Vivaldi wrote over 500 instrumental concertos and sacred choral works. Under his tenure, the Ospedale’s choir and orchestra built a strong reputation. He proved himself to be indispensable to the school, and was given the position of maestro di concerti in 1716. Vivaldi was tasked with composing new works for every major church feast, as well as teaching music and voice, and instructing the girls to play various instruments. Starting as a teacher in 1703, Vivaldi had as his pupils the girls at the Ospedale, for whom music was a key part of their curriculum. Vivaldi spent most of his career at a single institution – the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for the illegitimate children of Venetian noblemen and courtiers.
At the age of 15, he began to study for the priesthood, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1703.
He studied music as a child with his father, a violinist.
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