Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative (BTAC) Copyist

In order to participate in Berklee Student Employment, a student must fulfill the following requirements:

• Current student at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

• Enrolled at least half-time in a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking undergraduate or graduate program. Summer is the only semester in which a student can maintain employment without being enrolled. In this case, the student must be pre-registered for the upcoming fall semester. This exception does not apply to fall or spring semesters.

• Have a valid United States Social Security Number (SSN).

• Remain in “valid” Visa status as applicable.

• A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA. Students in their first semester can work, even though they do not have an official GPA until the completion of their first semester.

• Federal Work Study student may apply.

• In good disciplinary standing.

• Must be located in the U.S.

For complete program details, please go to our website: www.berklee.edu/se.

We are seeking students who have both Finale and Sibelius skills and/or can transfer the files to Finale. They will help create digital songbooks of the piano vocal stores for original show work during the semester, organize band parts from both Theater for Young Audiences and other BTAC projects as well as create the Master conductor scores. Students will look for discrepancies in the scores as well by visiting rehearsals and meeting with the composer and the music director.

Duties:

• Editing scores for new works

• Attending rehearsals/listening to recorded rehearsals to find errors in materials

• Printing and/or making digital copies of scores

• Organizing band parts

• Meeting with composers and MDs as needed to discuss organizational score needs

• Other duties as assigned

• Expecting 5-6 hours per wk/per student

Required skills and knowledge: Finale, Sibelius, has taken MT Orchestration 1 or equivalent

Required application Materials: Resume and Cover Letter

Hourly Rate: $17

Hiring Manager: Jonathan Gallegos