Training Day #2

Today, instead of group building, I focused a lot more on the job at hand; which makes me, as a first-time Reference worker, feel a lot more comfortable being the face of the music library to Interlochen campers, faculty, and staff.  We spent the afternoon actually doing our job (albeit for very few patrons, as campers arrive tomorrow) and helping out the Ensemble Librarians with their immense amount of work in preparing their materials for all of the ensemble members.  I taped all of the music for "Variations on Happy Birthday," whilst Hope erased markings out of six miniature scores of Beethoven's ninth symphony which will be sung by the Festival Choir (the one group I actually get to be a part of!)

Besides this, we also got to take a tour of the Archive's massive historical instrument collection.  Having seen the instrument museum in Vienna, I'll admit to not perhaps being as overwhelmed by it all as my peers, but it was still incredibly impressive.  I am constantly amazed by the support and love Interlochen gets from its alums (both famous and otherwise).  Obviously this place does a great job of instructing and preparing their students for the real world of arts, and they would really like to give back.

The other "highlight" of the day was our health and safety training, which involved lovely videos on the dangers of bloodborne pathogens and a video entitled "Why don't we use the sleeve?" which detailed how to cough and sneeze properly.  At the conclusion of this training, we were all given free ice cream coupons, and then set free for the evening -- Martina McBride was having a concert on campus, and I could hear her perfectly from my dorm room.

Tomorrow is my first day of full "on the job" work.  Then I have two days off before beginning my full schedule as of Tuesday of next week.  Thus, this probably won't get updated again until Tuesday, even though I will likely explore Traverse City and the surrounding areas of Interlochen in the next few days.