Assistant Choral Manager, BBC Singers
As a vital resource in the BBC’s music output, the BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Byrd to Birtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, their versatility is second to none.
The choirs unrivalled expertise in performing the latest contemporary scores has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries including Poulenc, Britten, Boulez and Birtwistle.
Based at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, the BBC Singers perform all over the UK and abroad, working regularly with the BBCs own orchestras, as well as a number of period-instrument and contemporary music ensembles. Equally at home on the concert platform as in the recording studio, this world-class ensemble is committed to sharing its enthusiasm and creative expertise through its nationwide outreach programme. This includes regular collaborations with schoolchildren, youth choirs and the amateur choral community, as well as with the professional composers, singers and conductors of tomorrow.
Role responsibility
You will assist the Choral Manager in delivery of all BBC Singers’output. You will be required to arrange and attend all staff and ad-hoc auditions and to ensure the timely booking and contracting of all ad-hoc (extra) singers, rehearsal pianists and language coaches for the BBC Singers’ work. You will also represent theBBC Singers on occasions when the Choral Manager is not available and to Act as an ambassador for the BBC Singers at all times and be a role model for BBC Values at all times.
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