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MOLA (Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association) Conference in Nashville, 2008
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Growing Pains: Nashville’s Transition From ROPA To ICSOM
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What Is ICSOM?

MOLA (Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association) Conference in Nashville, 2008

Dec 01 2008
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Laura Ross
Laura Ross

Laura Ross has been a member of the Nashville Symphony violin section since 1984. She has previously been a member of the Windsor Symphony (1975-77), the Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra (Principal 2nd Violin 1980-82), the Flint Symphony (1979-82) and the Toledo Symphony (1982-84.) Laura was raised in Royal Oak, MI studying with Emily Mutter Austin. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) where she studied with Angel Reyes.

Laura has served on the Nashville Symphony orchestra committee, including as chair of the committee, and has participated in every contract negotiation since 1990. In 1995, Harold Bradley, President of the Nashville Association of Musicians, Local 257 AFM, appointed Laura to the position of Nashville Symphony Union Steward. In 2000, 2003 and 2006, she was elected to the Executive Board of Local 257 and as one of Local 257’s AFM Convention Delegates.

Nationally, Laura previously served the Regional Orchestra Players’ Association (ROPA) as Member-At-Large from 1991-94 and as ROPA Secretary from 1994-2000. The Nashville Symphony joined the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) in 2000. In 2002, Laura was elected and continues to serve as Secretary of ICSOM. Additionally, she is a member of the ICSOM Electronic Media Committee that negotiates numerous national symphonic recording agreements.

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Laura Ross, ICSOM Secretary and a violinist with the Nashville Symphony, attended the MOLA conference held in Nashville in May, 2008, and was asked to address the MOLA business meeting. She offers a passionate rationale for including librarians in an orchestra’s CBA (collective bargaining agreement). Paul Gunther, principal librarian of the Minnesota Orchestra, adds his thoughts about music librarians to Laura’s comments.

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Growing Pains: Nashville’s Transition From ROPA To ICSOM

May 13 2006
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Laura Ross
Laura Ross

Laura Ross has been a member of the Nashville Symphony violin section since 1984. She has previously been a member of the Windsor Symphony (1975-77), the Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra (Principal 2nd Violin 1980-82), the Flint Symphony (1979-82) and the Toledo Symphony (1982-84.) Laura was raised in Royal Oak, MI studying with Emily Mutter Austin. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) where she studied with Angel Reyes.

Laura has served on the Nashville Symphony orchestra committee, including as chair of the committee, and has participated in every contract negotiation since 1990. In 1995, Harold Bradley, President of the Nashville Association of Musicians, Local 257 AFM, appointed Laura to the position of Nashville Symphony Union Steward. In 2000, 2003 and 2006, she was elected to the Executive Board of Local 257 and as one of Local 257’s AFM Convention Delegates.

Nationally, Laura previously served the Regional Orchestra Players’ Association (ROPA) as Member-At-Large from 1991-94 and as ROPA Secretary from 1994-2000. The Nashville Symphony joined the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) in 2000. In 2002, Laura was elected and continues to serve as Secretary of ICSOM. Additionally, she is a member of the ICSOM Electronic Media Committee that negotiates numerous national symphonic recording agreements.

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Orchestras are always talking about “moving to the next level,” but how exactly do they go about accomplishing that task? Is there a prescribed formula dictating which steps to take and in what order? Do the musicians simply wait for events to transpire, or can they serve a compelling force capable of inspiring the organization to reach its full artistic and economic potential?

Among the professional orchestras throughout North America, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra has encountered every possible high and low an organization can experience in a span of only 20 years. Within that period, they’ve endured everything from a dark period of bankruptcy to the exhilarating high of raising $120 million for a Symphony Center they own and operate that opens in September, 2006.

Nashville Symphony Orchestra violinist Laura Ross has been with the organization throughout that entire period and she chronicles those events for Polyphonic.org in this article and describes how the Nashville Symphony musicians played an integral role throughout every step in the process.

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What Is ICSOM?

May 06 2006
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Laura Ross
Laura Ross

Laura Ross has been a member of the Nashville Symphony violin section since 1984. She has previously been a member of the Windsor Symphony (1975-77), the Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra (Principal 2nd Violin 1980-82), the Flint Symphony (1979-82) and the Toledo Symphony (1982-84.) Laura was raised in Royal Oak, MI studying with Emily Mutter Austin. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) where she studied with Angel Reyes.

Laura has served on the Nashville Symphony orchestra committee, including as chair of the committee, and has participated in every contract negotiation since 1990. In 1995, Harold Bradley, President of the Nashville Association of Musicians, Local 257 AFM, appointed Laura to the position of Nashville Symphony Union Steward. In 2000, 2003 and 2006, she was elected to the Executive Board of Local 257 and as one of Local 257’s AFM Convention Delegates.

Nationally, Laura previously served the Regional Orchestra Players’ Association (ROPA) as Member-At-Large from 1991-94 and as ROPA Secretary from 1994-2000. The Nashville Symphony joined the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) in 2000. In 2002, Laura was elected and continues to serve as Secretary of ICSOM. Additionally, she is a member of the ICSOM Electronic Media Committee that negotiates numerous national symphonic recording agreements.

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Collective representation touches the lives of every orchestra musician at a number of contact points. Although most musicians are aware of what “the union” is, they may not realize how many facets of the union directly influence their career. One of those contact points is the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM).

In an effort to help professional orchestra musicians better understand the organizations which represent them, ICSOM secretary and Nashville Symphony violinist, Laura Ross, has written an introductory guide explaining what ICSOM is and how it connects with the musicians.

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