Grant Gershon
Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director
LAMC Production Assistant Job Description
Title: Production Assistant
Reports to: Artistic Personnel/Production Manager
Summary of Duties: The Production Assistant’s primary duties include assisting the Production
Manager with rehearsals and concerts, managing the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s music library,
and handling a broad range of administrative duties. The Production Assistant will be joining a
collaborative team of colleagues and will be a key participant in teams that handle LAMC
performances and events. The Production Assistant should be a self-starter who works well
independently but communicates effectively with colleagues. Because the Production Assistant will
work at both on-site and off-site locations, a cell phone, driver’s license and vehicle are
requirements of the position.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities, Functions:
Production Duties
 Assist Production Manager with artist check-in and logistical considerations related to
rehearsals
 Assist Production Manager with similar backstage concert duties in connection with
performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall
 Assist Production Manager with logistics related to off-site services
Music Library
 Manage music library database and single score library
 Manage off-site music library
 Manage score preparation, distribution and return processes with choristers
 Prep and track music score loans
Artistic Personnel Administration
 Help administer chorister contracts:
o Print and distribute chorister contracts for mainstage and education engagements
o Track completed chorister contracts
o Send contracts to AGMA, file LAMC contracts
 On-site guest artist services
 Assist with annual audition process:
o Track and organize new audition submissions with Assistant Conductor
o Communicate schedule and logistics with auditioning singers
Grant Gershon
Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director
Education Production
 Assist Education Manager with in-school programs
 Provide production assistance with High School Choir Festival services
o Rehearsals and performances
o Schedule LAMC master classes for participating choirs
o Assist with other preparatory and day-of-event logistics as needed
Qualifications
 Bachelor’s Degree preferred or demonstration of equivalent professional production
experience
 Confidentiality, discretion and professionalism in dealing with artist relations and
communications
 Knowledge of choral music or ability to read music preferred
 Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Outlook, Word and Excel
 Critical thinking and organizational skills, especially project planning
 Comfortable with deadlines
 Comfortable with speaking in front of a large group
Requirements
 May be required to lift up to 30 pounds
 Will be required to work select evenings and weekends; flexible schedule provided
 Will need to drive to off-site locations, and may be required to transport production related
supplies and materials to off-site locations
Position Status: Full time/Exempt
Position Compensation: commensurate with experience; competitive benefits package available
Position open until filled
APPLICATION PROCESS
The Los Angeles Master Chorale is an equal opportunity employer. Please submit a cover letter
specifying how your experience relates to this position with the LA Master Chorale and a current
résumé. Please attach documents in .pdf or .doc format.
Submit application materials at www.lamc.org/jobs
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Grant Gershon
Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director
MISSION | The Los Angeles Master Chorale is an independent and innovative professional vocal
ensemble that shares the traditional and evolving spectrum of choral music with the widest possible
audience. We advance this art through performance, community education, collaboration,
commissioning, and recording.
ABOUT US | Giving a voice to Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Grammy-nominated Los Angeles
Master Chorale is led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon. Proclaimed "the nation's most pioneering
major chorus" (Los Angeles Times), it has also been hailed as "inspired" (The New York Times),
"magnificent" (Chicago Tribune) and "a superb vocal ensemble" (The New York Observer). In
September 2015, the Chorale launches its 52nd season as a resident company of The Music Center
of Los Angeles County and its 13th as the resident chorus at Disney Hall. Presenting its own concert
series each season, it performs choral music from the earliest writings to the most recent
contemporary compositions. To date, the choir has commissioned 48 and premiered 110 new
works, of which 74 were world premieres, and has been awarded three ASCAP/Chorus America
Awards for Adventurous Programming as well as Chorus America's prestigious Margaret Hillis
Award for Choral Excellence. The Chorale has performed in more than 500 concerts with the Los
Angeles Philharmonic at both Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl, and has toured with the
orchestra to Europe and New York City. It has also appeared at the Ojai Music Festival, the Great
Performers series at Lincoln Center, the Ravinia Festival and the Overture Center in Madison,
Wisconsin, as well as in leading venues throughout the Southland. Its discography includes five
commercial CDs under Gershon's baton. The latest, released in 2012 on Decca, features three
works by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. In addition, in 2013, as part of its 50th anniversary
season celebration, the Chorale released a digital recording featuring signature a cappella works
available online-only at LAMC.org, iTunes and Amazon.com. LAMC previously released three CDs
under former Music Director Paul Salamunovich on RCM, including the Grammy-nominated
Lauridsen-Lux Aeterna. The Chorale is also featured with Gershon on the soundtracks of such major
motion pictures as Lady in the Water and License to Wed. Serving more than 30,000 audience
members of all ages annually, the Los Angeles Master Chorale also provides education outreach to
some 6,000 students each year.
As an independent non-profit organization, LAMC’s Board of Directors and professional staff are
committed to a vibrant collaboration to achieve LAMC’s mission.
For more information about the Los Angeles Master Chorale, visit www.lamc.org.