found: Work cat.: Schoenberg, Arnold. Concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 36, 2019:t.p. (edited by Clovis Lark) (OCoLC)1106151228
found: Utah Symphony website, Sept. 1, 2022(Clovis Lark joined the Utah Symphony Orchestra as Principal Librarian in 2005)
found: Renshaw, S. The art makers, via Salt Lake City weekly website, posted Mar. 18, 2020, viewed Sept. 1, 2022(Clovis Lark, Symphony Librarian; Before every Utah Symphony performance, Lark places the score on the conductor's podium; The Midwest native spent time in culinary school and working in restaurants before returning to his interest in music with a job as librarian for the Indiana University Conservatory in 1992. The job involves multiple steps as the symphony plans performances several months down the road. Generally, the artistic director provides the basic program, and Lark begins the process of finding the needed scores for each scheduled piece; Once the desired version is obtained, Lark works with the conductor and concertmaster on specific notations for the performance of each part)
found: The performance librarian : a career introduction, 2016, via Major Orchestra Librarians' Association website, Sept. 1, 2022:p. 1 (The performance librarian, often called an orchestra librarian, is a music preparation specialist who works in an ensemble library. The musical ensemble he or she serves is often an orchestra, but could be an opera or ballet company, festival, military service ensemble, or educational institution; Performance librarians are comprehensive musicians/administrators who must bring a keen attention to detail to all of their work. Many have studied music performance and performed in ensembles) p. 2 (Why is a Performance Librarian considered a musician?: In addition to the many administrative tasks involved in running a library, adept score reading is essential. A librarian must notate musical instructions from conductors, composers, soloists, or principal players on a daily basis. Knowledge of harmony and music theory are important to effectively proofread, edit, or mark cuts. Librarians often transpose or re-orchestrate passages to suit a particular situation. Familiarity with orchestration, string bowings, instrument ranges, and transpositions of instruments is essential) pp. 3-5 (the librarian acquires the music the performers will use, including conductors' scores, from publishers or music dealers; collaborates with conductors and soloists about specific requirements for the accurate preparation of the music; Once the music preparation is finished the librarian prepares folders for each individual instrument and then distributes the music to the performers; The symphony orchestra librarian is the most common librarian within MOLA, usually referred to as an Orchestra Librarian. These librarians are expected to research, prepare, and distribute music for an orchestra's concert season)
found: Drinan, A. Who is that orchestra librarian?, via Eastman School of Music Institute for Music Leadership website, Sept. 1, 2022("Yes, your orchestra librarian is a musician. And, as a member of a professional orchestra, your orchestra librarian is a professional musician. They have been trained much as you have been trained--in music schools and conservatories--honing their skills in performance, music history or theory, musicology, orchestration or composition, or a possible combination of these disciplines")
found: Helena Symphony job announcement: Orchestra Librarian, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2022(The Orchestra Librarian is responsible for providing and organizing all of the music needed for performances to the Orchestra, conducting staff, and for maintaining and curating the Orchestra's library of parts and scores. As a member of the Artistic Administration, the Orchestra Librarian coordinates concert production with other staff members, participates in artistic planning, and works directly with the Music Director, Director of Artistic Planning, and the musicians of the Helena Symphony Orchestra)
found: How to become an orchestral music librarian, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2022(Orchestral Music Librarian; alternate title: Performance Librarian; Catalogs and orders music for the orchestra, assists Conductor by copying scores and sheet music; responsible for the care, upkeep, distribution and research involving all the music that's performed, whether it's sheet music or whether it’s digital; Music librarianship is a profession in public libraries and academic libraries, but it's not the same profession as in performance libraries. They intersect somewhat but they [Music Librarians in public or academic libraries] can go to school and get a degree in that field specifically; Orchestral Music Librarians receive a salary through the orchestra that employs them, although it's possible at times for Librarians to pick up gigs with other, smaller ensembles to earn some supplemental income)
found: Major Orchestra Librarians' Association website, Sept. 1, 2022:home page (Major Orchestra Librarians' Association; MOLA: An Association of Music Performance Librarians; MOLA's mission is to facilitate communication between professional performance librarians, educate and assist them in providing service to their organizations, provide support and resources to the performing arts, and work with publishers to achieve the highest standards in music performance materials)
found: Wikipedia, Sept. 1, 2022:Ensemble librarianship (Ensemble librarianship (or performance librarianship) is an area of music librarianship which specializes in serving the needs of musical ensembles, including symphony and chamber orchestras, opera houses, ballet companies, wind ensembles and educational institutions. Ensemble librarians acquire printed music and prepare it for performance; orchestra librarians; performance librarian; symphony orchestra librarian; ballet librarian, as opposed to the symphony or opera librarian; orchestral performance librarian; band librarian)
