New Music on the Cutting Edge

Internship

Description

The Argento New Music Project Internship Program provides excellent experience in the day-to-day operations of a non-profit music organization. Interns work directly with the Artistic Director, the General Manager, as well as musicians and engineers, and have opportunities to take on independent projects. The program is highly flexible. Under the mentorship of an Argento officer, interns participate in any of the following areas:

  • Concert production
  • Electronics and sound engineering
  • Music library and information management
  • Musicological and historical research
  • Artists service
  • Finance
  • Project management
  • Event planning
  • Publicity and marketing
  • Graphics and web design
  • Grant writing
  • Educational outreach
  • Arts administration

Qualifications

  • Strong interest in music, non-profit organizations, education or research
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work both independently and as a team member
  • Basic knowledge of Word and Excel
  • Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends

Interns work 5-10 flexible hours a week in a casual atmosphere.

The internship is offered year-round. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Please submit a brief letter of interest and your resume to:

Argento New Music Project
Attn.: Kimmy Szeto
552 Riverside Dr. Suite 1K
New York, NY 10027

or email to: info@argentomusic.org

Intern Profiles

Yvonne Wang, New York University

Majors: music, business
Activities: composition, violin, piano
With Argento: Intern, Spring 2010
Areas of specialty: musical arrangement, Sibelius notation, press clipping, music library management

Abraham Goldmintz, Bennington College

Major: literature; music
Activities: composition, creative writing
With Argento: Intern, Winter 2010
Areas of specialty: finance, copyright, digital media archival

Jeremy Kirakofe, Bennington College

Major: music
Musical activities: composition, guitar
With Argento: Intern, Winter 2010
Areas of specialty: musical arrangements, Finale notation

Jill Schackner, Barnard College

Major: music
Musical activities: opera, musical theater, a cappella ensembles; songwriting
With Argento: Intern, Fall 2009
Areas of specialty: finance, copyright, digital media archival

Natasha Yamane, Barnard College

Majors: neuroscience, music
With Argento: Intern, Summer/Fall 2009
Areas of specialty: archives and preservation, electronic media

Marina Evans, Barnard College

Musical activities: jazz vocals. Lead vocal in My Ship (Rockport, Mass.)
With Argento: Intern, Spring 2009

Kathryn Hathaway, Barnard College

Major: English, music
Musical activities: composing, the Varsity Show
With Argento: Intern, Fall 2008, Spring 2009
Argento experience: "I chose Argento because I had read about it's achievements online and in newspapers...I was also very interested in the type of new music that they were performing. I especially enjoyed being able to help Michel notate music on Finale...I got to see some scores for pieces I hadn't heard by composers that I really liked."
After Argento: "...looking for work in arts administration and theater companies...get my plays and musicals produced...maybe an MFA in playwriting."
Favorite Argento moments: "The concerts! Those were my favorites. Chatting with Fabien Levy ... meeting with some of the composers."

Ryan Beppel, Columbia College

Major: music
Musical activities: composition, recording engineering
With Argento: Intern, Spring 2008; production assistant, since Spring 2009
Argento experience: "I got to examine scores, compositional work and a little bit of conducting...I saw how these musicians tackle these highly demanding pieces. It gave me a lot of insight into what to expect from a certain score, how it is conducted, and most important, what it sounds like."
Favorite Argento moments: "Assisting Helmut Lachemann during a rehearsal and writing notes for him. It was just wild to talk to such a ground breaking composer and see his interesting take on orchestration at work."

Katie Moore, Barnard College

Major: economic history
Musical activities: a cappella, musical theater
With Argento: Intern, Spring 2008
Argento experience: "I wanted to work at a music organization...and was curious to see what [a non-profit] was like. I learned a lot about was how a non-profit organization operates and how funding is attained."
Favorite Argento moments: "I really enjoyed working at the concerts."

Ruth Weiss, Barnard College

Major: religion
Musical activities: cello, voice
With Argento: Intern, Summer 2007, Barnard Alumnae and Donor Sponsored Internship Grant; Production Assistant, Fall 2007
Argento experience: "I enjoyed and felt I learned a lot from writing grant letters of inquiry and program notes."
After Argento: Internship at the American Jewish Committee
Favorite Argento moments: "Argento rehearsals...and brainstorming how to raise money."

Elesse Eddy, Barnard College

Major: physics
Musical activities: voice, tuba
With Argento: Intern, Spring 2007; Production Assistant: Spring 2008
Argento experience: "I got to work on designing Argento's press kit and create different flyers for publicity."
After Argento: Internship at the English National Opera; Publications Coordinator, Barnard College
Favorite Argento moments: "It's amazing to meet some of the famous composers that Argento works with, like Helmut Lachenmann, for example."