Conductor/Music Director

In early 2020, the London Welsh Male Voice Choir will be seeking to appoint a Musical Director. The Choir is the premier London-based male voice choir for Welsh exiles and continues to thrive with over 100 choristers. Generally, MD appointments with the LWMVC are for a minimum period totalling 4 years (including a 6 month probationary period). On this occasion the appointment will run up to and including our Festival of Choirs in October 2024 and may at the sole discretion of the choir officers be extended uncontestedby a further 2 years.

Our requirements include:

Orpington Symphony Orchestra is a small friendly amateur orchestra with around 22 members, performing a wide range of music including concertos with a variety of soloists, young professionals and local talent. For concerts the core membership is supplemented by the engagement of additional players, as required - primarily brass and percussion.

We are looking for a new Conductor from September 2019 with professional orchestral experience, and the ability to enthuse and inspire players in all sections to achieve the highest possible musical standards.

CoMA East Midlands

Coventry Philharmonic Society is seeking a new Musical Director for its main choir to start in November 2019. The choral society was formed 75 years ago in Coventry, which in 2021 will be the next UK City of Culture. Our main choir is non-audition and has over 100 mainly adult members. We usually perform two concerts a year plus a Christmas concert. We sing a wide variety of classical choral music, both secular and religious. Rehearsals are held in Quinton Park Baptist Church Hall in Coventry on Thursday evenings from 7.15 to 9.30.

Concerts:                   A minimum of 3 per year

Rehearsals:              19:45-21:45 Tuesdays at Bellan House, Oswestry School

Remuneration:         £450 per term (3 terms per year)

Cantiones Chamber choir numbers around 40 voices and is based in Oswestry, Shropshire

Since its formation in 1982, Cantiones Chamber Choir has widened its repertoire to include both sacred and secular music of many styles.  The choir presents a minimum of three concerts per year, with the Spring concert considered its major ‘classical’ concert

We are looking for an experienced musical director who has a proven track record of directing, coaching and arranging music for a cappella choruses.

You will have the musical talent, vision, energy and personality to lead, mentor, coach and inspire a group of 20 women who are passionate about singing and maintaining our high quality blend of vocal harmony and the Minerva signature style.

As a group we are keen to learn and develop our vocal and performance skills, and we need the right person to inspire us and take us to the next level.

When she sang with us at our Summertime concert last month Lesley Garrett, our Patron, described our performance of Whitacre's Water Night as 'spine-tingling'.

Next month we are off to sing three concerts at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

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The Uckfield Community Orchestra is a group of enthusiastic amateur musicians who get together once a week to play music in a relaxed supportive atmosphere.  The Orchestra is made up of young people and adults who play upto around Grade 5 standard, most of whom are currently Grade 3 or above. We welcome instrumentalists from age 8. We have a broad library of music which challenges all players to improve their level of playing.  The choice of music is made by the Musical Director in discussion with members of the committee.  

Our current MD is leaving us at Christmas because of personal circumstances and  therefore the Athenaeum Singers of Warminster are unexpectedly now seeking an experienced dynamic Music Director, ideally  to start in January 2020

We are seeking Music Staff for NYCOS West Lothian Choir to support the Choir Director in rehearsals on Thursday evenings. Staff will already be trained in Kodály Musicianship with some experience in teaching young people.