Festival Managers Mary Handley
and Jacopa Stinchelli
AUR graduate Tiffany Burrafato (BUS 鈥�17) has an extraordinary Event Management internship with the Rome Chamber Music Festival () this summer, hosted in the magnificent听Pietro da Cortona hall of the 17th century听Palazzo Barberini.听Founded and directed by American violinist听Robert McDuffie, the prestigious听Rome Chamber Music Festival听is a celebration of classical and contemporary chamber music, and has become one of the听most anticipated events on Rome鈥檚 cultural and social calendar. The festival celebrates its听fourteenth season in 2017听with a spectacular new program that includes masterpieces, from听baroque听to听bluegrass, played by internationally known artists and rising stars selected through the听De Simone Young Artist Program.
While the Festival runs for just one week, the planning and logistics are executed far in advance.听The Festival draws its audience from both the Rome community and tourists, mostly from Anglophone countries, interested in exploring Rome鈥檚 music scene while travelling.听Tiffany, who graduated cum laude in Business Administration, with a concentration in Travel & Tourism, has been working backstage, managing logistics and hospitality for the dozens of听renowned artists from around the world. 听Her main tasks include general scheduling and artist assistance, as well as听concert hall seating organization.听Tiffany assists in听keeping track of scheduled practice times, both group and individual, and on concert nights helps in getting the concert hall ready (i.e.听rearranging听the hall, placing event programs on chairs, coordinating with other colleagues on the amount of chairs necessary based on ticket sales and reservations, making sure cleaning timelines are met, etc.)听 As is true with most events, she also has to deal with, and keep track of, sudden schedule changes.听The backstage crew works as a team to oversee all the details that contribute to the success of the Festival. Everyone works together on everything and anything.听
This extraordinary work experience fits nicely with Tiffany鈥檚 professional interests in the tourism business.听 She is planning to attend graduate school and hopes to pursue a career in the Travel & Tourism sector.听 Congratulations Tiffany on this terrific internship!听
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on the last night; Tiffany Burrafato is to his left.