My first day on the job (sorta)

Yesterday, I started my internship at Jazz at Lincoln Center and my first day went really well. I never realized how crazy morning rush hour is in the city. I've never seen grown men and women book it that fast to catch the subway. It was quite scary.
My supervisor, Veronica, is really nice and is actually my year..haha. She just started her position as the new PR assistant this summer. It was a little humbling at first to be working under her but she's really sweet and helpful.

Yesterday was the first all staff meeting to kick off the new 2008-2009 season, which opens this Thursday with famous jazz pianist, Ahmad Jamal. All the departments got together and introduced the new staff members and interns. After a little spiel from the head honcho about what to expect in the new season, guess who showed up for a special presentation?? WYNTON MARSALIS!--one of the most promiment jazz trumpeters of this era!! He put on a little jam session teaching us about jazz piano and discussed the different styles of pianists such as Ahmad Jamal and Thelonius Monk. It was like Jazz 417 (a musicology class I took) all over again..but 1000x better!

For those of you still in Michigan, you should definitely see Wynton Marsalis and the JALC Orchestra when they perform at Hill Auditorium, March 10! Last year, they were AMAZING so take advantage of those discounted student tickets. You won't be disappointed!

Other than that, my first day was full planning meetings, getting acquainted with the staff, and putting together press clippings--a boring and tedious job, but what can I expect? I'm an intern =P I'm sure it'll get better..I think...

until next time..