String Animateur
The role of String Animateur is a vital post at Music for Everyone. We are looking for an experienced string specialist with a commitment to support and enhance Music for Everyone’s existing youth and adult programme.
The post holder will have proven strengths in directing both youth and adult groups and the main responsibilities of the post include, but are not limited to:
- overseeing each Autumn the running and development of Stringwise, our highly successful youth string orchestra weekend and also conducting one of the Stringwise groups
- conducting our junior youth string orchestra Nottingham Strictly Strings (rehearsing on a Sunday afternoon in Nottingham approx. every three weeks) working alongside the conductor of our senior string orchestra, Richard Howarth
- conducting MfE’s Loughborough Daytime Orchestra on a Tuesday morning at All Saint’s Church, Steeple Row, Loughborough 10am – 12pm
- assisting in conducting our Blow the Dust off Your Instrument workshop days (adult instrumental days for players of all experience, grade 2 and above which take place twice a year in January and June)
Location: Hockley, Nottingham
Salary range: £20,000 (pro-rata) per annum
Hours: 1.5 days initially
Starting date: 1 September 2018
For full job description and application details please contact Su Evans (General Manager), email: su@music-for-everyone.org or tel: 0115 958 9312. The closing date for applications will be 12 noon on Friday 6th July. Interviews will take place in Nottingham on Friday 13th July.
For more information on how to become involved with Music for Everyone, please visit our Volunteer page.