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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PUBLICITY
The Boston Early Music Festival—a 29-year old, non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and presentation of Early Music, with offices in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA (www.bemf.org)—is seeking an energetic and highly motivated professional to work in conjunction with the BEMF Executive Director and Staff to implement various marketing and publicity initiatives. The ideal candidate would have 3 to 5 years of relevant marketing and publicity experience, highly-developed interpersonal skills, organizational and managerial expertise, computer literacy (familiarity with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Constant Contact, as well as website programs such as Contribute and donor programs such as Raiser’s Edge, plus experience editing photos and sound files with programs such as Picasa, Wavepad, etc.), excellent writing skills, and a dedication to the performing arts and early music. The position requires a 40 hour per week commitment; salary commensurate with experience. Applications should be sent to: carla@bemf.org by February 10, 2010.
In conjunction with the BEMF Executive Director, the Director of Marketing and Publicity would:
- Write and disseminate press releases (printed and digital) for annual concert series in Boston, MA and New York, NY, biennial festivals, CDs, and other notable news and events, contacting artists and managers for pertinent information when necessary;
- Maintain updated press and colleague organization contact lists, follow up with major newspapers, magazines, and music writers to secure preview and review coverage of BEMF events, and coordinate press tickets and press packages at events;
- Develop a comprehensive marketing campaign for the Boston Early Music Festival and its assorted events and projects, to include booking, writing copy for, and overseeing the graphic design of all brochures, postcards, posters, email announcements, and print and radio advertisements for annual concert series, biennial festivals, CDs, and other events;
- Oversee monthly E-Newsletter campaign;
- Write content for and oversee design of and updates to the BEMF website;
- Maintain image library and catalogue of all newspaper and magazine articles and reviews for all BEMF events and projects;
- Promote annual concerts and biennial festival events through “grass-roots” efforts (i.e. supplying brochures, posters, and postcards to local music schools, libraries, churches, and other concert performances, updating various web calendars with concert information, submitting concert info to relevant list-serves, trading web links, “info brochure campaign,” etc.);
- Strengthen current audience and cultivate new audiences through innovative audience development initiatives;
- more.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
The Department of Music at Colby College invites applications for a tenure-track position in Music (musicology) at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning September 1, 2010. The department seeks a scholar/performer with a specialization in music before 1750. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. or D.M.A. by the beginning of the appointment, an established record of published research, experience as a performer of early music, and a strong commitment to liberal arts education. College teaching experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities include teaching the first semester of a three-semester history survey for majors (to ca. 1700), directing a student early music group, and offering electives in the candidate's area(s) of expertise.
Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, statements on teaching and research, and three letters of recommendation to:
Professor Steve Saunders
Department of Music
Colby College
5677 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901
Please do not send recordings or publications at this time.
Review of applications will begin December 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. Colby is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, committed to excellence through diversity, and strongly encourages applications and nominations of persons of color, women, and members of other underrepresented groups.
For more information about the College, please visit the Colby Web site: www.colby.edu
(posted 10/12/09)
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, (Full-Time or ¾-time, negotiable)
Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, has been hailed as “one of America’s leading baroque orchestras,” (Boston Globe). Now in its 17th season, the ensemble performs a series of 5-6 subscription programs with multiple performances of each program in venues throughout Northeast Ohio, as well as summer countryside concerts in rustic venues. Performing on period instruments under the leadership of Music Director Jeannette Sorrell, the ensemble has been praised for its “personality and temperament” (NY Times) and has toured throughout North America. AF has released 13 commercial CD recordings and has had numerous national broadcasts on NPR, Canada’s CBC, Britain’s BBC, and the European Broadcasting Union. Plans are currently underway for international touring and international broadcasts. AF maintains a suite of offices at the historic Rockefeller Building in Cleveland Heights. The organization has a Board of 20 and an administration of three full-time and five part-time staff members.
