Volunteer Opportunities
Below are descriptions of each of the volunteer positions available throughout the school year. Some require time to organize and execute, some require relatively little time at a concert you will already be attending. You can sign-up to volunteer in one of two ways. Either e-mail the volunteer coordinator of your child's music program, or complete a volunteer form and submit it to your student's music teacher. We're also always looking ahead for parents to serve on the BMMP Board for the current or coming year. Contact Board President Melissa Major if you are interested.
Please come out to help our hard working, talented BMMS musicians put on a World Class concert. We need your volunteer support at the donation box, simple concessions, and rear door monitoring. You might even consider helping on an evening that your student is not performing, so you can relax and enjoy your child's concert while other parents are supporting your night! Thank you.
Volunteer Coordinators
Elizabeth Graff
Iriny Assanassios
Fundraising: Beginning of the Year
Musical Note Club offers an opportunity for families to provide direct financial support of the performance arts at BMMS - distribute donation forms, collect contributions, and give to treasurer.
Annual Pie Sale, BMMP's biggest annual fundraiser, has helped immeasurably with school instrument repair and replacement, music room and concert equipment, etc. Many hand help make this venture easy as pie.
Concert Volunteers: Winter and Spring
Help with transport and setup of equipment and chaperoning of students as they visit and perform at the elementary schools of future Burleigh Manor students. Assist as well with the feeding of lunch to the students and the cleanup afterward. Help beforehand to pick up food and drink items and pack in coolers (if needed).
Tersiguel's Musical Feasts: January and February (On Hiatus)
Before and after event, help transport stands and other equipment to/from Tersiguel's Restaurant in historic Ellicott City. Programs/fliers printed and distributed.
Adjudications: Late Winter and Spring
Chaperone - Stay with and monitor behavior of performers in waiting room, warm-up room, and hall, provides an opportunity to see great performances! Return equipment to BMMS.
Music Celebration Trip: April
Music students take a cultural day-long trip to New York City. Many chaperones are needed. Additional volunteers to provide other assistance may be needed depending on the destination and activity.
Hershey "Music in the Parks Festival": May
Travel to Hershey, PA (student performers on buses; chaperones may need to provide own transportation) to attend adjudication of Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir in morning, then chaperone small group of students at Hershey Park during the afternoon. This day-long trip showcases our student performers at their best! And it is A LOT of fun! Many people needed.
Band Awards Dinner: June
Coordinate or assist at this potluck dinner for ALL band students, held at BMMS. Requires set-up: decoration/table covers; tending food or drink tables; clean-up. Organizers who purchase decorations/plastic table covers, paper products, and drinks will be reimbursed.
Chorus Awards Parties: Late May/Early June
Assist choral director with in-school awards parties for Chamber Choir and Choruses.
Publicity: Ongoing
Submit articles to The View, The Howard Co Times, and The Baltimore Sun as needed regarding concerts, awards, accomplishments of students.
Thank You Notes: Ongoing
Write and send thank you notes to guests, hosts, administration and staff for supporting performance art at BMMS.
CLES, MWES, NES and CHS Liaison: Ongoing
Establish and maintain communications between chorus, band, and strings directors at each school regarding performance dates, equipment, and mutual support.
Please come out to help our hard working, talented BMMS musicians put on a World Class concert. We need your volunteer support at the donation box, simple concessions, and rear door monitoring. You might even consider helping on an evening that your student is not performing, so you can relax and enjoy your child's concert while other parents are supporting your night! Thank you.
Volunteer Coordinators
Elizabeth Graff
Iriny Assanassios
Fundraising: Beginning of the Year
Musical Note Club offers an opportunity for families to provide direct financial support of the performance arts at BMMS - distribute donation forms, collect contributions, and give to treasurer.
Annual Pie Sale, BMMP's biggest annual fundraiser, has helped immeasurably with school instrument repair and replacement, music room and concert equipment, etc. Many hand help make this venture easy as pie.
Concert Volunteers: Winter and Spring
- Entrance Door - hand out Programs at entrance beginning ½ hour before the concert begins; control entrance during performance.
- Take Down - Return chairs, stands, and instruments immediately following performance. Students also help.
- Concessions - sell water and snacks to benefit BMMP
Help with transport and setup of equipment and chaperoning of students as they visit and perform at the elementary schools of future Burleigh Manor students. Assist as well with the feeding of lunch to the students and the cleanup afterward. Help beforehand to pick up food and drink items and pack in coolers (if needed).
Tersiguel's Musical Feasts: January and February (On Hiatus)
Before and after event, help transport stands and other equipment to/from Tersiguel's Restaurant in historic Ellicott City. Programs/fliers printed and distributed.
Adjudications: Late Winter and Spring
Chaperone - Stay with and monitor behavior of performers in waiting room, warm-up room, and hall, provides an opportunity to see great performances! Return equipment to BMMS.
Music Celebration Trip: April
Music students take a cultural day-long trip to New York City. Many chaperones are needed. Additional volunteers to provide other assistance may be needed depending on the destination and activity.
Hershey "Music in the Parks Festival": May
Travel to Hershey, PA (student performers on buses; chaperones may need to provide own transportation) to attend adjudication of Orchestra, Wind Ensemble and Chamber Choir in morning, then chaperone small group of students at Hershey Park during the afternoon. This day-long trip showcases our student performers at their best! And it is A LOT of fun! Many people needed.
Band Awards Dinner: June
Coordinate or assist at this potluck dinner for ALL band students, held at BMMS. Requires set-up: decoration/table covers; tending food or drink tables; clean-up. Organizers who purchase decorations/plastic table covers, paper products, and drinks will be reimbursed.
Chorus Awards Parties: Late May/Early June
Assist choral director with in-school awards parties for Chamber Choir and Choruses.
Publicity: Ongoing
Submit articles to The View, The Howard Co Times, and The Baltimore Sun as needed regarding concerts, awards, accomplishments of students.
Thank You Notes: Ongoing
Write and send thank you notes to guests, hosts, administration and staff for supporting performance art at BMMS.
CLES, MWES, NES and CHS Liaison: Ongoing
Establish and maintain communications between chorus, band, and strings directors at each school regarding performance dates, equipment, and mutual support.