Arts Leadership Program
Potential Internships, Special Opportunities
and Other Resources
Below is a listing of but a few of the many opportunities out there for ALP students interested in making the most of their time, and applying to ALP for $$$ to support the effort. You're only limited by your imagination!
(Want to advertise your internship or special opportunity on this page? If so, please visit our Host an ALP Intern page.)
| Internships | Helpful Internship Websites |
| Special Opportunities | Other Helpful Links |
| Housing Services for interns |
links updated 02.07.12
Internships
Rochester, NY area host organization summer opportunities here
(look for those posting in the "Summer" column)
Special Focus: Non-local organizations sponsored by ALP or ESM alumni:

Alarm Will Sound
Eastman alum Gavin Chuck offers the following summer and post grad opportunities
- Host Application
- Administrative Intern Job Description -- Summer -- Post Grad
- Artistic Intern Job Description -- Summer -- Post Grad
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fifth house ensemble
Eastman and ALP alum Melissa Ngan Snoza offers the following summer and post grad opportunities
- Host Application
- Artistic Programming Intern Job Description
- Development Intern Job Description
- Educational Programming Intern Job Description
- Marketing/ PR Intern Job Description
JACK Quartet (JACK Music Inc)
Eastman alum John Richards offers the following summer and post grad opportunity (Fall)
janus trio
Eastman and ALP alum Beth Meyers offers the following summer and post grad opportunities
- Host Application
- Development Intern Job Description -- Summer -- Post Grad
- Production/ Administration Intern Job Description -- Summer -- Post Grad
- Marketing/PR Intern Job Description -- Summer -- Post Grad
Other Non-local organizations:
- The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
- Allegro
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Birch Creek Music Performance Center
- Bowdoin International Music Festival
- Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Tanglewood
- Brevard Music Center
- Chamber Music America
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Civic Orchestra of Chicago
- Colbert Artists Management
- Disney Professional Internships
- Eastern Music Festival
- Glimmerglass Opera
- Grant Park Music Festival
- Houston Symphony
- Jazz at Lincoln Center
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - DeVos Institute of Arts Management
- Kauffman Foundation
- League of American Orchestras
- Lincoln Center
- Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Metropolitan Opera
- Memphis Symphony Orchestra
- Music Academy of the West
- Music @ Menlo
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Public Radio
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra
- New York State Council on the Arts
- National Repertory Orchestra
- Roundtop Summer Music Institute
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
- School for Improvisational Music (SIM)
- Skaneateles Festival (Skaneateles, NY)
- Symphony Space
- Universal Editions
- Virginia Symphony
- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
- Yamaha Corporation
Helpful Internship websites
Please note that some of these sites may require membership and/or a membership fee.
| NEC Bridge | Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection, a database maintained by the New England Conservatory's Career Services Center, provides 24 hour online access to over 2,800 opportunities in music and arts administration, including internships. See more information on ESM's Careers website about free access to current ESM students. |
| UR Career Center | Internship information available through the University of Rochester Career Center including tips and many other resources to assist in an internship search. |
| EntertainmentCareers.net | Lists hundreds of internships in all areas of the entertainment industry including talent agencies, radio and television stations, recording studios, and more! |
| GetThatGig.com | The music category provides links to internships with symphonies, opera companies, record labels, etc. |
| MyAuditions.com | Provides career enhancement tools for aspiring and professional musicians, educators, and arts professionals |
| Rising Star Internships | Search under music--lots of independent record labels and NYC-based organizations |
| MusicInternships.net | Search for music internships sorted out by state and category |
| Idealist.org | Provides search information on non-profit internships |
| University of Dreams | Choose summer internships in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, look up internship itinerary |
| Internship Programs | Search for internships in any US city |
Special Opportunities
- Americans for the Arts (look for annual summer conference)
- Arts & Cultural Council of Greater Rochester (look for workshops)
- Association for Performing Arts Presenters Conference
- Chamber Music America Conference
- College Music Society Chapter Conferences, National Conference, and Summer Institutes
- Fresh Inc Festival (Fifth House Ensemble)
- National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians (NAPBIRT) Annual Conference
- NETMCDO - Network of Music Career Development Officers Annual Conference
- Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) Symposium
- RIT's Annual Connectology Leadership Advancement Conference
- Technology in the Arts
Other helpful links
- ESM Office of Careers and Professional Development
- University of Rochester College Career Center
- University of Rochester College Center for Academic Support
- University of Rochester Center for Community Leadership
Housing Services for interns
- Sublet.com - housing in the US and Canada
- UC Cal Berkeley -- major city housing links
- Interim Housing Solutions for the US
- Sublet.com - apartments, rooms, houses - worldwide
- Educational Housing Services (safe, affordable housing for interns working in New York City)
- WISH - housing for Interns in Washington D.C.
- Metroroommates.com - find roommates worldwide
- Boston Apartments Short and Long Term
- Temp Stay - Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee
- Apartment Wiz - Texas and Atlanta, GA







