Week 17

Wednesday, January 7th, 2015

Start: 9:45am
End: 5:00pm
Time: 7.25 hrs

     I came into the office today and worked on a task that Kyle had introduced to me before the break which was to make signs for all of the upcoming events that were going to happen in the OLC during 2015. There are five main groups who rent out the OLC space: Music for Aardvarks, The Sierra Club, The Martina Arroyo Foundation, Session Symphony, and the Women Photographers Club. Juilliard may also be renting out the space, but from what I've heard in meetings, they seem to be a little unorganized about it so none of their rental times are really registered yet so I didn't have to make any rental signs for Juilliard. In order to know what signs to make, I had to access the public calendar and input the right times and dates onto each sign.

     Even though I got into Columbia, my application process isn't done yet! I am applying for an apprenticeship position as Orchestra Manager in the National Youth Orchestra sponsored by Carnegie Hall and I asked Jane to write one of my recommendations (I also asked Doc and Mr. Lemma). Since the application is due the 16th and the letters are due the 23rd, Jane asked if we could take some time to talk about the application and what she needed to write for me, but we decided to talk about it after the Community Engagement Meeting.

     Before I talk about how my meetings went, I have some good news! Starting in February. I'll be able to get free tickets each month to any opera I want! I was a little too late on the January ticket requests, but that's fine because Kyle gave me two tickets to see The Merry Widow on January 20th, and I'm so excited! I'm going to go with my mom. For February I requested tickets for the double bill, Iolanta/Bluebeard's Castle for February 10th so hopefully I can get those!

     I feel like the Social Media Meeting went a lot better than usual today (not that they're usually bad). We started brainstorming ideas of how we could make January themed. We decided since the Gold Globes were happening soon, we would make it themed about movie stars. Amanda actually came up with a few combinations of opera composers and their "celebrity doppelgangers" and they're all surprisingly accurate and really funny! We started #OpDopps (opera doppelgangers) on Twitter and Facebook-- this month's posts should be really fun! In the Community Engagement Meeting, we talked about the usual stuff.

     Today left me very excited because I was given the list of the 2015-16 season (It's top secret right now, and for a few more weeks so I can't tell you what's on it)! In order to prepare for the upcoming season, I had to make a list of the opera's premiere dates, Met Opera premiere dates, and birthdays of the opera's composers. The next season looks amazing, and I'm so glad that I'm staying the city for college so that I could watch some of them!