ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP WITH VIENNA CHORAL SOCIETY

Vienna Choral Society (VCS) is Northern Virginia’s premiere teaching choir. We are in our 32nd year and come from all walks of life. We welcome singers of all skill levels, and have a great time singing an ambitious and eclectic repertoire that ranges from classical large works to acapella and pop – sometimes in the same concert. We sing not only for the joy of it, but to lift voices and spirits, be a good community partner, and offer our choir and audience an uplifting and enriching experience.

VCS is looking for ARTS MANAGEMENT INTERNS for the 2020-21 season.

DESCRIPTION: The VCS Arts Management internship is a dynamic, hands-on experience for self-starters who want to get their feet wet in the fast-paced world of the performing arts. Intern will report directly to the Executive Director of VCS.

During the course of the internship, the intern will:

• Learn and assist with creating, planning, and implementing marketing strategies for a concert or season
• Learn and assist with market research, media outreach, fundraising, and business development
• Help conduct research to identify grants and other funding opportunities
• Assist Executive Director during regular and dress rehearsals
• Help set-up and strike-down on concert night, learning the ins and outs from backstage as well as front-of-the-house
• Assist the board, Artistic Director, and Accompanist as needed with administrative duties

DURATION: Mid-August to day after December concert and/or early January to mid-June (exact start/end dates are negotiable).

BENEFITS TO INTERN: The internship position is unpaid. The intern will obtain the following benefits:

• Learn to manage, market, and produce a live arts event from beginning to end
• Receive school/college credit if applicable
• Receive service hours if applicable
• Receive a certificate of completion
• Be eligible for a recommendation

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/Powerpoint)
• Utilization of professional telephone etiquette
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Comprehension of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and other social media tools
• Ability to be flexible, multitask, be self-directed and meet deadlines
• Passion and joy for activities that improve the lives of others
• Junior or senior in high school, currently enrolled college students and post-grads

TIME COMMITMENT:

• Ability to commit to at least one hour a week during regular rehearsal periods (September – May).
• Ability to attend rehearsals through the season highly desirable.
• Ability to attend the first two rehearsals of each concert, plus dress rehearsal and show night. During other rehearsals, if interns are unable to attend in person they must do a phone check-in at least once a week.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send a cover letter and resume by March 31, 2020 to info@viennachoralsociety.org indicating “internship inquiry” in the subject line.

Please indicate which internship period(s) is/are of interest (Fall, Spring, or whole season) and whether you are available during the orientation session.

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We’re looking forward to this concert for a couple of reasons.

We frequently include pieces and large works by female composers, but this is our first time programming an entire concert with music by female composers. We are doing this because we realized there is a wealth of rich history and legacy of women composers from Hildegard Von Bingen to her modern contemporaries. We want to highlight them more often, and showcase them the way we effortlessly showcase retrospectives on their male counterparts.

There are several contemporary women composers whose names should be as familiar as Glass or Whitacre or Forrest. And yet, as we’ll hear, from Alice Parker to Gwyneth Walker women composers are prolific – with an output that is marked by humor and approachability, daring to see the collective power of singing to create change. It’s a sentiment reflected in a composition from Joan Szymko, inspired by Mother Teresa’s famous words: “If we have no peace/it is because we have forgotten that/we belong to each other.” A sentiment we need now, more than ever.

As VCS artistic director Mike Horanski demonstrated last season – when both large works we performed were by contemporary women composers, one not yet 40 – it’s just a matter of finding out that “amazing” has been there all along.

It’s only fitting that we share our stage for this concert with Up All Night, a women’s barbershop quartet. Yes, women sing barbershop, too. Short version: The boys got organized in the 1930s and wouldn’t let the girls in. When they finally did, in 2018, the girls had long since built their own club and been singing barbershop the entire time. Female barbershop is just not what many people think of as the norm. But music belongs to everyone. And at VCS, we’re happy to change that level of visibility in our own way and sing outside the lines.

It’s going to be an amazing show. Please join us!

Tickets are $25/adults, $20/students (15 – 18) or seniors (65+). Youth age 14 and younger attend for free.

Tickets are on sale online at https://vcsmusicshewrote.eventbrite.com until Friday, March 13, 2020. More will be available at the door on concert night start 6:45 pm. Doors open at 7:15 pm, we sing at 7:30 pm.

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