Cappella Romana is hiring!

Open Positions

Office Assistant, Part-time

Job Title: Office Assistant, Part-time
Reports to: Executive Director
Status: 20 hrs/week; some up to 30 hrs/week, nonexempt
Compensation: c $25/hr based on experience
Location: In-person, Portland, Oregon (not remote).

Description

This regularly 20-hour-a-week part-time position will assist Cappella Romana staff with basic office tasks. These include acting as receptionist, printing and mailing tickets, shipping CDs and books, and selling tickets at the door to concerts in Portland and Seattle. The position also will coordinate local volunteers for concert set-up and ushering, assist with mailings, general office management, and other basic tasks as assigned. In concert weeks hours may expand to up to 30 hours week.  

Requirements for all applicants:  

• Experience with basic office tools including Email, Microsoft Office and online Google office tools (Docs, Sheets, etc)
• Ability and willingness to learn new online tools, including Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software.
• Ability to talk, listen, and speak clearly on the telephone.
• Good basic writing skills.
• Ability to lift 40 lbs onto a handtruck
• Availability for some nights and weekends, including occasional trips to Seattle and other locations, possibly including a few overnight trips.

Competitive applicants will also have some or all of the following:

• Experience in customer service, retail, or equivalent.
• Accuracy in data entry and attention to detail.
• Interest in at least a 2-3 year engagement with Cappella Romana
• Enthusiasm for music (intricate knowledge of Cappella Romana’s unique repertoire is not required).

About Cappella Romana

Cappella Romana is the Northwest’s most prominent professional chamber choir, with the largest budget and activity of any peer ensemble in the region. It makes a unique contribution to the region’s (and the world’s) cultural ecology. Cappella Romana presents a highly specialized repertoire, music of the Eastern Orthodox traditions, that no other group explores.

The company draws from a roster of independent artists forming a flexible ensemble from 10 to 26 singers, led both by Music Director and Founder Alexander Lingas and guest conductors, experts in their respective fields from all over the world. The company is signed with Naxos Distribution for its growing recording catalogue, whose over 30 titles have won rave reviews in national and international press.  

Its release “Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia” posted 44 weeks on the Classical Billboard Chart in 2020. The group’s 31st release (October 2024) “A Ukrainian Wedding” has already received critical acclaim.

Cappella Romana is in the middle of its 33rd Annual Season, with seven programs performed in both Portland and Seattle, with multiple recording sessions for future CD releases, and tours outside the region. Its recent tour to the Netherlands featured the finale concert of the Utrecht Early Music Festival, the largest festival in the world dedicated to ancient music.

Please write and send a letter of application that describes your interest in Cappella Romana, along with a résumé.

Please send all materials in one PDF to jobs@cappellaromana.org