Excusing Absences. The EMPLOYER expects ARTISTS to give as full participation as possible to the yearly schedule of performances of the EMPLOYER. Failure of a Chorister to substantially fulfill his/her past commitments to the EMPLOYER'S schedule, except as excused below, may be considered by the Music Director in making selections for the following season. ARTISTS and the EMPLOYER are legally bound to any commitment which they undertake when they sign a SACE and shall be expected to fully comply with their commitments once made. Any ARTIST who fails to perform substantially in accordance with the contractual obligations which he/she has undertaken, except for a reason excused below, unless excused by the Music Director, may be dropped from the call (or placed on probation) by the Music Director for the following season. The EMPLOYER shall give reasonable consideration to excusing absences because of schedule conflicts, illnesses, or emergency reasons. EMPLOYER shall notify any Chorister whose absence is not excused.