Job Description
The Development Manager is responsible for the smooth execution and maintenance of Apollo’s Fire’s fundraising plan and donor relations’ programs. This person serves as a deputy to the Managing Director and thus is prepared to assist with general managerial matters as well as those that pertain to donor and board communications. He/she will be called upon to handle tasks that require discretion, finesse and refined interpersonal skills, and may be asked to handle matters in a variety of areas where relationship-management is paramount. In addition to funding institutions, he/she will be in direct communication with board members, patrons, vendors, volunteers and other contacts in the community. Maintaining positive relationships and communications with all of the above is essential.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1) In collaboration with the Managing Director, planning and execution of the annual fund campaign; corporate giving campaign; institutional giving campaign; writing grants (including budgets), cover letters, acknowledgements, solicitations; tracking gifts and providing projections; 2) funder/donor prospecting & research; 3) managing all donor cultivations, special events and donor perks; 4) serving as liaison to the FRIENDS of APOLLO’S FIRE; 5) maintaining fundraising database, providing lists and reports by category; 6) assisting in preparation of board and committee meetings.
For full-time candidates, the DEVELOPMENT MANAGER position will extend to include some responsibilities for general office management and box office duties, such as: Volunteer coordination; General office assistance; Bill-paying in the absence of Managing Director; box Office assistance in the office and at concerts; and assistance with artistic operations at high peak times.
Salary
$24K to $32K, commensurate with experience, and depending on time-commitment. Health-care benefits and optional 403(b) plan are available.
Qualifications
- At least one year’s experience in a similar capacity with a non-profit organization.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both orally and in writing;
- Proven facility with computers, including Microsoft programs, Excel and database work. Knowledge of Quick Books is a plus.
- A high level of professionalism, accuracy and attention to detail
- A passion for the arts; the ability to work as part of a team
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A car and valid driver's license are required.
To apply:
Please send resumé, salary history, two contrasting writing samples, cover letter, and names of current references by September 20 to:
Jacqueline Taylor, Managing Director
Email jtaylor@apollosfire.org
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra
3091 Mayfield Rd., Suite 217
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Telephone 216.320.0012
www.apollosfire.org
GENERAL MANAGER/DIR. OF ARTISTIC OPERATIONS & TOURING (Title Negotiable)
Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, has been hailed as “one of America’s leading baroque orchestras,” (Boston Globe). Now in its 17th season, the ensemble performs a series of 5-6 subscription programs with multiple performances of each program in venues throughout Northeast Ohio, as well as summer countryside concerts in rustic venues. Performing on period instruments under the leadership of Music Director Jeannette Sorrell, the ensemble has been praised for its “personality and temperament” (NY Times) and has toured throughout North America. AF has released 13 commercial CD recordings and has had numerous national broadcasts on NPR, Canada’s CBC, Britain’s BBC, and the European Broadcasting Union. Plans are currently underway for international touring and international broadcasts. AF maintains a suite of offices at the historic Rockefeller Building in Cleveland Heights. The organization has a Board of 20 and an administration of three full-time and five part-time staff members.
Job Description
The General Manager/Director of Artistic Operations & Touring will be responsible for most or all of the following, depending on experience: 1) the smooth execution of all Apollo’s Fire general office operations, as well as artistic operations, including local subscription concerts, education concerts, run-outs and touring programs, special events and recordings; 2) serving as the booking representative for Apollo’s Fire, selling tour programs. Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
(a) Booking and contracting venues, musicians and guest artists under the direction of the Music Director; negotiating fees; preparing institutional budgets, monthly financial reports, project reports and other financial reports for development and other purposes; monitoring all expenses; preparing musicians’ payroll; analyzing potential touring expenses and preparing fee quotes; preparing and editing publications, including publicity material and concert program-books, both for subscription concerts and on tour; coordinating radio recording and broadcasts for local, national and international markets; and assisting with contract negotiations in collaboration with the Musicians’ Representative and the Music Director.
(b) Supervising an assistant in the arrangement of travel, accommodations and ground transportation for musicians and guest artists; the preparation of per diem allowances; the coordination of production logistics with each venue (locally and on tour); the monitoring of rehearsals and all musician logistics. Tour travel may sometimes be required.
c) Booking paid tour engagements and run-outs; devising selling strategies and goals; contacting potential buyers; negotiating fees
d) Managing general office operations, including licenses, insurance policies, rental contracts, etc.
Salary
$32K to $48K, commensurate with experience. This is a full-time position with health-care benefits and optional 403(b) plan.
Qualifications
An orchestral background in performance or production; four to six years experience in similar work; experience in booking ensembles for tours strongly preferred;
Excellent interpersonal skills, both orally and in writing;
Proven facility with budgeting/fiscal management using Excel spreadsheets with complex variables and Quick Books;
A high level of professionalism, accuracy and attention to detail;
A passion for the arts and dedication to high artistic standards
A car and valid driver's license are required.
