Call for interns!

Do you want to help organising one of the biggest choral events in Europe? The EUROPA CANTAT XX team in Tallinn, Estonia is looking for interns! 
Place of internship: Office of the Estonian Choral Association, Tallinn, Estonia
Duration of internship: minimum 6-8 weeks, preferably 3 to 6 months
Period: From early 2018 – or (especially for longer internships) from August 2017
Ideally interns should in addition come to Tallinn for two weeks from July 23rd to August 5th 2018 for the last days of preparation and the festival itself.

The Estonian Choral Association will not be able to cover travel expenses to and from Estonia or food and accommodation in Estonia, though may be able to pay some pocket money. For interns returning for the festival itself, it will be possible to cover the travel to and from Estonia within Europe as well as accommodation and meals for the two weeks during which the interns will join the team of international volunteers.

Possible tasks/skills needed: Depending on the length of the internship and their skills, interns will be able to learn how to prepare different aspects of a major international festival with several thousand participants in the fields of Communication and PR (digital and print), Logistics, Music Programme and contact with participants in different languages (mostly English, French, Spanish, German and Russian).

The knowledge of Estonian is not necessary.

If you are interested in an internship, please contact Kaie Tanner from the Estonian Choral Association at kaie.tanner@kooriyhing.ee with the following information/material:
– a short e-mail »letter of motivation« with information on the length of internship and the possible periods, previous experience in the field of cultural management, if valid, the personal connection to choral singing, your language skills and skills with computer programmes and the reason why you are interested in this internship – a short CV.