Music Intern

The Phillips Collection • Washington, DC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Phillips Collection's Internship program is open to full-time undergraduate students, full-time graduate students, and recent graduates. The purpose of the internship program is to offer students and recent graduates meaningful work, educational experiences, and real-life practice in their fields of academic study and/or interest. The music intern will assist in a variety of projects that provide insight into the daily functioning of a classical concert series at a museum of modern art, such as researching concert programs and performers, assisting with concert-day production operations, and processing and organizing materials from past concert seasons. The music intern will work with the Director of Music in a variety of capacities, including setting up Audio/Visual equipment, writing about our concerts and performers, and educating the general public about the music program and our concerts at the Phillips. They will be introduced to activities integral to presenting a professional concert series, such as working with artist managers and agents, renting equipment, hiring and managing contractors, and working with world-class performers. The music intern will also have the opportunity to propose a project that they work towards with guidance and input from Phillips Music staff. Mentorship will include opportunities to contribute to the blog and digital exhibitions, and they will have opportunities to work with other staff members at the Phillips. The Sunday Concerts series at The Phillips Collection is one of the longest running music series in Washington, DC. Originally managed by Duncan Phillips’s assistant, Elmira Bier, who served as the first Director of Music at The Phillips Collection, the series has run for over 80 years. Phillips Music has long embraced a dynamic balance of tradition and innovation, presenting both canonical chamber works and contemporary music in programs that invite creative dialogue with the museum’s collection and exhibitions. Now recognized as a distinguished space for international chamber music, the series continues to offer artists and audiences an intimate, immediate, and singular experience within the Music Room.

Requirements

• Must be able to lift up to 20 pounds.
• Candidates from a Music graduate degree program preferred.
• Candidates who have academic or practical experience in musicology, stage operations, and/or A/V equipment are ideal.
• Candidates with experience or aptitude for processing, arrangement, description, cataloguing, and/or digitization are preferred but not required.
• Familiarity with these software programs: Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office Suite preferred but not required.

Nice To Haves

• Open to junior and senior undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates.

Responsibilities

• Attends and performs required tasks for all Sunday concerts.
• Assists with preparing the music room for concerts, including arranging chairs, music stands and other staging requirements, and piano placement.
• Prints and disperses programs and other materials
• Greets concert guests
• Assists with or leads stage changes during concerts.
• Help process and arrange materials from past music seasons.
• Help process and prepare materials for future music season.
• Assists with setting up for AV equipment when required

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed