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 VOLUNTEER
PROGRAM
Volunteers are an essential part of the Washington National
Opera and play a vital role by helping to increase financial
support, reducing costs, and providing skilled assistance.
Volunteers use their talents and special interests in the
opera year round. Some contribute to special events, educational
projects, artist hospitality, public relations, and assist
in different capacities at the opera's new rehearsal facility,
costume studio, and education center. Others help by working
in various offices taking on diverse assignments such as data
entry, word processing, answering telephones, translating,
and other tasks.
Opportunities for volunteer service with the Washington National
Opera vary throughout the year, and from season to season.
Appropriate training is given for agreed-upon assignments.
Successful volunteer work is based on mutual respect and understanding
between staff and volunteers.
For information about becoming a volunteer for the Washington
National Opera, please contact Jackie Rosen at (202) 295-2484
or jrosen@dc-opera.org.
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
- Administrative: office support, data entry, filing,
merchandise processing, mailing, phone, etc.
- Public Relations: processing articles from national
and international publications, maintaining performance
slide records
- Translation and Interpreters
- Hospitality: driving artist to and from airports,
assembling information packets
- Costume Studios: sewing, crafts, processing rental
costumes, auditions, clerical
- Education: docent in elementary, middle, and high
schools, opera summer camp, adult education programs, clerical
- Information Systems: maintain database, data entry
VOLUNTEER BENEFITS - depending on hours served
- Guild Membership
- Advance notice for purchasing subscriptions and single
tickets
- Washington National Opera Magazine
- 10% discount card at Olsson's Books and Records
- Discount for Lectures
- Dress Rehearsal Passes
- Two passes for one opera for each 40 hours of volunteer
work
- Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
- Playbill Listing
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