Seattle Auditions, Arts Jobs, & Announcements: June 2018

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Auditions, jobs, & announcements

• Auburn Symphony Orchestra is hiring an executive director.
• West Seattle Community Orchestras (WSCO) is in search of its next Symphony Orchestra conductor. For details, contact info@wscorchestras.com.
• Gallery Concerts, a non-profit organization presenting baroque and classical concerts, seeks a part-time administrative director.
• Music of Remembrance seeks a full-time, paid development associate starting immediately.
• Town Hall Seattle seeks an institutional giving manager to lead and grow its portfolio of foundation, corporate, and government partners in close collaboration with the development director.
• City Arts Magazine welcomes applications for their events team (paid hourly).
• Music & Arts seeks full-time education sales representatives to work directly with school music programs throughout Western Washington.
• Seattle Wind Symphony is holding auditions for oboe / clarinet / bari sax / string bass for regular membership (and ongoing sub-list positions).
• Northwest Mahler Festival is seeking musicians: strings, winds, percussion, and harp.
• Operamuse is holding auditions on June 8th in West Seattle.
• The Seattle Opera Youth Opera Project will hold placement auditions on June 14 & 16, 2018; all applicants age 7–18 will be accepted, regardless of skill level (no prior experience necessary).
• Northwest Boychoir is looking for boys ages 6–9 for fall enrollment; no prior musical training required, just musical aptitude and enjoyment of music.
• Vocalpoint! Seattle will hold Girls Prep auditions on June 2, 2018.
• Tuned In! chamber music festival is now accepting applications for students ages 13–24 (July 9–14 at Haller Lake United Methodist Church, financial aid available).
• Cascade Symphony is looking for a 2nd Clarinet and strong amateur violinists and violists for the 2018–2019 season (auditions on June 11), as well as Principal 2nd Violin and Principal Cello (auditions on July 23).
• Seattle Chamber Music Society seeks volunteer concert ushers for the 2018 Summer Festival in July — join us for world-class music at Benaroya Hall!
• Thalia Allied Artists Music Library seeks rental space for its large collection of scores and parts.
• Announcing the launch of the first annual Cascade Conducting Masterclass at Pacific Lutheran University with Symphony Tacoma music director Sarah Ioannides (June 25–29, 2018).

Notable deadlines

• June 4, 2018 — Mayor’s Arts Awards nominations submission deadline
• June 11, 2018 — American Composers Orchestra New Music Readings call for scores application deadline (no fee)
• June 25, 2018 — Artist Trust grants for artist projects application deadline
• July 2018 — NEA Art Works: Local Arts Agencies application window
• July 11, 2018 — Seattle Office of Arts & Culture CityArtist Projects application deadline (workshops on 6/20 & 7/9)
• July 28, 2018 — Robert Chinn Foundation grant application deadline (opens July 10)
• October 17, 2018–4Culture Sustained Support application deadline (assists with the day-to-day needs of arts, heritage, and preservation organizations over two-year cycles)
• Ongoing — ArtsWA Snap Grants pilot program pre-application window opened (budgets under $25K)
• Ongoing — Community 4Culture grant (aims to connect with communities who have not been reached and who are currently under-supported)
• Ongoing — 4Culture Open Arts Grant; apply at least 6 weeks prior to event date
• Ongoing — Seattle Office of Arts & Culture smART ventures grant application deadline
• Ongoing — Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute facility grant; apply at least two months prior to event date
• Ongoing — Spontaneous Free Tickets; contribute tickets up to 1 week prior to performance date

Media calendar deadlines

• Seattle Magazine — submit events 3 months ahead for the print calendar
• City Arts — to submit to Current or the print calendar, send event details to calendar@cityartsmagazine.com
• Seattle Times — submit 14 days ahead for consideration in the curated classical listings (online & print)
• The Stranger — submit any time to the online “Things to Do” calendar; for the quarterly Seattle Art & Performance, submit at least 5 weeks before the start of the quarter in which the event will take place
• Seattle Met — submit 2–4 weeks ahead of event for the online calendar
• Live Music Project — submit 1 week prior to performance date; deadline for weekend email listings is Mondays @ 5pm

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Originally published at https://livemusicproject.org on June 1, 2018.