Musical Director

The Hill Singers Chamber Choir is looking for an energetic Musical Director, from September 2019, to help it develop, in an area of S.W. London, which has a number of choirs competing for singers and audience. It is hoped that the successful candidate will envisage at least three seasons, with the choir.

Based in the London Borough of Merton, the choir operates, largely, in ‘term time’, from mid-September to late June. Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings, between 7.30pm and 9.30pm at ‘The Lantern’, SW20. The aim is to have 9 or 10 rehearsals for each of our three concerts. Currently, choir numbers are around 25 voices, ranging from people relatively new to choral singing to some very experienced choral singers. The choir is keen to add to its numbers, particularly its 2 tenors and 5 basses.

All concerts are currently held at St Matthew's Church, SW20, which has a good acoustic, organ and upright piano. Audiences range between 60 and 110.    Music performed by the choir ranges from 16th century unaccompanied motets to works by contemporary composers, such as Bob Chilcott and Morten Lauridsen. Notable performances in recent years have included: Rossini’s ‘Petite Messe Solonnelle’, Tippett’s spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’ and Mozart’s ‘Requiem’. Secular music is also very much part of the choir's performing tradition, with music ranging from Sting’s ‘Fields of Gold’ to Rodgers and Hart’s ‘Blue Moon’.  See more about the choir and its music on www.hillsingers.co.uk

 Concert dates for the 2019/20 season: all on Saturdays, 7th Dec 2019; 21st March 2020 and 20th June 2020.

Applications for the post, including a C.V., should be made to Peter Clayton, Chair,  email, peter0349@aol.com by April 30th 2019.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to audition at a choir rehearsal in early May or early June.