We are a cooperative classical chamber orchestra of 35 musicians and we play six concerts a year at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. We need volunteers for concert production, to sell musical merchandise, to work at ticket tables, and to help at our singles club reception after concerts. We also need any kind of office help between concerts and help with promotion, graphics and photography.
Volunteers receive free tickets to our concerts.
Pro Arte is one of only four financially viable cooperative orchestras in the USA and is entering its 22nd season. Many other volunteer tasks are available, such as help with our access program, which brings physically and financially challenged music lovers to our concerts at a nominal fee. Also on our schedule is a performance conducted by Pulitzer prize winner Gunther Schuller and a guest appearance by Kim Kashkashian, world renowned violist, as well as Russell Sherman,piano, and Norman Bolter,trombone and David Shifrin, clarinet. Pro Arte was founded 22 years ago by Larry Hill, a prominent Harvard clergyman, and is currently conducted by Isaiah Jackson. The principal guest conductor is Gunther Schuller.