A week in the life of the SCO office
Jess Turner from Kingussie enjoyed a week's work experience in the SCO office and spent time with all the departments, from Connect to Concerts and Marketing.
Since day one at the SCO office I decided that this was a great career to be involved in. The SCO office staff work extremely hard to get everything running and in proper order and they do it with smiles on their faces!
This made it enjoyable for me as they explained how everything works in the different departments in great detail which gave me a wider view of the orchestra as a whole. I haven't been in the office all the time though, I travelled about a lot too and got to go to places like East Dunbartonshire, St Andrews and the Usher Hall in Edinburgh.
In East Dunbartonshire I got to see how the SCO gain support from the community pupils and teachers alike and I got to listen to talks about different organisations like the Scottish Book Trust and Cardonald College.
My Timp experience
It was fun in St Andrews as I got to play Timpani in their orchestra which I found a good laugh as I play the violin and it was an unexpected surprise! I also had the privilege to go and see Handel's Messiah on Thursday night which was brilliant in terms of sound and quality.
I got to meet a lot of interesting and lovely people who were involved with the work that the SCO does and I just want to say a huge thank you to Kirsten and Lucy for looking after me during the week and for giving me a great insight on to the work that the orchestra does.
This was me hard at work on the computer (the smile says it all)
Since day one at the SCO office i decided that this was a great career to be involved in. The SCO office staff work extremely hard to get everything running and in proper order and they do it with smiles on their faces!
This made it enjoyable for me as they explained how everything works in the different departments in great detail which gave me a wider view of the orchestra as a whole. I haven't been in the office all the time though, i travelled about a lot too and got to go to places like East Dunbartonshire, St Andrews and The Usher Hall in Edinburgh.
In East Dunbartonshire i got to see how the SCO gain support from the community pupils and teachers alike and i got to listen to talks about different organisations like the Scottish Book Trust and Cardonald College.
It was fun in St Andrews as i got to play Timpani's in their orchestra which i found a good laugh as i play the violin and it was an unexpected surprise! I also had the privilage to go and see Handel's Messiah on thursday night which was brilliant in terms of sound and quality.
I got to meet a lot of interesting and lovely people who were involved with the work that the SCO does and I just want to say a huugge thank you to Kirsten and Lucy for looking after me during the week and for giving me a great incite on to the work that the orchestra does.
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