Internships

Working with the Duck Club Touring Supervisor and other Duck Club Touring agents, you’ll learn the process and terminology used to book national tours. The training involved will include practical, hands-on involvement in tour planning, routing, confirming offers, advancing and invoicing tours.

Goals: Became familiar with tour booking processes and industry standard practices; learn the process for pitching bands to venues and festivals; network with industry professionals from talent buyers, artists and other agents; confirm successful tour dates; and discover multiple paths of potential employment in this area of the music industry.

Responsibilities: Tour planning and routing; confirming offers with artists and agents; and advancing and invoicing tours.

A social media intern works with Treefort Music Fest and Duck Club to create unique content for TikTok, attend shows for live coverage and learn how to adjust campaigns based on demographics and performance.

Goals: Think of creative marketing strategies to increase ticket sales; and find ways to tell a brand story through social media to a younger audience.

Responsibilities: On-site social media coverage; post new media from artists on socials; come up with TikTok campaigns to engage a younger audience; engage with social media audiences; create playlists; and adjust campaigns based on demographics.

Learn how live music events are run and operated by professional technicians and production managers and by interfacing with national touring and local artists.

Goals: Learn basic skills of audio and lighting control within Yamaha and GrandMA hardware/software; mic-ing and cabling techniques; audio patching and routing; stage management; time management; and equipment repairs.

Responsibilities: Work alongside technicians and production managers, progressing to equipment operation.

Note: Must be able to lift more than 40 lbs (this pertains to loading production equipment in and out of venues).

Students will assist the Programs Director with tasks relating to day-to-day operations, student/parent relations, fundraising support and community outreach/engagement.

Goals: Gain a better understanding of how nonprofits operate; have a better understanding of the importance of fundraising for 501(c)-3 nonprofit organizations, spanning individual support to grant/foundation support; gain experience networking and collaborating with local business and nonprofit organizations on fundraising events, gigs, workshops, etc.

Responsibilities:

Front Desk Support: Checking students in/out; making sure students get to the right class and know where they are going; communication of organization’s policies with parents and students (both written and verbal); student matrix upkeep; release form maintenance; email contact lists (current and past students); and regular communication with parents and students (including daily communication via phone and email).

Marketing Support: Regular social media posting (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Soundcloud, etc.); sponsored posts; and assistance in creating new postcards and posters, poster distribution, etc.

Grant Writing and Fundraising Support: Researching grant opportunities; writing and/or editing grants; and planning fundraiser events.

Gig / Workshop Coordination: Email and phone communication; scheduling of bands; upkeep of gig/workshop matrix; and occasionally gig load-in / load-out support.

Recording Payments / Donations: Upkeep of donation matrix; creating donation receipts; and writing donation thank you cards.

Other: Building support (cleaning and restocking bathrooms); general website maintenance (updating class times, forms, etc.); and other director support.

Students will assist the Studio Director with tasks relating to day-to-day operations, BRS student band recording/mixing/production, facility maintenance/tidiness, and BRS student band scheduling. 

Goals:

Students will gain a better understanding of how to operate and maintain a recording studio, including microphone placement and care, cable management, and the use of both digital and analog recording equipment. 

Students will develop a better understanding of Pro Tools and how to use the DAW to make sessions run creatively and efficiently. 

Students will gain experience engaging with young bands and BRS students in a recording studio environment and help them see their projects come to fruition in a creative and efficient manner. 

Students will be encouraged to explore unique and creative recording techniques to induce creativity in the studio environment. 

Responsibilities:

Engineering assistant – helping setup and place microphones, connecting cables, getting sessions setup on Pro Tools, use of the patchbay, assisting Studio Director with various tasks that may present themselves during a recording session, assisting students with getting instruments setup, etc. 

Mixing student projects – using skills learned to mix BRS student band sessions. This may include mastering projects as well. 

Assisting BRS students with streaming/distribution – helping students setup their final projects for streaming/distribution as well as updating BRS streaming pages such as Bandcamp and Soundcloud. 

Studio maintenance – cleaning up after sessions, sweeping, mopping, wiping, winding cables, putting microphones away, tuning instruments, changing guitar strings, etc. 

Teaching/subbing – substitute teaching for the Studio Director when he can’t make a class. 

The Storyfort team is looking for inquisitive, dependable, motivated, self-starters who are looking to get a foot in the door of the writing and publishing world. Storyfort invites out some of the most exciting young voices in publishing during the festival and we want our interns to reflect that enthusiasm. An interest in publishing, readings—more specifically, what goes into making a fun and engaging live reading—is an absolute must in prospective interns.

Expectations:

Students will commit to a total of 40-50 hours during the course of spring semester, ending with the festival. Weekly commitment will be approximately 3 hours weekly depending on team needs and student schedule. Students will have bi-weekly check-ins with Treefort supervising staff and attend monthly team meetings. The majority of work will be performed using the students own computer and/or resources available to them through their academic program. Schedule is flexible but communication is key.

Duties:

Helping plan poetry/fiction/and non-fiction reading events where visiting writers present their work live. Interns will help develop the overall theme of the events, as well as help vet the work. These are readings where Authors will read live to fans of their work, so the Storyfort team will also need to craft questions and talking points to
make sure these events are as compelling as possible to the widest possible audience.

Interns will spearhead their OWN event to be held during Storyfort. This could be based on their developing interests over the planning period. They might decide they want to run a workshop or moderate a panel on publishing, they might decide to take a special interest in one of our out-of-town authors and want to specifically curate a reading around a single book or piece the author has written—the possibilities are limited only by the intern’s imagination.

Sitting in on meetings and compiling notes and tracking critical info that we can refer to in the lead-up to the fest.

Compensation:

This is an unpaid internship, however a full wristband to Treefort Music Fest is provided ($300 value) for March 26-30th, 2025. The 5-Day General Admission Pass covers all five days of Treefort Music Fest. This includes admission to all venues + Main Stage, as well as all fort programming, excluding dinners and other special ticketed events. 1-2 internship credits can be granted towards the student’s academic program (pending instructor approval). More credits available upon request with increase in internship hours.

Qualifications:

• Must know how to read for content and enjoy the art of language
• Must be ready to help fold some chairs come festival time
• Must be a self-starter who wants to spearhead their own projects for Storyfort
• Lastly, but most importantly: what we’re truly looking for is someone who is excited about being around the crop of talented writers we bring out. We want people who are fans of the written word and who could see themselves one day being a part of the industry, whether that be as an editor, publisher, writer or any part of the industry.

Instructions:

Please submit a resume and cover letter on Handshake or email to by January 17, 2025. In your cover letter, state why you’d be a good fit for this internship. Contact is Sam Berman at sberman@treefortmusicfest.com.