Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers needed for the 2022 Senior Competition!

Please come help with Transportation, Ushering, Housing, Sales, Judges Room Hospitality, and escorting contestants to the backstage. Able-bodied walkers needed to escort contestants to and from practice rooms daily, 9 am to 8 pm.

Volunteer Orientations occur in Conference Room 115, 73-710 Fred Waring Dr., Palm Desert:
Thursday, Jan 27 at 9:30 am – Continental Breakfast
Monday, Jan 31 at 3 pm – Refreshments
Thursday, Feb 10 at 9:30 am – Continental Breakfast
Monday, Feb 21 at 3 pm – Refreshments
Thursday, Mar 3 at 9:30 am – Continental Breakfast

Please RSVP – (760) 773-2575 or email info@vwipc.org
We want to keep these orientation sessions small and need to know the body count for refreshments

Competition starts April 10th with the Solo Round 1 on the Campus of College of the Desert, 43-500 Monterey Avenue, Palm Desert, CA 92260

Competition rounds are daily through April 16 at the Pollock Theater on the College of the Desert in Palm Desert competition services needed daily, practice rooms open at 8 am; morning sessions start at 9:30 for the public, and afternoon/evening sessions start at 4 PM.

A few people will be needed for the McCallum Theatre rehearsal and performance on Monday April 18.

Solo finals on Friday, April 15 start at 4:00 PM – $40 per ticket, limited availability

Please call 760 773 2575 or email us at info@vwipc.org

Enhance your Waring experience by becoming a volunteer. You will meet young artists from around the world as well as play a vital role in this unique musical event. You will meet other like minded people who love music and love helping nurture young talented pianists.

Our volunteers are the backbone of this biennial competition.

• • Over 30 dedicated volunteers donate two weeks of time to be at the competition to assist the contestants, the judges, the audience and the staff. Some of our volunteers are snowbirds, and arrive only a few days before the competition starts.
  • The Contestant Services Volunteers arrive by 8 am and don’t leave until the last contestant has performed for the day / evening. These volunteers include runners to accompany contestants to and from rehearsal rooms and to the stage door.
  • Audience Services include ushers and program book and accessory sales.
  • Board Member Volunteers help out as announcers and stage managers, to assist the contestants.
  • Host Families – kudos to Isabel Chapman, our Housing Chair! She tirelessly matches up host families with incoming contestants, not an easy task at all.
  • Transportation – these volunteers cheerfully pick up and drop off contestants from the airport or bus station, to or from the competition, to and from where they are staying, and to and from practice pianos (if their host family doesn’t have a piano.)

Join us as a Waring Ambassador – we are always looking for volunteers willing to talk with other groups about the Waring! So, if you like meeting and talking with people, then please contact the office and join us! (760-773-2575 / ann@vwipc.org)

Host Family Form Volunteer Interest Form

Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Volunteers

Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Volunteers

Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Volunteers

Virginia Waring International Piano Competition Volunteers

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