| Greetings
from the
Executive Director
Our programs have been enriched for the
milestone 45th season, providing more
students with a broader and deeper array of artistic resources and larger audiences than ever before to appreciate their performances. It’s an exciting time, to be sure, and one which will fulfill the promise of “the most thrilling music experience of your life!”
More Students
Enrollment has nearly doubled in the past six years, bringing last season’s total to 245. The excellence of our programs has impelled
students to share their passionate excitement with friends and colleagues, and the numbers continue to grow as a result.
Expanded Artistic Resources
Not only are there more programs to choose from, but the 45th season introduces
enrichment resources in each of them.
The orchestra has added “Meet the
Maestros” to its offerings, bringing to
rehearsals outstanding professional
conductors to work with the musicians and to share their insights with them. The Chamber Music Program and the
Making Score composition seminars have restructured into two experience levels to
accommodate more specialized instruction and attention to students’ needs. Jazz Band Classic has not only
improved its venues but has added two
performances to its schedule to meet
increased audience demand. Symphony Singers, in its second season, continues to blaze a path with more
challenging, varied, and fun choral music.
Larger Audiences
What would all this “music education” be
without appreciative listeners to enjoy the fruits of our musicians’ labors? Subscription and
single-ticket sales expanded last season
beyond the prior year. Families and friends
always attend, of course, but it is the general music-loving public who attend regularly in large
numbers to comprise the bulk of our audiences and to enjoy the high quality of our
performances.
I invite students to take advantage of the many opportunities we offer. I welcome their audiences to
enjoy this season’s many public performances which satisfy musically, nourish the soul, and inspire the
heart.
Come and see what I mean!
Barry Goldberg
Personnel
Contact
us at the New York Youth Symphony.
Artistic Directors
Ryan McAdams, Music
Director, Orchestra
Lisa Tipton, Director,
Chamber Music Program
Chris Winans, Director,
Jazz Band Classic
Anna Clyne, Director,
Making Score
Executive Administration
Barry
Goldberg, Executive
Director click for bio
Robert Pagan,
Director of Operations
Jennifer Karakitsos ,
Administrative Director
Rachel Trevor,
Development Manager
Jessica Rawlins,
Administrative Assistant & Ticket Manager
Esther Kim,
Intern
Andrew Gallagher,
Design Intern
Artistic Administration
Kari Fitterer,
Orchestra Manager
Asuka Fu,
Chamber Music Manager
Nicholas Lenchner,
Chamber Music Assistant Manager
Alex Temple, Making Score Manager
Anthony Cekay, Jazz Band Classic Manager
Parents
Guild
Tania Ahuja, President
Employment
Opportunities
Administrative Intern
The award-winning New York Youth Symphony, with an annual concert series in Carnegie Hall, offers fall, winter, spring, and summer paid internships for up to $5,000.
Excellent opportunity for extremely motivated individual seeking experience in arts administration. Intern will be given long-term recruitment (60%), marketing (35%), and publicity projects (5%) and will be expected to take charge of these assignments. Intern will ultimately be held responsible for the outcomes of these projects. Previous interns have attained full-time positions within the organization.
Spring/Summer internship projects include overseeing application processing, scheduling fall auditions, finalizing advertising sales for 2007-08 Membership Handbook, recruiting students from summer music programs, assisting in design of upcoming promotional materials, assisting in the digitization of the First Music database, and encouraging group sales for opening-season concert.
Additional short-term and daily tasks include updating and managing an extensive database and clerical duties. Computer skills helpful (knowledge of FileMaker Pro, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, HTML, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, FrontPage, Publisher a major plus). A thorough command of written and spoken English is essential. A love of music and a sense of humor is a must.
$10/hr for a maximum of 500 hours. Intern is expected to work at the office 15-25 hours/week and is expected to attend most performances; college credit, if applicable. Send cover letter and resume to:
Intern
Search
attn: Mr. Robert Pagan
New
York Youth Symphony
850
Seventh Avenue, Suite 505
New
York, NY 10019
rpagan@nyys.org
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