Assistant Director, Peabody Children’s Chorus (part-time) The Peabody Preparatory

The Peabody Children’s Chorus is seeking applications for a part-time Assistant Director for the 2022-23 season. Since its establishment in 1990, the Chorus has grown from 30 to over 450 singers in 11 rehearsing ensembles and four preparatory classes.

As well as touring in Italy, France, Germany, Austria, England, Scotland, and Hawaii, the Chorus has performed with many local ensembles, including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Concert Artists of Baltimore, and Lyric Opera.

The Peabody Children’s Chorus values the highest artistic standards in all dimensions of our program, including choice of repertoire, tone of concerts, sound of ensembles, musicology and performance practice; we believe in a philosophy of education that fosters self-growth and discipline through the pursuit of excellence, beauty and concrete musical skills.

We are searching for a teacher who will nurture each chorister’s potential for artistic and personal excellence and who will foster a love of Music through skill-based learning.

Artistic & Teaching Responsibilities (5-8 hours per week)

Under the leadership of and in collaboration with the Director, the Assistant Director will:

• Train and co-teach (with a long-term goal of teaching independently) Training Choir (ages 6-10) and Choristers (ages 10-12)
• Help to plan, implement, and evaluate the artistic year and educational program.

Specific Qualifications

• A minimum of three years of experience teaching and/or conducting; piano proficiency is desirable.
• An aptitude for choral conducting, vocal pedagogy, including movable-do solfège and languages; an understanding of the young voice, age 6-18, as well as age-appropriate repertoire that engages and challenges choristers
• Travel to campuses in Towson and Columbia.

Education requirements

Bachelor of Arts (required), Master’s degree in Music (preferred), from an accredited institution

Please submit:

1. Cover letter
2. CV
3. A video recording (link to YouTube or Vimeo) including:
   • a 1-2-minute introduction
   • *footage (not more than 10 minutes) of:
     • choral warm-ups
     • front view conducting a choral piece

1. Sample programs, highlights from repertoire,
2. 2-3 professional references

* This can be filmed with or without students (e.g., warm-up imaginary student; conduct a recording).

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