Musical Bridges

High School Volunteer Program

The purpose of this program is to establish a connection between the Long Beach Unified School District high school students and the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra by providing education and community service opportunities to the students.

Students can participation in three areas:

Overture

Student volunteers take on more responsibilities and leadership roles. They arrive at the Terrace Theater at 4:00 pm on each of the Classics concerts to set up the lobby and help patrons to their seats. During the week of the Holiday Celebration concerts, members of Overture assist backstage.

Symphony POPS! Production Assistant

Student volunteers arrive at the Long Beach Arena at 8:30 am on each of the Symphony POPS! concert dates listed below. Under the supervision of the LBSO education manager, the volunteers assist in the set-up of the audience seating area, lobby and the artist dressing rooms. Students may dress comfortably.

Symphony POPS! Concerts at the Long Beach Arena:
October 20, 2007
January 19,, 2008
March 1, 2008
May 31, 2008




				High School Volunteer Program The purpose of this program is to establish a connection between the Long Beach Unified School District high school students and the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra by providing education and community service opportunities to the students. Students can participation in three areas: Overture Student volunteers take on more responsibilities and leadership roles. They arrive at the Terrace Theater at 4:00 pm on each of the Classics concerts to set up the lobby and help patrons to their seats. During the week of the Holiday Celebration concerts, members of Overture assist backstage. Symphony POPS! Production Assistant Student volunteers arrive at the Long Beach Arena at 8:30 am on each of the Symphony POPS! concert dates listed below. Under the supervision of the LBSO education manager, the volunteers assist in the set-up of the audience seating area, lobby and the artist dressing rooms. Students may dress comfortably. Symphony POPS! Concerts at the Long Beach Arena: October 20, 2007 January 19,, 2008 March 1, 2008 May 31, 2008		Concert Ushers (Classics & Holiday Celebration Concerts) Volunteers arrive at the lobby of the Terrace Theater at 6 pm on each of the Classics concert dates listed below. The arrival times for the Holiday Celebration concerts are 5:00 pm on December 8th and 12:30 pm on December 9th. Students are asked to dress in nice concert attire, as they will be functioning as ushers, welcoming patrons, and distributing program books. Classics Concerts at the Terrace Theater: October 6, 2007 November 17, 2007 January 26, 2008 March 15, 2008 April 26, 2008 June 14, 2008 Holiday Celebration Concerts at the Terrace Theater: December 8, 2007 December 9, 2007 LBUSD students receive service credit for volunteering. As we are always looking for help at concerts, students are welcome to show up to volunteer on the night of a concert without calling in advance. For more information, please contact the Symphony office at (562) 436-3203 ext. 220 or email rbraden@lbso.org.