Orchestra Librarian? What’s that?

Abstract

Come learn the process of procuring and preparing music for a musical organization that performs a different program every week with a different conductor. Understand how the music rental business works and the licensing agreements needed for broadcast or staged performances. Decipher an instrumentation listing and learn the importance of detailed, accurate communication among the different departments in a performing organization. Through her extensive experience as librarian for the Honolulu Symphony and the prestigious Aspen Music Festival and School, Laurie Lake will take you behind the scenes of an orchestral performance through the eyes of an orchestra librarian.