Join VfS

You can join VfS or renew your membership today with our online form below with link to the payment portal. If you are a subscriber, please login here before completing this membership form.

or you can download and mail the VfS Membership Form with your payment to Volunteers for Symphony, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, 327 Brady Street, Davenport, IA 52801.

Thank you for all you do!

Volunteer Opportunity Descriptions

Feed the Orchestra – Friday nights before each concert, VfS serves a catered hot meal for orchestra members during their rehearsal break. VfS members provide baked goods for dessert (cookies, bars, etc).  Setup occurs on Friday afternoon in the Adler Theatre Lobby (tablecloths, coffee, etc.).  We need volunteers to bake, to help setup on Friday afternoon, and also to serve in the early evening before each series concert.

Fundraising /Planning Committee – This committee will meet a few times per year and discuss potential fundraising ideas for VfS.

GIT Improv Fundraiser – This is a one-day event.  Help will be needed to plan, advertise, solicit items for a silent auction, and set up as needed.

Meet and Greet at Concerts – VfS Members are needed to welcome concertgoers and help answer questions, and then thank them for coming after the concert.

Membership Committee – This committee will work on retention of current volunteers and recruitment of new volunteers.  Activities include planning fun events for current and potential VfS volunteers.  It’s a great way to say thank you and build lifelong relationships.  This is for those individuals who love planning parties and events.

QCSO Office Assistance  – The Symphony office appreciates help with envelope stuffing or other assistance as needed.  No specific time commitment is required, just as needed.

Riverfront Pops Concert – This concert is an outdoor concert on the riverfront in the late summer.  Help is needed for setup on Friday and on Saturday various shifts for ticket taking, handing out programs, helping with handicapped parking, teardown after the concert, etc.

Symphony Day – This is a one-day event where more than 6,000 4th & 5th graders attend three free concerts performed by the Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Adler Theatre.  Time involvement would be working one of the shifts or providing food for the orchestra members.

Symphony Shoppe – Volunteer to sell VfS merchandise at concerts and events. Promote the Volunteers!

Scratch Cupcakes Fundraiser – VfS has partnered with Scratch Cupcakery to raise funds for QCSO’s education programs. All VfS members and youth ensemble members can participate to raise funds. Sales take place from Sunday, October 10, 2022, through Sunday, October 28, 2022, and the delivery date is November 19, 2020.

Trivia Night – Volunteers on this committee will select the date and location, and will be responsible for all planning (coordinating marketing, registrations, silent auction items, etc.) for this fundraising event.

Youth Ensembles Assistance – Volunteers are needed to help with auditions, hand out programs, organize music, etc.  The ensembles include: Youth Symphony Orchestra, Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and Prelude Strings.

VfS members receive a complimentary concert ticket when volunteering and a 10% discount on select concerts! Click here for more information.