Executive directors, general managers and operations staff, musicians, conductors, and anyone interested in ways to update and improve their musician tenure processes.

Even if you can’t attend the session live, register to receive a recording.

• Free for members
• $35 for non-members
  • For just another $20, you can become an individual member of the League and get free access to this webinar. Learn more about League membership.

This webinar is free for League members and available to non-members for a fee. Members of the American Federation of Musicians and Black Orchestral Network can also register at no cost; please refer to your member organization for the discount code.

Emilio Carlo (he/him)
Director of Projects, Black Orchestral Network

Emilio Carlo joined the Black Orchestral Network as Director of Projects in the Spring of 2023. Originally from the Bronx, NY, and Prince George’s County, Maryland, he is a dedicated advocate for advancing equity and inclusion for underrepresented communities in classical music and beyond. In addition to his role with BON, Emilio is a violist with the Nashville Symphony and has performed extensively with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, and the Indianapolis Symphony. He holds a Bachelor of Music and an Artist Diploma from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Masao Kawasaki and Jan Grüning.

Rochelle Skolnick (she/her)
Director of Symphonic Services and Special Counsel, American Federation of Musicians of the US and Canada

Rochelle was appointed Director of Symphonic Services, Special Counsel and Assistant to the President in October of 2016. Prior to her appointment, Rochelle practiced union-side labor law for 10 years at the law firm of Schuchat, Cook & Werner in St. Louis, representing unions and workers in a wide range of industries and professions. In that capacity, she also served as SSD Counsel from 2009-2016. Rochelle graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Eastman School of Music and worked as a symphonic and recording violinist, performing with the Syracuse Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Florida Philharmonic and Palm Beach Opera. She served as Orchestra Committee Chair and ROPA delegate for the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra. In 2003 she left full-time work as a musician to attend law school at Washington University in St. Louis, where she served as Executive Notes & Projects Editor of the Journal of Law & Policy and received her J.D. in 2006. She received the Mary Collier Hitchcock Prize for her note, Control, Collaboration or Coverage: The NLRA and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Dilemma (20 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 403). Rochelle is a member of the New York State and Missouri bars and has inactive status in the Illinois bar. In 2022, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler appointed Rochelle to serve on the Board of Directors of the Union Lawyers’ Alliance of the AFL-CIO.