Musicians of the Old Post Road seeks a Concert Assistant to help with its subscription series concerts. MOPR’s season includes a total of four programs, each performed twice for a total of 8 concerts. Each program is performed in Boston and a repeat performance is offered at a venue in MetroWest or Worcester.
Responsibilities will include assisting the General Manager in setting up the Box Office and post-concert reception for each performance, as well as overseeing the arrangements of seating at each concert venue, helping to oversee volunteers, and assisting the General Manager with selling tickets, merchandise, and patron stewardship.
On concert days, time commitment at the venue is typically 5-6 hours beginning at 1pm in the afternoon for a 4pm concert start time. Due to the location of venues outside of Boston, access to a car is NECESSARY.
Dates and locations for the 2025-26 season:
Oct. 25, First Parish, Sudbury
Oct. 26, Old South Church, Boston
Dec. 13, First Unitarian Church, Worcester
Dec. 14, Old South Church, Boston
Mar. 14, First Parish, Wayland
Mar. 15, Old South Church, Boston
May 2, Museum of Worcester
May 3, Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury
Compensation: $100 per concert, for a total of $800 for the season
Described as “one of the
discoveries” of the 2001 early music festival in Regensburg, Germany, Musicians
of the Old Post Road has been captivating audiences in the US and abroad with
its exciting programming and virtuoso performances. Its subscription concert
series, offered in historic building across eastern and central Massachusetts,
is now completing its 33rd season and includes 8-10 performances annually. As a
chamber ensemble specializing in the period instrument performance of music
from the Baroque, Classical, and early Romantic periods, the ensemble
specializes in offering a dynamic and diverse repertory that includes
“rediscovered” works that have been lost to audiences for centuries. Winner of
the 1998 Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society,
Musicians of the Old Post Road has also received programming awards from
Chamber Music America and the US–Mexico Fund for Culture. The ensemble has
toured in Germany, Austria, and Mexico, and has appeared at festivals and on
concert series in the U.S.
The ensemble’s discography includes seven recordings that have each been
praised in the US and abroad. They include The Virtuoso Double Bass (Titanic,
1994), Trios and Scottish Song Settings of J. N. Hummel (Meridian, 1999),
Galant with an Attitude: Music of Juan and José Pla (Meridian, 2000), Quartets
of Telemann and Bodinus (Meridian, 2004), Feliz Navidad: Christmas from Spain
and New Spain (Meridian, 2008), Roman Handel (Centaur, 2013), and Earthly
Baroque (Centaur, 2017).
The organization is in good financial standing, and has been cited by a Program Manager of the Cultural Investment Portfolio of the Mass Cultural Council, as
being in the top percentile among peers.
