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Executive Director, Winnipeg Folk Festival

Miko — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:32:54 -0800

The Winnipeg Folk Festival invites applications and suggestions for the position of Executive Director, seeking an outstanding individual to lead Canada's largest and most successful folk music organization. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for all aspects of the operations of the Winnipeg Folk Festival. The Board seeks a high-motivated and innovative leader, an experienced cultural administrator and fund-raiser, a passionate advocate of the Festival's mission and vision. With one of North America's premier outdoor music festivals as its signature event, the Winnipeg Folk Festival is a year-round, not-for-profit organization presenting the best in live music, music training, and arts events, as well as operating a retail music store in Winnipeg's historicExchange District. The first Festival was planned as a one-time celebration to mark Winnipeg's 100th anniversary in 1974. Its founder Mitch Podolak has had an enormous impact on the shape and direction of the Canadian folk music community; from 1974 to 1986 he developed the Winnipeg Folk Festival both artistically and organizationally. Today, under the leadership of executive director Trudy Schroeder with artistic director Chris Frayer, the Festival has an annual operating budget of approximately $3.7 million, summer festival attendance exceeding 62,000, more than 2,200 active volunteers, a committed Board of Directors, and exciting plans for the future. It has evolved from a one-weekend event in July into a community asset with folk music at its heart, presenting a range of programs including education and outreach activities, a small performance venue, and other initiatives that span the calendar year. The Festival is a well-managed, fiscally stable operation with an excellent staff. Committed to creating "experiences of discovery and learning through the celebration of people and music," the Festival's long-term organizational goals are to enhance and develop the current summer festival site, undertaking a campaign for both capital and endowment funds, and to be such a positive force within the local community that Winnipeg will be known as the Folk Capital of Canada. The ideal candidate has a background in arts management with a track record as executive director or senior manager in a major arts or community organization. This position requires the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in the folk community, and with staff, Board members, volunteers, donors, funding agencies, the media, community partners, and the general public. An understanding of, and an appreciation for, folk music is essential. This individual should have experience in the areas of staff and board development, strategic planning, financial management, and fund-raising, and have the capacity to seek creative solutions within a collaborative setting. Other desired qualifications: post-graduate training in arts administration, not-for-profit management or public administration and capital campaign experience. Bilingualism would be a plus. The Festival has a strong commitment to cultural diversity and community service. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send resume, cover letter, anda list of references by Friday, August 8th to: Margaret Genovese Senior Partner Genovese, Vanderhoof & Associates 77 Carlton Street, Suite 1103 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2J7 416/340-2762 Fax 416/340-6276 gvasearch@gmail.com www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca www.genovesevanderhoof.com

Arts/theater internship

nax — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:58:56 -0800

Light Opera Works is looking for college students, grad students, and recent grads for internships in management, development, marketing, production and stagecraft. Light Opera Works is the Chicago area's largest not-for profit musical theater. Internships are full time and are extremely hands-on and independent; you will be a valuable member of our small staff. Management Work alongside our professional staff in all aspects of theater management, including: • Box Office and Front of House • Marketing • Public Relations • Development Stage Production Immerse yourself in all areas of theater, with the opportunity to focus on your special interest: • Artistic Direction/Casting • Production Management • Stage Directing • Music Direction • Stage Management Light Opera Works will tailor the internship experience to your interests and talents. You'll learn first-hand how an efficient arts organization thrives in the "real world." Full-time interns receive stipend pay of $500 per month. Internships can be arranged in cooperation with your school for course credit.

Visual and interaction designer for digital music company

brianwhitman — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:58:59 -0800

The Echo Nest, a music intelligence company based in Somerville MA, USA (next to Boston, we're in Davis Square) is looking to add to our team of scientists, engineers, artists and music lovers. Our focus is on the best technology solutions to music information and synthesis: tools for music discovery and marketing, digital music creation and production. We're a two-year old startup, a small but intense company with consumer and partner products currently in alpha. We're looking for someone with an excellent visual sense to help us with web development and client application development. The job entails a mix of interaction design and visual design, using whatever tools you are comfortable with. Knowledge of web standards, CSS, XHTML, etc a plus, as is knowledge of motion tools such as Flash, Processing, OpenGL, Quartz Composer, etc. You will be working with web developers and application developers to make simple and gorgeous user experiences on top of our next generation music and audio technology. For this position please send along a CV and portfolio to jobs at echonest . This is full time in-office salaried position.

