May 12, 2009
First day!! Today I worked out my internship schedule for the rest of the summer with Julia Hare, the Educations and Operations Director, and I met Timothy Russell, the music director of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. I worked on getting Save the Date messages out to all the local Columbus schools, informing them of this years' Messiah Sing Along with the Orchestra which happens in December 2009. I updated the Save the Date flier on the computer, printed it out, made copies, and stuffed them into envelopes. I scanned concert programs from the Cosmos Trio Performance at the Columbus Art Museum on May 9, 2009 into the electronic database. Julia showed me how to send a fax, and I also helped move some boxes and old concert programs into archives.
May 13, 2009
Today I worked in MS Excel to merge the list of Band/Orchestra Directors and Choir Directors from Columbus schools that participated in the Messiah Sing Along in December 2008. I used Data Merge Manager to create labels in order to send out the Save the Date fliers I had worked on the day before. I also updated the Student Advisory Board (SAB) roster on ProMusica's server. The Student Advisory Board is a group of high school and college students that brings new project ideas to the Board of Trustees. The SAB helps to promote the different educational and artistic programs that ProMusica has to offer.
May 14, 2009
I sorted through many newspaper archives today, hoping to find articles and advertisements about ProMusica. I helped Julia categorize her Operations binder. In the binder were many confirmation emails about rehearsal times and arrivals for the musicians, hotel confirmations, and itineraries for guest artists, such as Mark O'Connor.
HI Jessica,
ReplyDeleteThanks for embracing the spirit of blogging and doing it so quickly. You don't have to blog everyday. Once a week with highlights and/or if I have prompted you will be sufficient unless you are feeling the need to write everyday.
In subsequent entries you will want to include some analysis of the ProMusica. Your supervisor should be able to give you insight as you learn more about the operation of the organization. Using the journal suggestions I sent you last week as a prompt, you can address issues, challenges, goals, business strategies and anything else you see as important. Think through the intersection of ProMusica as a whole and then your particular contribution to that.
So, speaking of prompts: If you were on an elevator and some stranger asked you, "What is ProMusica?"-- how would you reply. You have about 30 seconds to respond. What would you answer that would give this stranger the true essence and scope of the organization?
Talk to you soon.
Susan
thomass1@muohio.edu