About Us: Voce Velata is a youth-led chamber ensemble that studies and performs works by composers that identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and women or non-binary. Voce collaborates with other youth arts organizations, museums, and music collectives to take their music into non-traditional spaces. Justice standards guide their lines of inquiry and multi-media presentations.
Position Overview
The Storyteller and Media Curator will work closely with Voce Velata’s Education Director and core youth members to produce and share multimedia content that documents and amplifies Voce Velata’s work, including attending rehearsals and performances to film, photograph, interview, and capture the creative process. The fellow will help transform these materials into accessible and engaging media such as mini-documentaries and music videos, while also supporting longer-term communications planning, website development, organization and editing of existing media and research assets, and the creation of an interactive experience that reflects Voce Velata’s live engagement strategies. They will also co-create a 6–12 month dissemination plan for produced media and, time permitting, assist with impact-measurement tools and narrative development, including speeches, program notes, and other audience-contextualization materials.
This internship is sponsored by the Community-Based Internship Fund at U-M’s Ginsberg Center. As part of this internship, you will complete training and advising with Ginsberg Center staff to support professional development.
Core Responsibilities & Deliverables
Media production including:
Filming and photographing live arts processes during weekly rehearsals and performances.
Conducting interviews with core youth members, collaborators, audience members, and guest artists.
Producing short and long-form video for social media and the website.
Media planning
create dissemination plan of captured photos, interviews and produced media
Web dissemination
update and reorganize the website
Preferred qualifications/experience
At minimum, the fellow must have an introductory experience editing video and building websites.
Ideally the Fellow will have
An interest in engaging with socio-political themes through artistic presentations;
An eagerness to explore ideas, investigate stories, and seek deeper understanding;
Experience managing content on social media platforms (specifically Instagram, Facebook, and Substack)
Eligibility
This position is open to Undergraduate, Masters and PhD-level students
Timeline/Schedule
8-10 hours per week September 2026 - April 2027; 2-4 of these hours will be onsite at weekly rehearsals which are typically Saturday or Sunday afternoons.
Compensation Information
This internship is sponsored by Ginsberg Centers CBI Fund. Once selected this intern will be hired and paid by the Ginsberg Center.
$17/hr - undergraduate students
$19/hr - masters students
$21/hr - doctoral students
Instructions on how to apply: Please email a letter of interest and resume addressed to Kasia Bielak-Hoops to info@vocevelatamusic.org with “Storytelling and Media Curation Intern Application” in the subject line.
