Submit Your 2024 Contracts by January 31st, 2025 This is a reminder to submit all your 2024 contracts by January 31st, 2025. Timely submission is crucial to ensure that your contracts are processed and included in your 2024 pension calculations. Please be aware: If contracts are not submitted by the [...]

Thank you for joining us at the TMA’s Annual Holiday Party! Your attendance made this celebration special as we gathered to honour the outstanding achievements of our TMA Award winners. We are proud to recognize the contributions of our members and are grateful for the community we share. Here’s to [...]

Congratulations to our TMA149 members that have been nominated for The 67th annual Grammy Awards! Best Global Music Performance Ron Korb “Kashira” by Masa Takumi Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album Rob Korb “Break of Dawn” by Ricky Kej   Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Charlotte Day Wilson “Cyan Blue” [...]

Cyber Safety – Stay Alert! We’ve recently received reports of phishing emails targeting our members. It’s crucial to stay vigilant. Here are some quick tips to handle suspicious emails: Do Not Reply or Forward: Engaging with these emails can lead to more spam. Verify the Sender’s Email Address: Phishing emails [...]

General Tariff Rate Increase   As of September 3rd, 2024, the minimum scale hourly rates in the General Tariff of fees have gone up as follows:  Rehearsal  $59/hr  Performance, Capacity up to 1000  $69/hr  Performance, Capacity 1001-3500  $79/hr  Performance, Capacity 3501 or greater     $94/hr     If you have any questions, [...]

Congratulations to all the 2024 DORA Award Winners including TMA Members: Independent Theatre Division Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Jon Blair – SwordPlay – Sex T-Rex and Bad Dog Comedy Theatre Outstanding Lighting Design Raha Javanfar – (Everyone I Love Has) A Terrible Fate (Befall Them) – VideoCabaret in association [...]

2024 TD JAZZ FESTIVAL Serving the Jazz community since 1987 the TD Jazz Festival is back again this year with a great lineup of musicians entertaining all throughout the city. TMA and MPTF have partnered up again with the TD Jazz Festival to bring you the following free concerts:   [...]

Congratulations to all the 2024 JUNO Award winners including TMA members:   GROUP OF THE YEAR & ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR THE BEACHES     BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR TALK     SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR & ALTERNATIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AYSANABEE – HERE AND NOW   [...]

MPTF supports International Women’s Day with 100% funding for TMA Members!   By Olivia Esther, Symphonic Services Business Rep, TMA Local 149 There are two fantastic events that take place annually in Toronto to kick off International Women’s Month in March. These are the Mary Spratt Breakfast hosted at the [...]

New Executive Director A new Executive Director began their term November 14, 2022 with a vision to improve the resiliency of Toronto’s professional musicians and lead the largest local of the Canadian Federation of Musicians to an inclusive, diverse, and supportive future.   The Board of Directors of the Toronto [...]

A National Code of Conduct for the Performing Arts   The Cultural Human Resources Council’s Respectful Workplaces in the Arts (RWA) initiative releases a National Code of Conduct for the Performing Arts with a public launch at ArtsCourt on September 27, 2019. TMA149 Executive Director Michael Adam Murray represented the [...]