michetti (The Twentieth Century Way, Carousel, Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings). IT IS DONE opens tonight, May 15 at 8:30pm and runs through Tuesday, June 12 at the Pig ‘N Whistle Restaurant, 6714 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood.

The Minnesota Orchestral Association's Annual Meeting today noted the institutional milestones of the Orchestra's 2010-11 season, a year in which the Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall and cities around Minnesota, launched a new recording cycle, finalized renovation plans for an expanded Orchestra Hall and co-hosted the national conference of the League of American Orchestras.