Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Seeks Marketing and Media Coordinator

In this position, you support the Community Relations Department to raise public awareness of the organization’s activities in the community. You are responsible for maintaining a marketing and media calendar, social media activities, coordinating media relations, preparing communication and marketing tools, maintaining internal and digital archives, and fulfilling community and sponsor obligations. You will act as liaison with other departments, as well as handle general project, research, and administrative duties. 

Your qualifications include a post-secondary degree, with marketing, public relations, or communications experience. Excellent writing and organizational skills are essential, and proficiency in graphic design or photography is recommended. This role involves flexible working hours and presence at concerts and events. A love of music and your appreciation of the value arts and culture bring to the community as a whole are essential to success in this role. 

For more details on the role, please visit www.EdmontonSymphony.com/employment  

Please submit your résumé and cover letter as a single attachment PDF to Meghan Unterschultz at munterschultz@winspearcentre.com. Subject line: Marketing & Media Coordinator. Please no phone calls. Position will remain open until suitable candidate is found. The deadline for applications this intake is August 14, 2014. 

Closing date: Thursday, August 14, 2014, at 4:30 pm

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Seeking YONA-SISTEMA COORDINATOR AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ASSISTANT

In this position, you work closely with the ESO and partner organization Inner City Children’s Program to coordinate program activities and supervise students in the daily afterschool social outreach program YONA-Sistema (Youth Orchestra of Northern Alberta Sistema), and you support the ESO & Winspear Centre’s Educational Outreach Department to coordinate education and community outreach events and programs. For details on job responsibilities, please visit the ESO website.

Your qualifications include experience working with children in group settings and/or training in classroom or behavioural management, with emphasis on children’s programming. You are a highly organized creative thinker, proficient with computer technology, and committed to building strong communities. Experience with event coordination and records management is recommended. Familiarity with community outreach programming and social work philosophies is beneficial. Your core belief that music has the power to change lives is essential to success in this role, and some musical knowledge is strongly encouraged. 


For more details on the role, please visit www.EdmontonSymphony.com/employment.   Please submit your résumé and cover letter to Meghan Unterschultz at munterschultz@winspearcentre.com. Subject line: YONA-Sistema Coordinator & Education Assistant. Please indicate how you heard about these positions. No phone calls. Closing date: Friday, June 27, 2014, at 4:00 pm

Read more at http://www.affta.ab.ca/Arts-In-Alberta/Arts-Opportunities/Edmonton-Symphony-Orchestra-Seeks-Educational-Outreach-Assistant

Wood Buffalo Alive with Culture Community Celebration

ABOUT FACE Art Exhibition Opening and Community Celebration
Sunday June 3, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery (FREE)

Art Gallery of Alberta presents 17 two-dimensional framed works that examine questions of identity from the perspective of First Nations artists. AGA Staff will be hosting art workshops with a community art piece creation and family friendly take-away projects exploring portraiture, place and identity.

Pops Concert Devoted to the music of Ray Charles featuring Ellis HallSunday June 3, 2012
7:00pm
Nexen Field House at MacDonald Island Park
 Tickets:
$20 each
Children under 12 - Free

Tickets are available May 1, 2012 at the MacDonald Island Box Office; in person, by phone or online

All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Fort McMurray Family Crisis Society

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra presents a musical celebration that engages the full orchestral ensemble in addition to multi-instrument virtuoso, dynamic vocalist, and Ray Charles’ protégé, Ellis Hall, performing hits including Georgia on My Mind, Hit the Road Jack, Let the Good Times Roll, and Unchain My Heart. They will be joined by local dancers from Fort McMurray’s Generation Dance Studio for a special guest performance.

Wood Buffalo Alive with Culture

...a celebration of the arts!

About Face Art Exhibition Opening and Community Celebration (FREE)

Sunday June 3, 20121:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
MacDonald Island Community Art Gallery
(FREE)

Pops Concert Devoted to the music of Ray Charles featuring Ellis Hall

Sunday June 3, 2012
7:00pm
Nexen Field House at MacDonald Island Park

   Tickets:
        $20 each
        Children under 12 - Free

   To purchase tickets, please the MacDonald Island Park Box Office:

• Online
• by telephone at 780-791-0070 (ext. #3)
• or in person

For more information, please visit: www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/alive

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Art Gallery of Alberta coming to Wood Buffalo

News Release                                                        For immediate release

Wood Buffalo attracts world-class music & art event

Fort McMurray, AB – March 28, 2012) – The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) and the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) will put on a marquee cultural event at the Suncor Community Leisure Centre at McDonald Island Park on June 3, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo announced today. 

The ESO will perform A Tribute to Ray Charles, a full-orchestra production of music from the R&B legend, with vocalist and Ray Charles protégé Ellis Hall. The AGA will showcase its touring exhibit About Face, featuring 17 two-dimensional framed works that examine questions of identity from the perspective of First Nations artists.  Drawn from the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, this exhibition features artworks by First Nations artists Terrance Houle, Alex Janvier, Duane Linklater, George Littlechild, Frederick McDonald, April Mercredi, Henry Nanooch, and Pat Nokomis.

“This is a huge event for all of Wood Buffalo to participate in and we are very excited to be a part of the planning,” said Carol Theberge, Executive Director of Community Development. “This collaboration also increases the potential for future endeavours between Edmonton and Wood Buffalo.

“We are pleased to collaborate with City Lumber, Syncrude, WorleyParsons Canada and Enbridge to develop this signature arts event to attract the participation of youth, the arts community and residents, as well as promote local cultural development.”

This occasion will help realize three objectives of the Municipal Development Plan, namely creating a vibrant culture, working together, and creating a sense of home and belonging.

More information about this event will become available in the near future.

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Media inquiries may be directed to:

Brendan Procé

Communication Dept.

780-743-7022