Associate Musical Director

The Associate Musical Director will work closely with Aedan to establish repertoire and plan rehearsals. Ideally we are looking for someone at the start of their conducting career who would both benefit from working with a long-established and highly-regarded director who takes the final musical responsibility and also bring new repertoire, styles of working and energy to our choir - someone who is happy working within a collegiate leadership style and has obvious potential, capacity, energy and excellent interpersonal skills. Most of all they must have an abounding love of choral singing. 

The Boundstone Chorus is an amateur choir of about fifty members (down from sixty-five pre-Covid), performing predominantly in St Michael and All Angels Church, Lancing. We usually perform four concerts per year. Some concerts are with small orchestras or ensembles, others with keyboard accompaniment, and with professional soloists as required. We have collaborated with other local choirs, orchestras, bands and children’s choirs, and in various venues in the wider Worthing area. We have sung most of the standard choral works, some show and lighter music and also more challenging and varied works.  In 2019 we commissioned and performed a community musical "Beware The Mackerel Sky" with support from Arts Council England. During lockdown the choir ran a successful Zoom rehearsal facility.

The choir welcomes all who enjoy singing and have a love of music, although an ability to read music does help. We do not audition but always strive for quality performances.

Role Profile:

• Wide experience of performing in choirs
• Assured personal vocal skills
• Proficient pianist
• Experience of directing musical ensembles
• Teaching experience will be a real asset

Main Duties: 

• Share the directing and accompanying of weekly rehearsals
• Share the planning of repertoire and rehearsals
• Share the directing of concerts/ singing in concerts
• Support the Musical Director and work collaboratively with the trustees as required

Application process:

This role will comprise of approximately 12 hours of work per month (weekly rehearsals on Wednesday evenings at St Michael's Church Hall in Lancing) with concerts in addition to this. Monthly fee (paid on receipt of invoice) commensurate with this level of role is available, on the basis of an initial 6-month contract. There is then the potential to extend by agreement with the Trustees for the right candidate, based on performance.

To apply please submit a maximum 2-page CV and 1-page Covering Letter which includes the names of 2 referees in response to this opportunity to: theboundstonechorus@gmail.com by 5 pm on Friday 9 December. An initial informal interview will be followed by an invitation to attend a regular Wednesday evening rehearsal with the choir where you will have the opportunity to show directing and accompanying skills using pre-prepared musical material. 

Should you have any questions about this role please contact Aedan Kerney, our Musical Director: agkerney@gmail.com