WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.330 --> 00:00:02.960 So my name is Audrey Dunn. 2 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:06.410 And I don't really have one particular job title. 3 00:00:06.410 --> 00:00:09.980 I work a number of administration jobs in the Boston area 4 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:11.790 in the music industry. 5 00:00:11.790 --> 00:00:13.550 Classical music specifically. 6 00:00:13.550 --> 00:00:17.980 line:15% As to my favorite thing and what takes up 7 00:00:17.980 --> 00:00:21.860 line:15% maybe half my time is working in production and operations. 8 00:00:21.860 --> 00:00:24.780 line:15% So that's a lot of sort of managing the logistics 9 00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:25.613 for an orchestra. 10 00:00:25.613 --> 00:00:27.560 Whether it's small or large. 11 00:00:27.560 --> 00:00:29.130 If it's a large orchestra, 12 00:00:29.130 --> 00:00:31.510 then there's a department devoted to that. 13 00:00:31.510 --> 00:00:35.040 line:15% Numerous people working out scheduling of 14 00:00:35.040 --> 00:00:36.780 line:15% is the whole orchestra rehearsing now 15 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:39.713 line:15% or is this just the soloists or the keyboardists? 16 00:00:41.020 --> 00:00:45.630 line:15% The sort of nitty gritty of who needs to be where when 17 00:00:45.630 --> 00:00:47.940 dealing with union rules. 18 00:00:47.940 --> 00:00:49.710 Even as simple as when do they take the break 19 00:00:49.710 --> 00:00:50.900 during rehearsal. 20 00:00:50.900 --> 00:00:53.530 You actually have to keep track of that that minute is, 21 00:00:53.530 --> 00:00:55.620 that break is 15 minutes. 22 00:00:55.620 --> 00:00:58.880 And so things like that. 23 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:02.950 line:15% Sort of managing the time of all the people there 24 00:01:02.950 --> 00:01:06.370 line:15% and managing how do you get the percussion equipment 25 00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:07.350 line:15% from here to there? 26 00:01:07.350 --> 00:01:08.770 line:15% 'Cause we're rehearsing in one space 27 00:01:08.770 --> 00:01:10.170 and performing in another. 28 00:01:10.170 --> 00:01:12.920 The Boston Symphony has concerts every week. 29 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:17.220 So they have rehearsals Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 30 00:01:17.220 --> 00:01:20.370 They'll be in 2 1/2 hour or three hour chunks. 31 00:01:20.370 --> 00:01:21.780 And if you're working behind the scenes, 32 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:23.530 you obviously get there a fair amount of time 33 00:01:23.530 --> 00:01:25.150 before the rehearsal starts. 34 00:01:25.150 --> 00:01:26.840 Usually about an hour. 35 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:28.650 I work in the music library. 36 00:01:28.650 --> 00:01:29.870 In that case you want to be there 37 00:01:29.870 --> 00:01:31.870 to make sure that nothing's amiss. 38 00:01:31.870 --> 00:01:35.420 The music you've set out on the stands is all set. 39 00:01:35.420 --> 00:01:37.700 line:15% So usually you're there longer than the players. 40 00:01:37.700 --> 00:01:39.563 line:15% Both before and after. 41 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.730 line:15% Thursday morning there'd be a dress rehearsal. 42 00:01:42.730 --> 00:01:44.940 line:15% And then in the evening, a concert. 43 00:01:44.940 --> 00:01:46.800 Friday afternoon, another concert. 44 00:01:46.800 --> 00:01:49.090 Saturday evening, another concert. 45 00:01:49.090 --> 00:01:50.490 All the same program. 46 00:01:50.490 --> 00:01:52.720 And then the next week they start fresh. 47 00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:56.860 In other orchestras, the staff might be working year round 48 00:01:56.860 --> 00:01:59.660 but the orchestra only performs maybe once a month, 49 00:01:59.660 --> 00:02:02.660 maybe only four times a season with chamber concerts 50 00:02:02.660 --> 00:02:04.150 peppered in between. 51 00:02:04.150 --> 00:02:06.170 In those kinds of jobs, the day to day life 52 00:02:06.170 --> 00:02:08.030 is mostly sitting in an office, 53 00:02:08.030 --> 00:02:10.440 sending emails back and forth. 54 00:02:10.440 --> 00:02:13.490 line:15% Scanning music, or whatever else 55 00:02:13.490 --> 00:02:18.490 line:15% that needs to get done before the concert can go on. 56 00:02:18.950 --> 00:02:21.490 line:15% So the cycle looks a little bit different. 57 00:02:21.490 --> 00:02:23.730 And the benefit to that is you 58 00:02:23.730 --> 00:02:27.630 have free evening and weekend time in between. 59 00:02:27.630 --> 00:02:29.230 So that can be a trade off between 60 00:02:29.230 --> 00:02:31.680 working for a small organization and a large one.