Bruce Bonvissuto

President Chair

Juilliard trained Bruce Bonvissuto has performed in virtually every area of the New York music scene, from Broadway to Birdland, Lincoln Center, recording studios and the White House. Performances, TV shows and recordings with Tony Bennett, Shirley Bassey (S. Africa), Natalie Cole, Patti LuPone, Paul Anka, Marilyn Horne, Liza Minelli; numerous feature films including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Fantasticks, Company Man, The Birdcage, Auto Focus; over 65 productions with the City Center Encores series; and numerous hit Broadway shows including Dreamgirls, Big River, Jerome Robbin’s Broadway, Guys and Dolls, and currently, Chicago. He served on The Trial and Executive Boards of Local 802, AFM during the Glasel administration. Founding member of the Council for Living Music. Past faculty positions include the Juilliard School (pre-college division), Brooklyn College (CUNY), Hunter College (CUNY).

Bettina Covo

Treasurer, Fund coordinator and Director of Development

Bettina Covo is a M.M. graduate from the Juilliard School. She is a multi-faceted performer, director, composer, singer/songwriter and arranger, as well as producer whose recording projects range from solo artists to the Complete Haydn Masses for Trinity Church, Wall Street. Bettina served on the Executive Board of Local 802, NYC and was Fund Coordinator for the Local 802 Emergency Relief Fund. She was Director of Music for a Sound Future as well as Program Director of Jazz Mentors, both programs of the Council for Living Music, Inc. These programs included various educational jazz-centric projects and clinics funded by the DYCD of NYC. She was also Project Director/Administrator of several afterschool CASA programs funded by Council Member Corey Johnson and the DCA, NYC.

Harvey Mars

Esq., Secretary

Harvey S. Marsis currently the Recording Vice President of the Associated Musicians of Greater New York Local 802 where he oversees the single engagement, jazz, teaching artist and club date fields, as well as the recording and organizing departments. Prior to being elected Recording Vice President, Harvey served as In House Counsel to Local 802 for over twenty years.Harvey is an accomplished labor and employment attorney and has earned a Master of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from the Cornell ILR School in addition to a J.D. and L.LM from Albany Law School, where he was also awarded the Distinguished Leader Award in 2022.He an accomplished trombonist and has a Master of Music in trombone performance from Montclair State University. Harvey is currently enrolled in Mannes School of Music’s professional studies program.

Tino Gagliardi

Director

Tino Gagliardi has had a long and distinguished career. He is currently the President of the American Federation of Musicians representing over 70,000 members in the US and Canada. Previously, Gagliardi served as President and Executive Director of Local 802, leading negotiations for all the major NYC music contracts, including Broadway, the Met Opera, New York Philharmonic, NYC Ballet. As a professional trumpet player, he worked in New York City’s concert, club date, theatre, and recording fields. He was President and Executive Director of the CLM for over 10 years. In addition, he served as an AFM International Executive Board member from 2010 to 2019, and served on the finance, electronic media oversight, and organizing committees. He is co-chair of the AFM&EPF Board of Trustees, trustee and co-chair of the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund, and on the executive board of SoundExchange.

Martha Hyde

Director

Martha Hyde, a multiple woodwind performer is a veteran of pit orchestras for over 75 Broadway and off-Broadway shows, Radio City Music Hall, the New Jersey Symphony and the Long Island Philharmonic. She appears on several cast albums and has toured on four continents. She teaches woodwinds to students age 10 to 80 and has a library of original music for young ensembles. She has served as a trustee to the Local 802 Health Fund, as a member of the Local 802 Executive Board, and on several rank-and-file committees. She holds a Bachelor of Music cum laude from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Greg Thymius

Director

Greg Thymius is a Long Island native, who has lived in New York City since 1999. A woodwind doubler, he has been playing Broadway and Off-Broadway shows since 1998, with 13 chairs (9 on Broadway) of his own to date. The 2019 revival of "Kiss Me, Kate," put him on stage as a featured, solo clarinetist, which lead to a performance on the TONY awards. He's also active in the concert, cabaret, and club date fields. Highlights include Ana Gasteyer (with whom he also has made recordings, T.V., and radio appearances), Bernadette Peters, Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Johnny Mathis, The Irish Tenors, Jerry Vale, etc., and over 20 years with Curtis Music./He has been a member of the CLM board since it was reconvened and has served on the theater committee of Local 802.

Lorenza Ponce

Advisory Board

Lorenza Ponce is a Grammy® winning classically trained violinist with a rockers edge and a new age heart. A current member of Jon Bon Jovi’s solo group, she was the violinist/vocalist for the Bon Jovi Lost Highway World Tour. Lorenza has recently been playing with Sam Smith, has toured extensively with Sheryl Crow, was the lead violinist and string contractor for Hall and Oates, and string contractor/arranger for The Dixie Chicks Top of The World Tour. Lorenza Ponce has been the featured performer in two PBS Specials: featured violinist/vocalist for John Tesh’s One World , and featured violinist for Japanese new age star, Kitaro’s “An Enchanted Evening.” Lorenza has also toured with John Tesh, Kitaro, and Ben Fold s Five. We are very excited to have Lornenza join the CLM as an Advisory Board member bringing her love of education and joy of live music to the organization.