2008 Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Library Fellowship

Established in 1940 by former Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Serge Koussevitzky, the Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) provides a unique, in-depth musical experience for emerging professional musicians of exceptional ability. Participants in the program, who all attend as Fellows of the Music Center (with costs of tuition, room and board covered by their Fellowships), work with internationally renowned artists, including members of the Boston Symphony, resident faculty, and guests.

The Fellowship Program is designed for experienced musicians who have completed much or all of their formal instruction, and who will benefit from and contribute most to the very intense and demanding projects undertaken at the Center. The sole criterion for admission is musical excellence. While there is no strict upper age limit, preference is normally shown to those between the ages of 18 and 30.

The TMC presents over 40 additional concerts throughout the season, presenting orchestra, opera, chamber music, and vocal programs, and including a world-famous new music festival. TMC performances take place in Ozawa Hall, the Shed, the historic Tanglewood Theater, and the Saarinen-designed Chamber Music Hall.

Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), is located in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts, in a scenic environment of remarkable beauty. The BSO performs three concerts each weekend during an eight-week season in the 5,000-seat Koussevitzky Music Shed; additional performances by outstanding soloists and ensembles are presented throughout the summer, mostly in the acoustically and architecturally remarkable 1,100-seat Seiji Ozawa Hall. TMC students may attend all BSO performances and rehearsals, guest artist recitals, and most special events as part of their participation in the program.

The TMC offers a unique opportunity for an emerging professional orchestra librarian of exceptional potential to study as a Fellow at Tanglewood.

Under the guidance of the BSO Principal Librarian, Marshall Burlingame, and the TMCO Librarian, the orchestra library Fellow will work with some of the world's most important conductors, preparing materials for the TMCO and for conducting and instrumental classes. They will also attend seminars on music acquisition and preparation.

Applicants should submit:

· Completed online application form
· $65 application fee
· Current résumé
· Letter of recommendation from a supervisor
· List of two additional references including contact information

Library applicants must submit an application form and fee online, and the TMC office must receive all materials no later than February 29, 2008. Materials must be in the office, not post marked, by the deadline. Finalists will be contacted for interviews, in person wherever possible, after the application deadline. Finalists will also be asked to complete a bowing sample, the instructions for which will be provided. Applicants for the Tanglewood Music Center orchestra library fellowship must be at least 18 years old.

Please complete the online form in full; submitting a resume will not be a substitute for providing information requested on this form. Note that this information is given directly to audition committee members, and your attention to detail, including accuracy, spelling, and formatting, is appreciated.

Please make careful note of the relevant application deadline, and that other required items (that will not be submitted at a live audition) should be received in our office on or before that date. Materials must be in the TMC office, not postmarked, by the deadline date. See your program's application instructions for a list of other requirements.

After starting the online application form you will have a 30-minute session to complete it. If you need to start over, please close this window and click on "Apply Online" to start a new session. If you experience any technical problems please call us at 617-638-9230 or email us at tmc@bso.org.