Music Coordinator

Title: Music Coordinator

Location:

US-NY-New York

Job ID

2025-1969

Category

Editorial

Type

Regular Full Time

Job Description:

Overview

Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally.

Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicals is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history.

Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami.

As the Music Coordinator, you will offer editorial and administrative support in the Music and Publications department. The core responsibilities will include proofing and editing new and back-catalog musicals with composers represented by Concord Theatricals and processing files for both digital and print distribution. Works under direct supervision of the Director of Music.

Responsibilities

What you’ll do:

• Proof rehearsal and performance material for musical.
  • Compare orchestra parts with piano-conductor and orchestra materials
  • Proof all music materials for accuracy and conformity to music publishing standards -- including but not limited to collisions, enharmonic issues, and page turns
  • Make stylings consistent across all materials
  • Communicate and problem-solve discrepancies with authors
• Proof and prepare new and revised libretti in InDesign and Adobe Pro
  • Proof libretti in InDesign for typos and formatting errors
  • Liaise with authors and implement their edits for new and revised libretti
  • Complete layout of covers in InDesign
  • Compile print ready PDFs with Adobe Acrobat
• Conduct script/score comparisons for musicals and plays with music
  • Implement changes to lyrics, tabling, and music cues in script files
  • Articulate dialogue and stage direction cues into piano-conductor and vocal books
  • Help resolve customer issues with back-catalog music materials, liaising with Licensing and Customer Service departments
• Administrative support for the Music & Publications department
  • Submit final libretti and music files, along with title-related metadata, to our printers and digital distributors
  • Create title-related reports
  • Set up retail and music rental products on both the US and UK Concord Theatricals websites.
  • Assist in data clean-up projects

Qualifications

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in music performance or musical theatre, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Highly proficient in Sibelius
• Proficient in Dorico and Finale
• Proficient in Adobe Acrobat
• Experience with creating piano-vocal, piano-conductor, and vocal books
• Proficient in QLab and Ableton
• Experience with Excel, including use of Excel formulas
• Willing to support other team members when help is needed
• Knowledge of theatre professionals, including established and emerging composers

Preferred:

• 2 years of experience as a copyist in some professional capacity
• Experience with InDesign

Salary Range: $50,000-$55,000

*This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days minimum on-site.

At Concord, we offer comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, generous time off, parental leave, charity match, paid time off for volunteering, and other fun company perks. We have beautiful new offices and a culture committed to supporting everyone’s growth and development.

Concord is an equal opportunity employer. We employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We believe that diversity, inclusion and equity is paramount for the creation of music, theater and film that celebrates and empowers all cultures.