To apply:
Please send résumé, cover letter, and names of current references by August 1 to:
Jacqueline Taylor, Managing Director
Email jtaylor@apollosfire.org
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra
3091 Mayfield Rd., Suite 217
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Telephone 216.320.0012
www.apollosfire.org
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Washington Bach Consort, the nation’s premier Baroque chorus and orchestra is seeking candidates for the position of Executive Director. Currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Consort presents a five-concert subscription series at such premier venues as the Music Center at Strathmore, Kennedy Center, and Harman Center for the Arts, where it is a resident artistic partner.
Additionally, the Consort presents a free-of-charge Noontime Cantata Series at Washington’s Church of the Epiphany and a youth education program. The ensemble occasionally performs as a contract artist, tours, and produces commercial recordings.
Reporting to the President of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for all aspects of the management and operation of the $1M organization. Working with the Board, and a four-person staff, the Executive Director will create and implement the organization’s strategic plan and policies, as well as initiatives to build and foster funding and audience development. Working with the Artistic Committee and Music Director, the Executive Director assists in programming the artistic season, negotiates artists and venue contracts, and verifies compliance with those contracts, organization policies, and the approved financial budget.
The ideal candidate will possess a graduate degree and have at a minimum five years progressive experience in the performing arts, including artistic administration, production management, marketing and communications, financial management, and fundraising.
Please send a cover letter and resume to EDSearch@bachconsort.org. No phone calls please.
Additional Opportunities/Announcements
The Library of Congress, Office of Inspector General, is asking for the assistance of the public and the musical instrument community in solving one of their oldest cases. In 1981 two rare Ivory sopranino recorders were reported missing from the Library’s Dayton C. Miller flute collection. The recorders, a rare type of flute, were made around 1700, and are two of only a handful known to exist in the world. Both of the recorders are easily recognizable.
The Library’s Music Division will be hosting the upcoming 39th Annual American Musical Instrument Society meeting for the first time in May 2010. The Inspector General is working with prominent figures in the flute community, and is optimistic that they will help facilitate the recorders’ safe return. The Music Division houses one of the largest collections of flutes and flute memorabilia in the world, and is hopeful that the recorders will be returned to their collection.
If you have any information regarding the missing recorders you may report it anonymously to the Library’s Office of Inspector General hotline at (202) 707-6306 or oighotline@loc.gov. The recorders may be returned anonymously to the Library via U.S. mail to the following address:
Library of Congress/Office of the Inspector General
P.O. Box 15051/Southeast Station
Washington, DC 20003-9997
(posted 3/12/2010)
Chalice Consort is pleased to announce the first annual Early Music Mining Conference (EMMC), which brings together performers, scholars, and listeners of early music to examine newly-discovered and edited music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
The Early Music Mining Conference will be held April 10, 2010, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco.
About the Conference and Scholar’s Competition:
There are hundreds of masses, motets, chants, and other such works surviving in Renaissance and Baroque manuscripts that have never been transcribed into modern notation. Chalice Consort is interested in helping the public rediscover some of these works written between 1400 and 1750.
To facilitate this discovery, Chalice Consort is producing an annual Early Music Scholars Competition (EMSC) and the corresponding EMMC.
The EMSC, as part of the EMMC, is calling for newly discovered and transcribed (i.e. never published or publicly performed) musical works from anywhere in the world that complement the focal piece of the annual Conference. For the 2010 Conference, the focal piece will be Thomas Ashwell’s Missa Ave Maria.
Chalice Consort will screen all entries submitted by December 31, 2009, and select the top five pieces to be presented at the EMMC on April 10, 2010. This Conference offers all attendees the opportunity to interact with eminent performers, scholars, students, and listeners of early music. At the EMMC, the five featured editors will present their scores to our panel of early music scholars and Chalice Consort will sing the pieces under the direction of our esteemed Guest Directors. There will be a moderated discussion after each piece has been sung.
Attendees of the Conference will vote for their two favorite pieces. The two selected works will be premiered as a part of the San Francisco Early Music Society Fringe Series of the Berkeley Festival & Exhibition in June of 2010.
