MemphisSymphony Orchestra
HEAD LIBRARIAN
Reports to: Director of Operations and Community Engagement
Supports:
Music Director, Operations Staff, Personnel Manager, Musicians
Supervises:
Assistant Librarian, Bowing Assistants
Duties include:
Music Preparation and Distribution:
-Order rental music and perusal music and return it promptly after use
-Order, catalog and maintain library of purchased music for orchestra and chorus
-Provide scores for conductor, assistant conductor, and cover conductors
-Confirm editions and keys with conductors/ soloists
-Check wind parts for doublings and alert personnel manager of additional needs
-Confirm actual instrumentation with that listed in OPAS/ Daniels
-Prepare music including routing master string parts through string principals, copying bowings into section parts, making practice copies for inside strings, fixing page turns and marking corrections
-Make music available to in-town musicians according to CBA deadlines
-Mail music to out-of-town musicians
-Provide music for audition committees and candidates
-Provide study parts/ scores for musicians
-Provide music for MSO chamber ensembles
-Provide music for any choruses/ other ensembles that are performing with the MSO
Concert duties:
-Attend or designate an assistant librarian to attend every orchestra service
-Transport folders that have not been picked up by musicians to all services and distribute folders at least 30 minutes before the service
-Bring the conductor’s scores to the podium 10 minutes before the concert
-Clear the stage of all music after each rehearsal as required and after each concert
Office Duties:
-Maintain OPAS library, program and recording databases
-Create music purchase, rental, and arrangement budget
-Provide copies of archived recordings upon request by eligible musicians
-Create CD work-samples for grant requests
-Upon request, provide musicians with recordings of unusual works on the season
-Document MSO performances with licensing agencies ASCAP and BMI quarterly
-Obtain licenses for recordings and broadcasts or research the information for producers
-Maintain Overture Magazine archive and bind each season’s published material
-Complete award applications for ASCAP annually and others as requested
Other duties as assigned.
Please submit a resume and cover letter to lisa.dixon@memphissymphony.org by July 11, 2008.
PART-TIME PR MANAGER
MSO is seeking part-time public relations professional to assist it in its public and media relations efforts.
- Must have a proven ability to write and edit media materials.
- Must develop and manage appropriate media relations plans for institutional and concert specific activity.
- Secure story placement in print, TV, radio and internet/web media both local and national.
- Arrange interviews of guest artists with regional media.
- Develop opportunities for orchestra members/staff to speak in the community,etc.
- Work with reviewers/critics to give appropriate backgrounder material.
- Have established and be able to cultivate media relationships.
- Develop media kit for executive staff, music director and concert specific guest artist.
- Provide concert & media duty and monitor still and video photographers, reporters and crews at events.
- Monitor and archive media coverage. Reporting PR story placement value each month.
Must demonstrate good story placement abilities and strong writing skills.Knowledge of classical music and/or arts/performance media experience a plus. Must be able to handle multiple projects in a deadline-oriented environment.Position reports to Director of Marketing and works with staff on various projects.
Please send writing and placement samples, along with resume to marketing@memphissymphony.org
No phone calls please.
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Announces the following vacancy beginning with the 2008-2009 season:
PRINCIPAL CELLO
Audition Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008
2007-08 salary for core principal Cello was $30,069.62 plus partial health insurance, pension, and instrument insurance. 2008-2009 season is currently being negotiated.
Please send a one-page résumé with a $50 deposit to:
Douglas Mayes, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Memphis Symphony Orchestra 585 S. Mendenhall Road Memphis , TN 38117 Application Deadline: Friday, August 15th, 2008
Audition Repertoire
August 2008
- Solos
A solo of the candidate’s choice
AND
Two (2) contrasting movements from one of the solo suites by J.S. Bach
- Orchestral Repertoire
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Movement 2
Measures 1-10; 49-59; 98-106
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Recitative)
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Movement 2
Measures 1-12
Debussy La Mer
Movement 1
Measures 84-91 (top line)
Mozart Symphony No. 40
Movement 1
Measures 114-134
Movement 4
Measures 49-62
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Movement 3
1 after #75- 5 before #77
Movement 4
#79- #80 (top line)
Rossini William Tell Overture (solo)
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Movement 3
Measures 1-8; 13-25; 71-99
Strauss Don Juan
Measures 1-7; 23-49
Strauss Don Quixote
Variation 5
Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream- Scherzo
Letter N- Letter O
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Sight Reading and performing with current members of the orchestra may be required.
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