Summer Internships at SFJAZZ
In addition to presenting the SFJAZZ annual season, the San Francisco Jazz Festival and SFJAZZ Summer Sessions, SFJAZZ supports a vibrant local music scene with Hotplate events and their free summer concerts at Stanford Shopping Center and Levi’s Plaza, and nurtures aspiring musicians with diverse education programs and performing ensembles.
In January 2013, SFJAZZ took the most audacious step in its evolution, opening the 36,000-square-foot, $64 million SFJAZZ Center on the corner of Fell and Franklin streets in the heart of San Francisco’s cultural corridor.
The first stand-alone structure in the country built specifically for jazz, the SFJAZZ Center was designed by award-winning San Francisco architect Mark Cavagnero, who worked with acoustician Sam Berkow and theater designer Len Auerbach to create a main performance space with the acoustic quality of a great concert hall and the relaxed intimacy of a jazz club. That’s the Robert N. Miner Auditorium, a flexible, scalable venue that seats up to 700 people in close proximity to the musicians with superb sightlines and pristine acoustics tailored for jazz performance.
The 100-seat Joe Henderson Lab is the SFJAZZ Center’s street-level performance and rehearsal space, named for the late, great saxophonist and San Francisco resident, which also serves as the nerve center for the organization’s education department. Students of all ages use the Joe Henderson Lab as well as the practice rooms and cutting edge digital lab for workshops, rehearsals, master classes and private instruction. “We wanted to create a community gathering place around jazz,” Kline says, “a place where jazz can do what it’s always done—grow and change. Now there’s a permanent place in San Francisco where it can flourish.”
All SFJAZZ programs reflect a spirit of artistic exploration, embracing the full breadth of jazz and its related music; emphasize thematic programming, with tributes to jazz masters and celebrations of particular musical instruments, trends or styles; and strive to instill enthusiasm for jazz among a wider audience.
Why intern here?
Not a jazz expert? Not a problem! It takes all kinds of people to run an Organization, including accountants, marketers, fundraisers, facilities managers, and more. SFJAZZ staff are approachable, engaged, and passionate about their work.
SFJAZZ passionate and generous interns are indispensable to achieving our goals as an Organization. Join this group of talented individuals and contribute your time while gaining skills and a working knowledge of the museum.
Summer internships are part time, at least 3 days per week and paid $16/hour. The internship is 9 weeks long. Interns must be available on Fridays.
Qualifications
- Priority consideration is given to rising juniors and seniors at accredited undergraduate programs.
- Certain positions may require graduate-level training and/or professional experience, noted in the department descriptions.
Internships that will be available for Summer 2020:
Internship opportunities will be posted from January to March for a Summer Internship date of June 19, 2020– August 14, 2020. Application deadline is March 31, 2020.
APPLY ONLINE AT: www.sfjazz.org/careers
It is the policy of San Francisco Jazz to afford equal opportunity in all aspects of employment to all persons without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, physical or mental disabilities, color, marital status, sexual orientation or medical condition, or any other basis protected by law. This policy shall apply to all employees and applicants for employment, and extends to all phases of employment, including hiring, training, promotion, discharge or layoff, rehiring, compensation and benefits.