Justin Vibbard

In addition to joining the Sarasota Orchestra in 2004, Justin was also named Principal Librarian for the Sarasota Music Festival starting with the 2005 season and has been Faculty Librarian for the same festival since 2015 when a Library position was added to the student body.

After interrupting his trombone performance studies Justin joined the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as a library fellow. Justin has provided library and music preparation services for the Santa Fe Opera, Mostly Mozart Music Festival – Lincoln Center (2007-2014), Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota Opera, Britt Classical Festival, Joffrey Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, Grant Park Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, National Youth Orchestra (USA), and Columbia University (NY).

Justin has been offered positions with Washington National Opera, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Fort Worth Symphony orchestras.

When asked about his role as Orchestra Librarian, Justin said, "To put it succinctly, as a performance librarian, it is my responsibility to see that the correct music is in the correct place, at the correct time. This means verifying editions, orchestrations, and versions of each piece, acquiring the music and securing the necessary copyright permissions, and implementing any necessary markings, edits, or cuts in the parts as requested by the conductor and principal string players; transposing music as required by transposing instruments. The most visible part of my job to the audience is putting the music on the stand for each rehearsal and performance and taking out the conductor's score at each performance. I also manage the collection of chamber and orchestral music for the Sarasota Orchestra."