Seattle Auditions, Arts Jobs, & Announcements: May 2019

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Auditions, jobs, announcements

• ArtsFund is currently accepting applications for the position of chief executive officer through The 360 Group.
• Artist Trust is hiring a FT communications manager.
• Seattle Bach Choir seeks a new artistic director starting Fall 2019.
• Seattle Girls Choir (SGC) is looking to hire a high-energy, charismatic, and dynamic leader to serve as the new executive director (30 hrs/week).
• The Bellevue Chamber Chorus, a 30-voice SATB choral organization, is currently looking for a new part-time Artistic Director to start Fall 2019.
• Seattle Chamber Singers will hold auditions for all voice types on June 8, 2019.
• Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra (SWOJO) is seeking new board members with a passion for jazz and showcasing female musicians.
• The Seattle Foundation’s philanthropic services team has an open positionfor a full-time development assistant.
• Rain City Rock Camp is seeking its first development & communication manager to further the strategic goals and mission of the organization.
• Seattle Opera is seeking designers, an assistant production manager, a marketing and communications coordinator, audience services representatives as well as offering several internships.
• The Sammamish Symphony has openings for volunteer musicians in several sections, especially violas and violins.
• Cascadian Chorale is auditioning singers, especially tenors, from now through August for our 2019–2020 season which begins September 2019.
• Ensign Symphony & Chorus is holding auditions for principal oboe, assistant principal clarinet/section, principal bass, oboe section, flute section, trumpet section, percussion section, all string sections and subs for all positions.
• KEXP is accepting applications for a part-time licensing & podcasting coordinator
• Town Hall Seattle is hiring a patron services associate, patron services lead, part-time house manager, and house manager.
• Columbia Choirs is looking to hire a marketing and program coordinator.
• Seattle Opera will hold auditions for the Youth Opera Project on Thursday, May 30 & Saturday, June 1. Plus, auditions for the 2019/20 Teen Vocal Studioare on Saturday, May 18 and are open to current high school students (except graduating seniors).
• The Seattle Symphony is hiring for the following positions: vice president of development, controller, ticket office coordinator, part-time ticket services associate, discovery coordinators, and sales and fundraising representatives.
• Composer David Hahn seeks adventurous director for music video(s) for several recorded pieces, no time limit. Also seeking open choreographer (appreciative of styles like Pina Bausch, Merce, Butoh) for a 25-minute, multi-movement piece.
• Rain City Symphony Community Orchestra, meeting in North Seattle, seeksstring bass players.
• Second Inversion is offering a music journalism internship.

Notable deadlines

• May 1, 2019 — Cascade Conducting Master Class: full participant application due
• May 11 & 12, 2019–4Culture: Touring Arts Roster auditions
• May 15, 2019–4Culture: Cultural Equipment application due
• May 20, 2019 — Artist Trust: Grants for Artist Projects application available
• June 1, 2019 — Cascade Conducting Master Class: auditor application due
• June 24, 2019 — Artist Trust: Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) application deadline
• July 15, 2019 — Jubilation Foundation: 2019 Music and Dance Projects application due
• November 1, 2019 — Kurt Weill Foundation: Grant Program application deadline
• November 20, 2019–4Culture: Arc Artist Fellowship application deadline
• Ongoing — 4Culture: T.I.P.S. Mini-Grants
• Ongoing — ArtsWA: Snap Grants pilot program pre-application window opened (budgets under $25K)
• Ongoing — Seattle Foundation: Vibrant Democracy Initiative Partnership Mobilization Grants (apply for a total of up to $30,000) and Neighbor to Neighbor Grants
• Ongoing — 4Culture: Community 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 — Live Music Project: Spontaneous Free Tickets audience-building program

Media calendar deadlines

• Seattle Magazine — submit events 3 months ahead for the print calendar
• City Arts — City Arts is currently on hiatus and is not accepting calendar submissions.
• Seattle Times — The Seattle Times no longer prints comprehensive listings of books, theater and visual arts events; however, we do print selective listings every week in Weekend Plus, based on information submitted to us. The best way to submit that information is via email: weekend@seattletimes.com
• 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 — email 2–4 weeks ahead of event for the online calendar and include “Listings Editor” in the subject line to press@seattlemet.com
• 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 April 30, 2019.