Help Lead Season 2 of the
Hill City Winds

Season One proved the concept. Now we need two people who will help build Season Two from the ground up — before a single note is rehearsed.

The HCFA’s Approach to Ensembles

Most community ensembles run as permanent clubs — the same board, the same politics, the same handful of people quietly burning out year after year. Hill City Fellowship of the Arts was built differently on purpose after hours of research.

Instead of a standing membership, each Hill City Winds concert cycle is a Season — a project with a clear start date, a clear end date, and a clear finish line. Before a season begins, its leadership writes a Season Charter: a short plan that answers the basic questions any project needs answered before it starts — what music, how many musicians, what it costs, how it gets paid for. Once the HCFA Board approves the Season Charter, that leadership team owns the season and runs it — no committee looking over their shoulder, no politics, just the plan they wrote.

That structure only works if three things are true for every season:

• Someone is responsible for the music — repertoire, rehearsals, and the performance itself.

• Someone is responsible for the people — recruiting musicians, building the roster, making sure everyone feels welcome.

• Someone is responsible for the money — the budget, the sponsors, the bills that get paid.

We call this the Three-Legged Stool. Our Conductor already owns the first lane. We're looking for the two people to own the second and third.

Personnel Coordinator — Architect of the Roster

You are the welcoming smile of Hill City Winds. You own recruiting, the application process, and the roster — and you're the reason a nervous first-timer and a seasoned pro both feel like they belong in the same room.

Many of our musicians think their playing days are behind them. You're the one who tells them otherwise, and then makes good on it — tracking applications, coordinating auditions with the Conductor, and shepherding people from "interested" to "in a chair."

You're a good fit if you're organized, warm on the phone or in a Slack thread, and energized by finding people a place to belong. No prior experience with HCFA or with running a roster is required — we'll walk you through everything.

Business Manager — Financial Architect

You own how the season gets paid for. That means building the budget, running sponsorship and fundraising campaigns, and making sure every dollar that comes in is stewarded well — including toward the surplus that helps launch the next HCFA ensemble.

We don't charge musicians to participate. That only works because someone treats fundraising as a real ministry, not an afterthought. That's this role.

You're a good fit if you're comfortable with a spreadsheet, not afraid to ask people and businesses for support, and want to see generosity turned into music. No accounting background required — we'll teach you our budget structure and tools.

We want to be honest about this, because Season One taught us something important: the busiest, most important weeks of this role happen before a single rehearsal is scheduled. There's no room full of musicians yet to make the work feel real — but the recruiting plan, the budget, and the Charter itself all get built in these early weeks, and everything downstream depends on them.

Season Two runs from early August through a concert in the first week of December, following the same seven-phase rhythm every HCFA season uses: