Week 6

October 22nd, 2014
Start: 10:00am
End: 5:00pm
Time: 7 hrs.

I usually like coming in a quarter hour early, but I was running on a tight schedule so I came in at 10. At first, there was no work for me then about an hour into my internship, I was stacked with work! But before I started all of this work, I got to have a really nice conversation with Jane about how my college application process is going, including my upcoming Columbia Interview! So the work I had to do was to input all of the data from this week's surveys. They were completed with pen and paper and not via any sort of online survey so I had to sort through over a hundred papers and collect all of the data on and Excel file. It was a pain, but I was honestly really curious about the survey results, so it was pretty fun! There are two different surveys: one is about what type of programs Guild members would like to see this season and next season and the other is just about statistics (gender, race, musical background, etc.)
I also had to attend a Social Media Meeting at 1pm and the Social Media had some cool news for me! Next week, I'm going to get featured on the Met Guild website for National Opera Week! Instead of highlighting all sorts of super famous singers/musicians, the Met Guild is highlighting people who volunteer and work behind-the-scenes at the Met for National Opera Week. I was really honored that they would ask me, I think it should be up Tuesday the 28th? When it comes up, I'll post it onto this blog. I had to write a short blurb for my feature which was only allowed to be two sentences. So I wrote about the first opera I watched and how it's crazy that I started high school not knowing anything about opera then would end it interning at the world's greatest opera house.
After the meeting, I had lunch in the office and had to write up a Facebook and Twitter post about a lecture that Jane was holding the following day about Verdi Baritones. Verdi Baritones are sorta what they sound like, the baritone parts written by Verdi. However, they are often very demanding and require the baritone to sing with a very wide range and having an overall smooth voice, hence they have their own subcategory of the Verdi Baritone. Busy day at the office, but really fun nonetheless!