Youth Orchestra Administrative Apprentice

Youth Orchestra Administrative Apprentice

Main Location
- San Francisco, CA 94102

Salary Range $20.25 - $20.25 Hourly Level Entry Position Type Part Time Category Admin
- Clerical

YOUTH ORCHESTRA ADMINISTRATIVE APPRENTICE

Civic Engagement

Youth Orchestra Program

Work Status:

- Part-Time
- Payroll Type:

- Non-Exempt

Location of Job:

- Davies Symphony Hall San Francisco, CA
- Hourly rate:

- $20.25

Schedule:

- Hybrid
- Regular hours:

- - Weekend hours in conjunction with SFSYO services, incl. periodic evening services
- Remote work midweek, schedule negotiable
- Occasional in-office days outside of SFSYO services as necessary
- Not to exceed 19 per week

Reports To:

- Director, Youth Orchestra Program - Supervisory:

- No

THE ORGANIZATION

The San Francisco Symphony is among the most adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education and community engagement programs. Since it was established in 1911, the Symphony has grown in acclaim under a succession of distinguished music directors:
Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz, Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Monteux, Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, Seiji Ozawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The San Francisco Symphony presents more than 200 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 350,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall and around the Bay Area. A cornerstone of its mission, the San Francisco Symphony provides some of the most extensive education and community programs offered by any American orchestra. The Symphony's free music education experiences engage students in grades 1–12 throughout the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), serving more than 25,000 students annually.

In 2001, the SF Symphony became the first American orchestra to launch its own in-house record label SFS Media. Recorded live in concert and engineered at Davies Symphony Hall, SFS Media recordings showcase music by contemporary composers as well as core classical masterworks. San Francisco Symphony radio broadcasts, the first in the nation to feature symphonic music when they began in 1926, today carry the Orchestra's concerts across the country.

In 2004, the SF Symphony launched the groundbreaking multimedia Keeping Score series on PBS-TV and the web; the series was made available for unlimited free streaming on the Symphony's You Tube channel in 2020. In 2014, the San Francisco Symphony inaugurated Sound Box, an experimental and eclectic live music series, which takes place in an alternative performance space located backstage at Davies Symphony Hall.

In 2023, the San Francisco Symphony partnered with Apple for the launch of a new classical music streaming app, Apple Music Classical, and has since released 15 spatial audio recordings of live concert performances through the app. For its adventurous programming, the Symphony has been honored 19 times by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the Symphony's recordings have garnered France's Grand Prix du Disque and Britain's Gramophone Award, as well as 17 Grammy® Awards.

JOB SUMMARY

The Youth Orchestra Administrative Apprentices support the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO) through project assistance and office administration, including production of materials, maintenance of databases and mailing lists, rehearsal/concert coverage, audition processes, and assistance with other SFSYO projects. These positions interact frequently with SFSYO musicians; the SFSYO Director and Music Librarian; the SFSYO Music Director; SFS musicians who serve as Youth Orchestra faculty;

and other SFS staff on a limited basis.

The YO Administrative Apprentices work part-time, not to exceed 19 hours per week, during SFSYO rehearsals, concerts, and other events, including remote work throughout the week and occasional in-office days.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage attendance tracking
• Assist with administration of entrance and seating auditions
• Administer Instrument Care Program
• Coordinate periodic YO Chamber performances…