The Scottish Police & Community Choir (Glasgow Region) is actively seeking an enthusiastic and experienced musical director, for its adult choir to commence in January 2019<\/p>\n
The choir was formed in 2012 and has performed at a number of local and national events, including many fundraising performances, police events, Edinburgh fringe and singing with Russell Watson. The choir has built a reputation for delivering great musical performances and a welcoming friendly atmosphere. The ethos of the choir is to sing, have fun, form friendships and raise funds for a range of charities.<\/p>\n
The choir sings a variety of music, from contemporary pop, musicals, as well as traditional music. Our members consist of police officers, staff, retired officers friends, relatives and members of the many communities that the police serve. They are dedicated and looking forward to welcoming a new musical director.<\/p>\n
The choir rehearses on a Tuesday evening, within the Pearce Institute, Glasgow from 7pm \u2013 9pm. The choir runs throughout the year, with a few breaks, as agreed in advance of the annual programme.<\/p>\n
Our current musical director, is moving on to a new full time post, and therefore we are seeking a musical director that will be expected to work with a forward thinking committee and choir:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Plan and conduct weekly rehearsals.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Have excellent people and motivational skills, and specifically work well as part of a team.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Build confidence for members through flexible teaching methods.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lead rehearsals from the piano as required.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Prepare the choir for a calendar of events and performances throughout the year.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Source and\/or arrange music of a suitable style and level.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Produce rehearsal tracks as required.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Work closely with the choir committee to plan choir activities.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Arrange a depute conductor, as and when the musical director is unable to attend a rehearsal or performance.<\/p>\n
A competitive fee is offered for rehearsal, performance and preparation time, and therefore we are seeking to attract high quality applicants.<\/p>\n
Please send your CV, with a statement of interest of why you are interested in the position, with two referees, for the attention of Jacqui Semple, Chairperson, Scottish Police & Community Choir, to enquiries@policechoir.com<\/a> by Friday 12 October 2018.<\/p>\n Please note this is a self-employed position.<\/p>\n Location: Glasgow City<\/p>\n For further information, please contact enquiries@policechoir.com<\/a> (enquiries@policechoir.com), or call 07793037961<\/a>, or visit https:\/\/policechoir.com<\/a><\/p>\n The deadline is Friday 12 October 2018 at 17:00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Scottish Police & Community Choir (Glasgow Region) is actively seeking an enthusiastic and experienced musical director, for its adult choir to commence in January 2019 The choir was formed in 2012 and has performed at a number of local and national events, including many fundraising performances, police events, Edinburgh fringe and singing with Russell […]<\/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-2722","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\/2722","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=2722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}