Daily News | Philadelphia Orchestra’s choir moves to unionize
Members of the choral group that regularly performs with the Philadelphia Orchestra are seeking to unionize. Working with the American Guild of Musical Artists, singers of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir have signed a majority of cards asking for the union to represent them, organizers say.
“I hope the association will respect this group enough to work on a voluntary basis to start off bargaining on the right foot,” Braun said. “These folks are highly skilled and renowned, and we hope the association will give them the respect they deserve and work with us on this.” The Philadelphia Orchestra has worked with various choral ensembles — this March/April it performs with the Crossing choir in a world premiere by John Luther Adams led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin — and in 2016 it created the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. Many of the group’s singers piece together a living by teaching, working for music programs at houses of worship, or performing as soloists with other choirs locally and nationally.
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