The Assistant Musical Director will work under the guidance of Mary Ann Kennedy, lead c. 20 regular evening rehearsals per year, occasional weekend workshops, some performances and potentially conduct the ladies\u2019 choir in competition. The role would be particularly suited to someone wishing to develop their conducting skills. CGI is one of the most dynamic choirs in Scotland, in the vanguard of contemporary Gaelic choral music. With around 35-40 dedicated singers, a well-organised committee and creative leadership, the choir follows a regular schedule of competition, culminating in the annual National M\u00f2d in October. This is just part of CGI\u2019s life \u2013 it’s proud of its reputation as boundary-breaker, from studio recording, TV and radio, to live performance and collaboration on the Celtic Connections festival mainstage and PRS Foundation\u2019s New Music Biennial. CGI has a core repertoire of traditional Gaelic choral music, while expanding the genre through work with the likes of composers Stuart MacRae, Scott Macmillan, singer song-writer Adam Holmes and the choir\u2019s own Musical Director, Mary Ann Kennedy. <\/p>\n
Membership is open, inclusive, with Gaelic and non-Gaelic speakers, music readers ear-learners. Learning is supported by an online library of scores, audio music and language files and rehearsal mixes. The core output of the choir is SATB, with a women\u2019s chorus for competition, and two affiliated male and female vocal ensembles, Trosg and Siaban.
\nC\u00f2isir Gh\u00e0idhlig Inbhir Nis is – as many choirs are – a family: we are looking for someone special who will contribute to this unique community, both in achieving our aspirations for making beautiful music, and in contributing to the social life of the choir. Potential candidates would be required to meet with the Musical Director, Gaelic Reader and CGI committee representative for interview prior to appointment. All enquiries to invernessgaelicchoir@gmail.com. <\/p>\n
ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
\nAn interest in choral music
\nExperience of music tutoring and\/ or performing
\nFluent staff notation reader
\nGood keyboard skills
\nAbility to work as part of a team <\/p>\n
DESIRED SKILLS:
\nGaelic speaker or experience of working with\/ in Gaelic
\nKnowledge of Gaelic music
\nExperience of working with musical notation software
\nPrevious conducting experience <\/p>\n
TERMS:
\nSelf-employed, by agreement, annually <\/p>\n
REMUNERATION: Annual honorarium of \u00a32K + rehearsal travel expenses up to a maximum of \u00a3500<\/p>\n
COMMENCEMENT: 1st February 2017<\/p>\n
For further information, please contact invernessgaelicchoir@gmail.com<\/a> (Nicola Simpson), or visit http:\/\/www.invernessgaelicchoir.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Assistant Musical Director will work under the guidance of Mary Ann Kennedy, lead c. 20 regular evening rehearsals per year, occasional weekend workshops, some performances and potentially conduct the ladies\u2019 choir in competition. The role would be particularly suited to someone wishing to develop their conducting skills. CGI is one of the most dynamic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musicians","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1948,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}