We are looking for an energetic and intelligent orchestral strings player to join our Sales Team at Penrose Strings by Nick Rail Music!
Responsibilities include answering phones, assisting customers, renting and selling instruments, and much more! Penrose Strings opened in August of 2020 and has since become the musical jewel of Ventura County! We are fully stocked with hand carved orchestral instruments, bows, a full line of accessories, and sheet music. We service dozens of local music groups and schools and have great relationships with local private music instructors as well. Come join the team at Penrose Strings as we continue to grow into the premier destination location for everyone's orchestral needs!
MUST HAVE ORCHESTRAL STRINGS BACKGROUND – no exceptions. Please include all relevant musical experience and background in your resume or cover letter. Applications that do not include this information will not be considered.
Spanish speaking a plus.
Job Type: Part time availability for at least one year
Compensation: Starting at $17.00/hour
*Penrose Strings by Nick Rail Music and Nick Rail Music is a woman owned business.
**Women and minorities encouraged to apply
Requirements
Nick Rail Music, established in Santa Barbara, California in 1986, is first and foremost a band and orchestral dealer, catering to both the school market and the private or professional musician. Our second store, Nick Rail Music/Agoura Hills opened in 1998, followed by stores in Santa Clarita, Redlands, San Diego and Bakersfield. Our most recent store addition was in 2020 in Camarillo, an exclusive orchestral strings shop: Penrose Strings by Nick Rail Music. We are the largest Yamaha band instrument dealer in the state, with franchises for virtually all other major name brands. Our percussion department covers concert, marching and drum set; we also carry acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses, portable keyboards, sound reinforcement, and related products. Our stores offer accessories for all departments; our sheet music department specializes in instrument methods and jazz. Our 7 repair shops expertly service thousands of instruments annually for school districts, individual customers and professional players alike.
Nick Rail Music provides service as needed to school music programs throughout southern California; representatives visit band directors and band students weekly in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties.
Our rental program is geared toward the beginning student at the elementary or junior high school level. We rent new or used major name-brand instruments, and support students from their first to their final instruments.
All Nick Rail Music stores feature teaching studios where over 1000 students are instructed on a weekly basis by many of the finest brass, woodwind and string teachers in southern California.
