North State Symphony Music Librarian

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RESIDENCY: Candidate must be a California resident. Chico State Enterprises is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e. H-1B Visas).

BASE PAY RANGE: $19.00/hr - $25.00/hr

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POSITION: North State Symphony Music Librarian

COMPENSATION: $19.00 - $25.00 per hour

DEPARTMENT: North State Symphony

LOCATION: North State Symphony, Various Locations

RECRUITMENT : 314

Reporting to the North State Symphony Director and working in collaboration with the Music Director and Personnel Coordinator, the Music Librarian is responsible for a variety of duties pertaining to sheet music for the North State Symphony orchestra. The Music Librarian is responsible for procuring, cataloging, archiving, and maintaining a collection of musical resources, including sheet music, recordings, books, and other materials.

The ideal candidate will have a deep knowledge of music, excellent research skills, and a strong attention to detail. This position requires the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with various stakeholders.

• Maintain a comprehensive cataloging system for the music library, ensuring accurate and consistent organization of resources.
• Collaborate with the CSU Chico MTAD library (currently the site where all NSS-owned music is housed.)
• Classify and label music materials according to guidelines and instruments.
• Collaborate with Music Director and publishers to expand the music library collection.
• Monitor the condition of music sheets and identify any issues or damage that may require preservation or repair.
• Other duties that ensure music and other resources are organized, properly maintained and easily accessible.

• Prior to each season, check with CSU, Chico MTAD librarian to see if NSS owns any of the sets of music being programmed.
• When needed, arrange for the purchase or rental of sheet music or materials to meet program needs for the orchestra.
• Manage all aspects of rentals, including ordering, tracking, receiving, inventory, packing, shipping, processing of invoices, and maintaining records.
• Check all incoming and outgoing performance materials for condition and completeness.
• Ensure prompt return of rented or borrowed materials and adherence to copyright laws.
• Other duties as needed to ensure the procurement of necessary music materials.

• Prepare materials according to specific requirements, including but not limited to editing, proofreading, marking, penciling in string bowings, scanning, and distribution of orchestra parts.
• Coordinate with the concertmaster on bowings, bowing changes, mistakes to be corrected in the parts, etc.
• Facilitate the shipping and return of all string parts that need to be bowed to concertmaster.
• If needed, coordinate with guest artists/soloists to prepare music according to their specific requirements.
• Review all music to determine if orchestra parts meet acceptable standards: legible parts, adequate rehearsal letters, numbers, and measure numbers. Take the necessary steps to correct problems that potentially could disrupt rehearsals.
• Coordinate the duplication and distribution of music to all symphony musicians.
• Assist symphony musicians in accessing music materials, providing guidance and support and facilitating special requests as needed.
• Ensure that there are enough parts; provide “original string parts” sufficiently in advance to the concertmaster for bowing and pre-rehearsal practice.
• Ensure that bowings, rehearsal letters/numbers, and measure numbers are compatible between the conductor's score and the players' parts.
• Other duties as needed to ensure all musicians have the music and materials needed to perform.

• Prepare/assemble music folders for each musician in advance of first service.
• Troubleshoot any possible issues with…