Guest Directors & Panel Speakers:
Davitt Moroney (Moderator & Guest Director), UC Berkeley
Jeremy Summerly (Guest Director), Royal Academy of Music
David Trendell (Guest Director), King's College, London
Geoffrey Webber (Guest Director), Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
More information on the Early Music Scholar’s Competition can be found at:
http://chaliceconsort.org/emsc.html, and more information on the Early Music Mining Conference and ticket information can be found at: http://chaliceconsort.org/emmc.html
(posted 10/21/09)
IYAP (International Young Artist's Presentation), Historically Informed Performance, 26-29 August 2010, Antwerp. IYAP wants to reach out to young vocal and/or instrumental ensembles playing on authentic instruments and working on a musical repertoire up to 1920. The coaching sessions - lead by American soprano Jill Feldman - will be a crucial point of attention, as will be the concerts offered to the selected ensembles at various historic locations in Antwerp during the early music festival Laus Polyphoniae. Deadline for applications: 1 April 2010. More information on www.iyap.be.
International Masterclass, Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica by Michael Praetorius , 1-7 November, 2010. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) is best known for his treatise Syntagma Musicum. Yet he was also an especially prolific composer. As Monteverdi did in his Vespers of 1610, Praetorius combined in the collection Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica old and new styles. During this masterclass you’ll get to know the most memorable pieces from this volume. One special aspect of the masterclass is that Wim Becu (musical direction) and Dirk Snellings (vocal coach) will work completely from original facsimiles, which enhances the experience of interpreting this music.Deadline for registration: 15 May 2010. More information on www.musica.be.
19th Century Brass Instrument Laboratory, 16-18 April 2010, Lier. During this new laboratory, members of the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées (Alain De Rudder, Luc Bergé, Wim Becu and Marc Girardot) will acquaint (pre)professional musicians with particular playing techniques, instruments and the 19th-century repertoire including some lesser-known works. Please find more information on www.musica.be.
For Sale
Bowed Psaltery- new condition. Handcarved with celtic rosette. $ 350. Price includes psaltery, two bows, extra string, resin, tuning wrench, Instruction book with songs, and velvet lined carrying/storage case. If interested please e-mail: loltromo@insight.rr.com (can send pictures for you to see).
(posted 2/5/10)
Baroque violin bow, made by Richard Riggall of Pennsylvania in 2003. It is a copy of an English 18th-Century model-$1,200.00. Classical violin bow-transitional model after Machaud. Made by Trevor Ewert of Ontario, Canada, also in 2003-$1,500.00. Please call or e-mail me if you are interested and would like to try either of these. I am selling both of these at the price at which I purchased them in 2003, which could provide you some savings given the current market. martie.perry@comcast.net (812) 360-5263
(posted 8/7/09)
Cembalino in the style of the Italian inner/outer harpsichords. Capable of producing a robust sound. Very handy continuo instrument. Extremely easy to transport, weighing around 35 pounds (14 kg) and measuring less than 56 inches. Tuned to A=415. Parts bought in 2002 from the Renaissance Workshop Company, heir to Early Music Shop. (Parts were manufactured in Tuebingen, Germany.) Finished being built in 2008 by Wolodymyr and Eugene Smishkewych, completed by professional builder David Jensen, with additional voicing by Phil Sloffer. Disposition: Single 8 strung in hand drawn brass. 45 notes, CC/EE - c''' (short bottom octave). Size: 140cm long, 61cm wide, 17cm deep. Keys are cut from lime with maple / rosewood covers and the beech jacks are fitted with pearwood tongues with delrin plectra. 'Swiss' pine for the soundboard, fine quality laminate board ("marine" ply) for the baseboard, English sycamore for casework parts and mouldings. Departing from the hollow-box construction method suggested by the kit, the wrestplank on this instrument is constructed with a solid piece of white oak faced with sycamore. This method assures greater durability and the highest resistance to warping due to string tension stress. Asking $5900. Comes with simple music desk. Adjustable music desk and hinged lid available upon request for additional $500.Please contact Yonit Kosovske for more information: yonitkosovske@gmail.com.
(posted 10/13/09)
Beha and Gibbons 415 Rippert alto recorder. Single holes for f/f# and g/g#, comes with an extra foot joint with double holes for f/f#. Historical fingerings. Asking $1,000. Please contact Tish Berlin in Albany, CA at 510-559-4670 or tishberlin@sbcglobal.net
(posted 10/13/09)