Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-18 Thread J D Thomas
with the local in which the gig is taking place, just to be sure. Hope this helps, Greg Greg Hamilton Music Service Office: 604.420.COPY (2679) Cel: 604.612.9204 From: J D Thomas j...@thomastudios.com Subject: [Finale] Union rules on doubling Date: 16 March, 2014 5:12:14 PM PDT

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-18 Thread GERALD BERG
was not a permitted double by union rules. GJB From: J D Thomas j...@thomastudios.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:39:40 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling Thanks Gary, and all who chimed in with what they know.  Very, very

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-17 Thread Lawrence David Eden
I don't think this is a double. What about the trumpet players who play more than one horn? Larry I had a phone conversation with a client earlier today. And the topic of doublings came up. This is going to happen in a live situation, not in the studio. He is going to have a

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-17 Thread Raymond Horton
generally flugel is a double, sometimes picc. It varies. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Lawrence David Eden lde...@comcast.net wrote: I don't think

[Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Hamilton
: [Finale] Union rules on doubling Date: 16 March, 2014 5:12:14 PM PDT To: finale@shsu.edu finale@shsu.edu Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu I had a phone conversation with a client earlier today. And the topic of doublings came up. This is going to happen in a live situation, not in the studio. He

[Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-16 Thread J D Thomas
I had a phone conversation with a client earlier today. And the topic of doublings came up. This is going to happen in a live situation, not in the studio. He is going to have a situation where the two clarinets are going to most likely be playing both Bb and A clarinets. Someone from NYC

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-16 Thread Robert Patterson
Bb/A clarinet is not considered a doubling in my (union) orchestra, nor in any other that I know of. Eb clarinet is, unless the player's contract includes Eb. Same for Bass. A more interesting case is that of piccolo trumpet. In many orchestra's the player gets doubling if the part specifically

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-16 Thread dershem
On 3/16/2014 5:12 PM, J D Thomas wrote: I had a phone conversation with a client earlier today. And the topic of doublings came up. This is going to happen in a live situation, not in the studio. He is going to have a situation where the two clarinets are going to most likely be playing

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-16 Thread Christopher Smith
Clarinet in A and B flat are not supposed to be paid doubles in this local. You could just write it all for Bflat clarinet and have him fumbling with awkward fingerings to save the orchestra a couple of bucks, but I don't think anyone would be happy with that. Christopher On Sun Mar 16, at

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-16 Thread Raymond Horton
Doubling rules are itemized in orchestral contracts. Clarinets are commonly not paid doubling for Bb - A, but are paid for bass or Eb in addition to soprano. My orchestra, in the past, had a rule that exempted the 3rd/bass clarinet chair from doubling - it did not pay that chair doubling unless

Re: [Finale] Union rules on doubling

2014-03-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
The single engagement classical scale in NYC does not count A/Bb clarinet as a doubling: http://www.local802afm.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/classical_single.pdf As pointed out by others, your mileage may vary according to jurisdiction and contract. Aaron. On 3/16/2014 8:12 PM, J D