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

Julie Hill, Berklee College of Music

Major: composition
Activities: composition, voice, piano
With Argento: Intern, Summer 2010
Areas of specialty: music library, purchasing
Argento experience: "The opportunity to attend the Argento performances was priceless. There are very few things as beneficial to a young composer as hearing a really great performer play a well-written piece."
Favorite Argento moments: "Watching Carol McGonnell blow away some Grisey."
After Argento: "...study composition with Nils Vigeland at MSM."

Cooper Troxell, Vassar College

Major: applied linguistics and musical structures
Activities: composition, guitar
With Argento: Intern, Summer 2010

Yvonne Wang, New York University

Majors: music, business
Activities: composition, violin, piano
With Argento: Intern, Spring/Summer 2010
Areas of specialty: musical arrangement, Sibelius notation extraordinaire, marketing materials

Abraham Goldmintz, Bennington College

Major: literature; music
Activities: composition, creative writing
With Argento: Intern, Winter 2010
Areas of specialty: policy development, 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
Argento experience: "My first job was working at LPR and the ACF for the Moving Sounds Festival, and it was the first time I had ever heard the Argento Chamber Ensemble perform. This was incredibly exciting and drove my enthusiasm in interning for the rest of the semester." Favorite Argento moments: "Watching Michel conduct at a rehearsal was really interesting, and the way everyone gave their input for their performance was fascinating."

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."
After Argento: His composition Receptive Asphasia is the 2010 winner of the New Voices Project (Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum). Argento performed the world premiere on April 3, 2010, at Temple University.

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."
After Argento: Masters program at JTS

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; Commercial Banking Strategy and Development at Citizens Bank, Boston
Favorite Argento moments: "It's amazing to meet some of the famous composers that Argento works with, like Helmut Lachenmann, for example."