Welcome to our placements page!
The People’s Orchestra Charity proudly offers a wide variety of different placement positions to our local communities and beyond.
We offer placements spanning from a multi week specialist area placement, to a full 12 month University 2nd/3rd year placement for undergraduate students.
Placements are tailored to suit our enquiries, offering a vast variety of areas to explore and develop skills within. Our mentoring, training and support offered through placements is a brilliant way to look into different areas of business within a music charity – be it in composition, marketing, graphics, administration or grant funding.
Placements offered by the charity are currently voluntary based, covering expenses and travel from around the West Midlands. Placements are 3 days per week of flexible working around your schedule.
If you are interested in enquiring about a placement with The People’s Orchestra, please contact us at hello@thepeoplesorchestra.com.
Professional training and development throughout multi discipline placement programmes.
A friendly working office environment for learning and advancement of skills and knowledge.
Professional support into work or education roles alongside or beyond placement activities.
Flexible working hours, tailored to your schedule.
MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR
Role Description:
Please email your application to amy@thepeoplesorchestra.com
MARKETING OFFICER
Role Description:
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Role Description:
Good skills and experience with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign is required
Please email your application to amy@thepeoplesorchestra.com
CREATIVE WRITER
Salary:Voluntary Position
Working hours: Flexible
(minimum 09:30 – 16:30, 3 days/week [21 hours] (Mon/Tues/Thurs)
Start and end dates: Flexible
Job description
The People’s Orchestra Charity is seeking an enthusiastic Creative Writer to help promote the charity’s music concerts, events and campaigns.
This is a great opportunity to be involved in a wide range of new challenges, where you will be stretched to reach your highest capabilities. Gala music concerts, fundraising campaigns and events, it’s all here. We’re looking to appoint a Creative Writer to work alongside our emerging marketing team.
The People’s Orchestra runs orchestras and choirs across the midlands, playing primarily film, game and show music. Diverging from the norm, this inclusive and flexible orchestra plays light, popular, film and show music to new audiences.
Role Description:
WEB DEVELOPER
Role Description:
Knowledge of content management systems (i.e.WordPress), databases and coding experience of HTML, CSS and Java Script desired
Please email your application to amy@thepeoplesorchestra.com
VIDEOGRAPHER
Role Description:
Experience with Canon cameras and Adobe software desired
Please email your application to amy@thepeoplesorchestra.com
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR
Role Description:
The People’s Orchestra are looking for enthusiastic students for a range of placement year roles! See one of our current placement student’s Abbi’s experiences below! Hi, I’m Abbi and I’ve been on a placement year in the Music Administrator role with The People’s Orchestra from Summer of 2022. I was excited to start placement as they are difficult to source, even more so when you’re looking something practical attached! My loves for music include composition, arranging, performing and on a further creative level having been able to incorporate my art skills for logo and other creative tasks has been great fun to do. Being with TPO has been fantastic as a placement, playing and singing in ensembles where we have the opportunity to play music from games, films and tv is unique amongst a lot of Orchestras! A highlight concert has been playing at Comic-Con which not many people can say they’ve done! Our perspectives are really taken into account, we feel comfortable and are part of a wonderful atmosphere. TPO is great at tailoring tasks to our strengths, so we all enjoy what we do but done in a way that always beneficial to everyone! It has been an absolute pleasure working with the TPO team and I have developed so many skills that will really be useful for my future in the industry. I definitely recommend TPO as a placement option, you learn so much and have a great time doing it. The Music Administrator role is perfect for anyone studying Music whether on a performing basis or otherwise. Salary: Voluntary Position Working hours: Flexible (minimum 09:30 – 16:30, 3 days/week [21 hours] (Mon/Tues/Thurs) Start and end dates: Flexible
My placement with TPO is very varied and has allowed me to build up my skills both as a performer and as a musician. Working in an administrative role has given me a newfound perspective on all the different elements that have to come together to make rehearsals and concerts run smoothly and given me a greater respect for those who have made my previous musical experiences possible.
My roles include communicating with ensemble participants and leaders, ensuring that they have everything they need to perform and making sure everyone is up to date in the information they need. I play an active role in events planning, researching and booking venues, equipment, travel and staff for the concerts and workshops. More recently I have taken on more musical arranging roles, orchestrating pieces of music from around the world for a small orchestral group. I also take an active performing role in a number of the ensembles playing trumpet in the Orchestra and Big Band and expanding my ability with my second instrument, the Saxophone, with the Rusty Player’s Orchestra.
Although this job felt a little like spinning plates at first, as I have gained more experience, I have settled into my various roles largely helped by the welcoming environment of the company where people are able to make mistakes and learn from them. For me the most challenging attributes have been technology setup such as microphones and lighting and learning to use new administration software but by building on the skills of the supportive staff and my fellow placement students I now feel a lot more comfortable in these areas. It has given me skills that have allowed me to develop my musicianship and technical abilities, but also many transferrable skills that I will be able to take with me going forward, regardless of career path.
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