The Hadley Court Singers seeks a new Musical Director, commencing September 2016.
The choir values musical education highly, both to our singing members and the wider community in general. With this in mind the Musical Director is required to:
Rehearse the choir on a weekly basis from September to June, including arranging and remunerating substitute directors in the event of the MD’s unavoidable absence.
Liaise with the committee in order to programme, organise, and rehearse for concerts.
Liaise with the committee to find soloists and instrumentalists when required.
Liaise closely with the librarian in the selection of music taking availability, cost and practicality of obtaining music into account. (We have a large library of music ourselves and
this should be referred to before planning any concert.)
Attend committee meetings, ex officio
Liaise with the committee to plan and run additional workshop / “Come and Sing” days as required.
Voice-test current and aspiring members as and when required providing feedback to the committee.
Other duties may occasionally arise following discussions with the committee.
About the choir
The Hadley Court Singers is a SATB chamber choir based in Haddington, East Lothian. We meet weekly on Wednesday evening from 7:30pm – 9:30pm (including a tea and cake break) throughout the singing year from September to June in the church of Holy Trinity, Church Street, Haddington and have traditionally performed concerts throughout East Lothian at Christmas, spring and summer. Often we repeat our concert in a second venue to bring our music to as wide an audience as possible. Current membership is in the region of 35.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Suitably qualified applicants should send the following documents to the committee, who can be contacted at sing.eastlothian@gmail.com:
Covering letter detailing the knowledge, skills and experience you think make you the right candidate for the job.
CV
Details of 2 references
Closing date: Friday 2nd September 2016.
Selection process
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Friday 9th September 2016, and subsequently invited to:
An interview on Wednesday 14th September and to rehearse the choir on Wednesday 21st September.
The successful candidate will be expected to commence the role of Musical Director at the start of our new term on Wednesday 28th September 2016.
Location: East Lothian
For further information, please contact Sing.eastlothian@gmail.com (Hilary Dickson, Chair), or visit http://www.hadleycourtsingers.co.uk
The deadline is Friday 02 September 2016 at 23:55.