Assistant Professor of Music

Miko — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:09:03 -0800

Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and member of the Five College consortium, is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor of Music in the area of ethnomusicology. While the specific area of expertise is open, we are seeking a scholar whose work complements that of current Hampshire College faculty. We are particularly interested in ethnomusicologists who specialize in popular music (apart from jazz and improvisation studies), musics of the Middle East, India, Asia, and other regions. Our unique music program offers students the opportunity to study, compose, and perform jazz/improvised music, traditional and contemporary popular musics, folk and world musics, computer music/audio art, and experimental music in an interdisciplinary liberal arts context. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in leading a music ensemble. The successful candidate will have completed the PhD. College level teaching experience is preferred. This position involves substantial student advising responsibilities. Hampshire College is committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. Position begins July 1, 2008. We offer a competitive salary and benefit program. Application review will begin on November 15 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a letter of interest describing teaching and professional experience, curriculum vita, a list of course proposals and syllabi for two courses, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to: Ethnomusicology Search Committee School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies Hampshire College 893 West Street Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 Equal Opportunity Employer hr.hampshire.edu Julie Throckmorton-Meunier Cultural Resources Specialist Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area The Bost Building 623 East Eighth Avenue Homestead, PA 15120 phone: 412-464-4020 ext. 45 fax: 412-464-4417

Acoustic Guitar for Wedding Ceremony

odinsdream — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:45:04 -0800

We're currently looking for an acoustic guitar musician for our wedding ceremony. If you're comfortable with music appropriate for a casual, outdoor wedding and are available on Oct. 13, 2007, we'd love to hear from you. Please provide samples of your music. This will be instrumental music only - no singing skill is required.

Fiddle/Violin Player (Female)

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:13:11 -0800

Tin Horse is looking for a female fiddle player who can sing for full band shows locally as well as great acoustic shows opening for regional and national acts with just the fronting trio (all female) of our band (guitar + vocal, keys + vocal, ??: fiddle + vocal). We have been described as alt-country, country, country rock, southern rock, roots rock, Americana and, as such, have a lot of versatility in the types of shows we have played and have been offered to play. The band most recently shared the stage with Emerson Drive (video link at our website: www.tinhorseband.com) and past shows have included a sold out show at the Park West with Lowen & Navarro, Summerfest with Los Lonely Boys, various Country fests with Gretchen Wilson, Toby Keith, Lee Ann Womack, regional festivals with Soul Asylum. Upcoming shows include opening for Lowen & Navarro on the east coast, the Kentucky Headhunters in central Illinois, and headlining fests locally. You can see the diversity of our appeal with that range of musical styles. We have management, booking, publishing and performing ties in Nashville, radio interest, and a bunch of great originals to push. Andy 312-415-1048 www.tinhorseband.com

Sr. PHP/MYSQL developer / DBA Needed for Exciting Independent Music Startup

Freen — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:09:24 -0800

We're looking for a lead PHP/MYSQL developer who has experience administrating a high availability mysql cluster for a music startup company in NYC. We've got a small team and we're looking to expand. You've got to have experience leading a team, and working within a team, with all the demands of a startup. You'll also jump into the middle of the development process, and will have to get up to steam quickly. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something exciting.

Flash/Actionscript Developer for Major Record Label Projects

Freen — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:57:32 -0800

Flash developer with serious actionscript chops needed immediately for music marketing company. We are a small shop in the process of expanding, and we're looking to add some people on to the team. The ideal candidate would have experience working in a LAMP environment, proficiency with PHP/MYSQL, as well as a strong eye for graphic design. Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested. Must be located in NYC. Full-time or Part-Time moving to Full-time