Job Details
Job Location
Main Location - San Francisco, CA
Salary Range
$18.09 - $20.25 Hourly
Description
Youth Orchestra Apprentice Librarian
Education Department
ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE
The San Francisco Symphony is widely considered to be among the most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, active touring, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education programs. In the 2020-21 season, the San Francisco Symphony welcomed conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen as its twelfth Music Director and embarked on a new vision for the present and future of the orchestral landscape. This exciting artistic future builds on the remarkable 25-year tenure of Michael Tilson Thomas as the San Francisco Symphony's Music Director. Tilson Thomas continues his rich relationship with the Symphony as its first Music Director Laureate. In their inaugural season together, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony have introduced a groundbreaking artistic leadership model anchored by eight Collaborative Partners from a variety of cultural disciplines: Nicholas Britell, Julia Bullock, Claire Chase, Bryce Dessner, Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly, Carol Reiley, and Esperanza Spalding. This group of visionary artists, thinkers, and doers joins with Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony to chart a new course of experimentation by collaborating on new ideas, breaking conventional rules, and creating unique and powerful experiences. The
San Francisco Symphony presents more than 220 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 450,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall and through its national and international touring. A cornerstone of the organization's mission, the San Francisco Symphony's education programs are the most extensive offered by any American orchestra today, providing free comprehensive music education to every first- through fifth- grade student in the San Francisco public schools, and serving more than 75,000 children, students, educators, and families annually. The San Francisco Symphony's recordings have won such awards as France's Grand Prix du Disque and Britain's Gramophone Award, as well as 16 Grammy Awards. 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 SFS launched the multimedia Keeping Score on PBS-TV and online and in 2014, the San Francisco Symphony inaugurated SoundBox, an experimental performance venue and music series located backstage at Davies Symphony Hall. February 2021 saw the launch of SFSymphony , the San Francisco Symphony's on-demand video streaming service. For more information, visit sfsymphony.org.
JOB SUMMARY
This apprenticeship position will support the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra program as Music Librarian, working under the guidance of the Associate Director, Youth Orchestra Program; YO Music Director. The position will also take direction from the San Francisco Symphony Music Library staff as necessary.
The YO Apprentice Librarian will work part-time, not to exceed 19 hours per week. Hours are flexible, but include evening hours and weekend hours in conjunction with YO rehearsals, performances, and other events.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide librarian support for Youth Orchestra

• Check in new music
• Produce all orchestra and ensemble parts
• Edit parts as necessary (copying bowings, fingerings, articulations, etc.)
• Build/decollate folders
• Distribute and collect folders for sectionals/rehearsals/concerts
• Produce excerpts for entrance auditions and seating auditions
• Maintain ensemble library
• Catalog music parts/score inventory
• Maintain current inventory of library supplies
• Consult with YO Music Director and YO Coaches regarding library matters
• Consult with YO Manager and YO Principal Librarian about work process and task distribution
• Assist with ad hoc YO library projects as assigned

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Familiarity with orchestral music is essential. Experience performing in an orchestra and/or reading scores is preferred. Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team, and with a wide range of people including youth, adults, professional musicians, parents, and administrators. Strong organizational skills, with ability to work independently and coordinate highly detailed tasks. Interest in learning the art of orchestral librarianship is a plus.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
To apply, please visit our website at www.sfsymphony.org. Under the About Us tab, go to the Careers and Auditions page and click on Jobs at the SF Symphony. Search for this job and click on Apply for this Position to submit your resume, cover letter, and application.