Seattle Auditions, Arts Jobs, & Announcements: October 2018

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Auditions, jobs, announcements

• ArtsFund is looking for an engagement coordinator as well as a programs & advocacy coordinator.
• Early Music Seattle seeks a full-time marketing director.
• Bremerton Symphony has an immediate opening for a motivated, outgoing individual willing to wear many hats as their office and operations manager, working Tuesdays-Thursdays in Bremerton.
• Seattle Opera is accepting applications for a tour and events coordinator, audience services representative, school programs stage manager, education stage manager, youth and family programs manager.
• The Seattle Symphony is accepting applications for a campaign coordinator as well as sales and fundraising representatives.
• KEXP is looking to hire a part-time guest services associate.
• Music of Remembrance seeks a full-time, paid development-marketing associate starting immediately.
• Classical KING FM 98.1/Classic Radio Inc. is hiring a part-time board operator.
• Town Hall Seattle seeks an institutional giving manager.
• Bremerton Youth Symphony is hiring a youth chorale director, stage assistant, and direct sales associates.
• The Seattle Foundation seeks an associate advisor in philanthropic services.
• Northwest Boychoir is looking for boys ages 6–9 for fall enrollment; no prior musical training required, just musical aptitude and enjoyment of music.
• The Ballard Civic Orchestra announces openings for paid principal strings and volunteer orchestra musicians.
• Music Center of the Northwest seeks a cello instructor.
• The Washington Wind Symphony is currently searching for musicians for the oboe, bassoon, and clarinet sections.
• The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra announces openings for volunteer musicians in several sections and looking for volunteers to help with day-of concert lobby activities.
• Gallery Concerts is seeking board members and volunteers to usher.
• Thalia Allied Artists Music Library seeks a rental space for its large collection of scores and parts.

Notable deadlines

• September 30, 2018 — Seattle Foundation: The Morgan Fund — Investment Grant Opportunity application deadline
• October 1, 2018 — Seattle Foundation: Resilience Fund application deadline
• October 9, 2018 — NEA: Research: Art Works (research that investigates the value and/or impact of the arts) part I deadline
• October 15, 2018 — Seattle Foundation: Neighbor to Neighbor application deadline
• 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)
• October 23, 2018 — Seattle Office of Arts & Culture: Arts in Parks Programapplication deadline
• November 1, 2018 — Jack Straw Cultural Center: Jack Straw New Media Gallery submission deadline.
• November 28, 2018–4Culture: Arc Artist Fellowship application deadline
• Ongoing — 4Culture: Buildings + Equipment 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)
• 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 — 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 September 29, 2018.