Temporary Mannes Sounds Festival Assistant

Temporary Mannes Sounds Festival Assistant

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Location:

New York City
Position type:
Administrative
Position status:
Part-Time
Department:
Mannes School of Music
Requisition number:

At The New School, we redefine the boundaries of education, creativity, and innovation. Founded in 1919 and located in the heart of New York City, we are home to over 9,000 students from over 100 countries, offering more than 135 degree and diploma programs across our renowned colleges, including Parsons School of Design, The New School for Social Research, Eugene Lang college of Liberal Arts, Parsons Paris, and the College of Performing Arts.

Our progressive, interdisciplinary approach has earned us recognition as one of the most forward‑thinking institutions in the world.

The College of Performing Arts at The New School seeks a Temporary Mannes Sounds Festival Assistant to support the Mannes Sounds Festival. The Temporary Mannes Sounds Festival Assistant will support the administration, operations, and production coordination for all concert presentations. The position will report to the Artistic Director of the Mannes Sounds Festival.

In 1999, Pavlina Dokovska, chair of the Mannes School of Music’s Piano Department, founded the Mannes Sounds Festival and serves today as its artistic director. The festival presents hundreds of Mannes students each year in more than 20 concerts at iconic venues across New York City and on the campus of The New School.

The Mannes Sounds Festival also features collaborations between the Mannes School of Music, The School of Drama, The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and Parsons School of Design. In addition, the festival presents master classes and lectures by distinguished faculty members and guest artists. The Mannes Sounds Festival provides unparalleled opportunities for students of the College of Performing Arts to be presented at a variety of notable venues and professional settings.

The festival is also a key fundraising vehicle for Mannes School of Music.

This is a temporary hourly (on average, 18 hours per week) position with a desired start date of 1/12/2026 and an end date of 6/30/2026. Working hours will vary based on the Mannes Sounds Festival season calendar, and frequent nights and weekends will be required. The position may be renewed pending available funding and continued need.

• Support festival season planning and programming, communicating with venues, selected student performers and guest artists and managing production needs.
• Advance all Mannes Sounds productions. This includes but is not limited to creation of show documentation, contact sheets, rehearsals schedules, runs of show, cast and crew calls, rehearsal reports, and stage plots.
• Serve as on‑site producer for festival events.
• Lead production planning meetings as needed.

• Generate festival programs including creating and/or reviewing program copy and overseeing printing and distribution.
• Assist the event promotions team at the College of Performing Arts to promote the festival through social media, mailchimp, flyers, posters, etc.

• Provide administrative support to the Artistic Director.

This position is primarily in‑person and is based on campus to support effective in‑person collaboration and engagement. Hybrid work arrangements will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis, depending on the nature of the role and operational needs. Any such arrangement must be discussed and approved…