Volunteer

Volunteer Opportunities

• Check-In & Ticketing, Ushers/Greeters on Concert Days:

• At each of our concerts, we typically need help staffing our ticket, raffle, and activity tables 30 minutes prior to the start of our concerts. 

• Volunteers need to be comfortable handling money and using an electronic app on a personal phone/tablet/laptop to make ticket sales.

• It’s also helpful to have ushers/greeters standing at each entrance, to answer any questions our attendees may have and to point them in the right direction. This really helps the day run more smoothly! 

• Volunteers need to be comfortable standing for ~30 minutes. 

• Time commitment: ~1 hour of your time at each concert. We’d love to have your help at one concert, or you could commit to several (there are five per year)

• Stage Management - Breaking Down the Stage on Concert Days:

• After the concert is over, we have to put away all the stands & chairs. Typically the musicians are quick to tackle this task, but the more hands we have here - the better! 

• Volunteers need to be comfortable handling music stands and chairs. 

• Time commitment: ~10-15 minutes after each concert 

• Concert Day Task Rabbit:

• Often on concert days, we need help picking up a case of water, bouquets of flowers, or other small items. If you’re local and would feel comfortable picking up some miscellaneous items - we’d love your help! 

• Volunteers would drop off items between 12-1pm at Fusion Church on concert days; we would reimburse you for those purchases on the day-off. 

• Time commitment: Likely ~30 minutes

• Spreading the word!:

• Ahead of each concert, we often hang up posters around the Greater Lowell area - in addition to creating social media posts, telling the local newspaper, and so on. We’d love some help going into local businesses about 1-2 weeks ahead of each concert and hanging LPO posters. We’re also open to any other ideas on ways to spread the word about our events! 

• Time commitment: Variable (Even just hanging a few posters would make a difference)

• Videography on concert days:

• To forward our mission in making classical music accessible to all, we need help filming our concert days - with the goal of ultimately posting them online so anyone can experience the LPO’s performances. 

• Volunteers would need to have familiarity with videography, be able to bring their own recording equipment, and provide us with an edited video for us to post. 

• Time commitment: ~2.5 hours on each concert day (30 minutes of setup, two hours of recording)

• Social media management: 

• We’re looking for some help building up our social media presence! Key responsibilities would include:

• Creating and scheduling posts across multiple platforms (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.), finding ways to help us build our presence over time & reach a larger audience. 

• Potentially attend concerts to take photos & short video clips to be used as posts. And/or collaborate with someone who will do that. 

• Semi-regularly (1-2 times per year) report on engagement with our social media, so we can continue to improve it

• Time commitment: 1-2 hours/week; can be done remotely

• Grant manager:

• TBD

• Archives - Provide support in research and organization of historical materials.

• Music Library – assist our music librarian with various tasks

• Photography – capture images of community, donor, volunteer events for LPO use in marketing and engagement

• Newsletter - Participate in the design and production of our email newsletters.

• Social Engagement- assisting the LPO in creating and executing social and educative engagement opportunities for our volunteers;

• Thank You Calls – assist our team through calling donors to thank them for recent gifts

Benefits for our Volunteers

• Free admission: All volunteers receive free admission to our concerts, in addition to one guest. If you are under the age of 17, your admission is already free - and will therefore get two free guest tickets. You’ll also receive 2 free raffle tickets. 

• Invite to our Annual Meeting: Each year, we all get together to elect our members to the Executive Board, and review our performance throughout the last year & goals for the upcoming year. We’d love any & all feedback on your volunteer experience or ideas on other ways the LPO can improve as an organization. 

• If you volunteered at two or more concerts during the year, you’ll receive some LPO merchandise, tickets for the following year’s concerts, and some thank you gifts! 

• Invite to attend our Dress Rehearsal: If you’ve ever wondered what a rehearsal looks like, we’d love for you to attend our dress rehearsal & see the LPO at work! (Please be sure to communicate with us ahead of time, so we’re aware of your attendance).