2026 MUSIC MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL STAFF
JOB DESCRIPTION
Music Mountain Summer Festival features jazz and chamber music concerts on consecutive weekends from June 7 to September 13. Jazz concerts are Saturdays at 7 PM, and chamber concerts are Sundays at 3 PM. Additional family events and lectures are typically held before the chamber concerts at 2PM. All performances take place indoors at Gordon Hall, located at 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, CT. Sunday concerts also offer lawn seating.
Job Title: Festival Staff
Term: June 1 – September 13, 2026
Work Hours: 5-6 hour shifts on Saturdays and Sundays
Saturdays approximately 4PM-10PM
Sundays approximately 12PM-6PM
Work Location:
Music Mountain
225 Music Mountain Road
Falls Village, CT.
Reasonable commuting distance from Music Mountain is highly preferred.
Salary: $17/hour, less applicable payroll and withholding taxes, payable biweekly.
Main Responsibilities: Reports to our Festival Manager.
Before the start of the season, during the week of June 1, 2026:
- Is trained on all systems and concert day protocols, such as, how to answer calls and emails for ticket sales, how to enter data into AudienceView correctly and completely, how to run the box office during the week and during concerts, etc.
- Helps prepare the box office, Music Mountain office, utility room, and concessions stand
During the season:
- Processes ticket sales, both in advance of concerts and on performance days, via phone and in person at the box office, using our ticketing system, Audience View (Ovation Tickets).
- At concerts, staffs and supervises the concessions operation, selling food and beverages, merch, and CDs of performers, and prepares hospitality items for the artists in the Green Room prior to their arrival.
- Ensures that Gordon Hall and the Music Mountain lawn are properly set up and ready to receive an audience.
- Depending on skill level, assists with the set up, operation, and break down of the sound system for jazz groups.
Skills and Qualifications: The candidate must be at least 16 years of age by June 7, 2026. The candidate must be detail-oriented, confident, friendly and at ease interacting with the public in person and over the phone, possess good computer skills, and be able to quickly and creatively solve problems.
The candidate must be excellent at keeping track of our concessions and merchandise inventory, and keep the office, the box office, the utility room, as well as all data in the shared Drive, well organized and readily accessible.
Additional skills include writing skills for customer relations via email; using Google Drive.
No musical experience is necessary, but if you were a musician or music student this would be the place to be this summer!
If interested, please send an email with your Resume to:
Oskar Espina Ruiz, Artistic and Executive Director
336-692-6385
We are hiring qualified candidates ASAP. Apply as soon as you can. Training starts the week of June 1. First concert is on June 7.
About Music Mountain: Music Mountain, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, began as the unique vision of Jacques Gordon, Chicago Symphony concertmaster from 1921 to 1930 and the founding first violinist of the Gordon String Quartet, one of the leading quartets of its time. Music Mountain is the longest running Chamber music festival in the US, offering 16 weeks of concerts by world renowned artists in an acoustically exceptional Gordon Hall, as well as hosting summer intensives and a range of contemporary music performances. Located in Falls Village, CT, Music Mountain is in the National Register of Historical Places.
Website: musicmountain.org