In the December 2024 issue of Senza Sordino, ICSOM Counsel Kevin Case advocates for ending the practice of individually negotiated overscale agreements in orchestras. He argues that such agreements create inequities based on factors unrelated to a musician’s talent, such as negotiating skills, personal relationships with management, and unconscious biases related to race and gender. Instead, Case calls for orchestras to collectively bargain overscale for titled positions to ensure fairness and transparency.