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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY Artistic Director, Choir in Residence Responsible to: Deputy Director, with close liaison with the Music Co-ordinator. Main duties: To form a Gallery choir, this could be an existing choir or made up of individuals from different choirs. To work closely with the Friday Night Music Co-ordinator to schedule in the performances alongside our existing Friday Night Music programme. To develop and manage a three year programme of choral performances at the National Portrait Gallery. To liaise, where appropriate, with rehearsal venues, manage choir rehearsals throughout the year, and devise rehearsal schedules. To present a minimum of six choral concerts per year using the Gallery displays, exhibitions and the Collection as inspiration. This will include performing at the Gallery’s regular free Friday Evening Music event. To work closely with staff across all departments including the Director, Curators, Learning team, Communications and Development, the Archive and the Youth Forum to identify source material for the choral performances. Work with opera companies, for example ENO, Opera Holland Park and English Touring Opera to create music and stories around the Collection, particularly with young people, presenting an opportunity to engage them with two art forms. To explore opportunities to work with the Gallery’s current outreach partners such as the Hospital Schools, and also our Youth Forum. To work closely with the Gallery’s Director, Deputy Director and Friday Night Music Co-ordinator to identify young composers with a background in choral composition to undertake two new commissions per year.
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Artistic Director, Choir in Residence
Responsible to: Deputy Director, with close liaison with the Music Co-ordinator.
Main duties:
To form a Gallery choir, this could be an existing choir or made up of individuals from different choirs.
To work closely with the Friday Night Music Co-ordinator to schedule in the performances alongside our existing Friday Night Music programme.
To develop and manage a three year programme of choral performances at the National Portrait Gallery.
To liaise, where appropriate, with rehearsal venues, manage choir rehearsals throughout the year, and devise rehearsal schedules.
To present a minimum of six choral concerts per year using the Gallery displays, exhibitions and the Collection as inspiration. This will include performing at the Gallery’s regular free Friday Evening Music event.
To work closely with staff across all departments including the Director, Curators, Learning team, Communications and Development, the Archive and the Youth Forum to identify source material for the choral performances.
Work with opera companies, for example ENO, Opera Holland Park and English Touring Opera to create music and stories around the Collection, particularly with young people, presenting an opportunity to engage them with two art forms.
To explore opportunities to work with the Gallery’s current outreach partners such as the Hospital Schools, and also our Youth Forum.
To work closely with the Gallery’s Director, Deputy Director and Friday Night Music Co-ordinator to identify young composers with a background in choral composition to undertake two new commissions per year.
As appropriate to brief Hani Farsi and The Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation on the progress of the project in close consultation with the Deputy Director and the Account Manager for the project.
As appropriate to brief the Director, Senior Management Team, and Curators, about the programme of events.
Ensure that information about the Choir in Residence on the Gallery’s website is kept up to date and accurate.
This is not, however, an exhaustive list of duties and the gallery’s management may, at any time, allocate other tasks which are of a similar nature or level.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Artistic Director, Choir in Residence
Person Specification
Experience
Have experience of creative artistic planning for a festival or concert series.
Be an accomplished musical performer, conductor of a choir/orchestra.
Have experience of working with young people.
Skills and Attributes
The ability to work with a wide range of people both at the Gallery and externally.
Have the ability to form a musical programme taking inspiration from all aspects of the Gallery’s Collection and exhibition programme.
Have strong leadership skills and have the ability to lead a choir with technical expertise and flair.
Experience of working with a range of choirs &/or musicians.
Experience of planning and managing a budget.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Excellent organisational skills.
Good working knowledge of IT programmes, including Word, Outlook and Excel, as well as database experience, ideally Raiser’s Edge.
Able to work flexibly and under pressure.
Other
Performances will be held on a Friday evening therefore the post holder will be required to work on evenings when performances are held.
The post holder will be required to travel with the Choir in Residence to regional partner venues at least once a year.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Artistic Director, Choir in Residence
Details of the post are given below and in the job description. You should take care to show in your application how you can fulfil the requirements of the job.
Term of appointment:This post is for a fixed period of three years.
HourYour contracted hours of work are 8 gross (1 day a week, or equivalent hours) per week including a lunch break of one hour for a full day worked.
Pay The salary for this post will be £7,500 per annum, (pro-rata £37,502 per annum).
Annual LeaveThe annual leave allowance for this post is pro-rata 25 days per annum.
Place of WorkMost of the work is based in the Gallery at St Martin’s Place, but all staff are required to work at other locations if necessary.
Equality The Gallery believes in the employment and advancement of people solely on their ability to do the job required. When recruiting people, we will therefore disregard their gender, marital status, race, age, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, religion and sexual orientation. There will be no unfair discrimination on the basis of disability. If you would like to submit your application in a different format we are happy to allow this. Please contact us (telephone: 020 7306 0055 email: [email protected]) so that we may discuss suitable alternatives.
PensionPension benefits are provided under the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS).
Probation and Trial PeriodAll appointments are subject to satisfactory employment and character references and security clearance. There is a probationary period of 1 year for all permanent posts. For fixed term appointments the probationary period may be less than 1 year. The probationary period for this post is 1 year.
Data Protection ActInformation provided by you as part of your application will be used in the recruitment process. Any data about you will be held securely with access restricted to those involved in dealing with your application in the recruitment process. Once this process is completed the data relating to unsuccessful applicants will be stored for a maximum of 6 months and then destroyed. If you are the successful candidate, your application form will be retained and form the basis of your personnel record. Information
provided by you on the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form will be used to monitor National Portrait Gallery’s equal opportunities policy and practices. By signing and submitting your completed application form you are giving your consent to your data being stored and processed (if you submit your application by e-mail and the application form is un-signed we will assume that consent by you is given) for the purpose of the recruitment process, equal opportunities monitoring and your personnel record if you are the successful candidate.
Season TicketsInterest free loans are available for the purchase of a season ticket for travel to work.
Please return your completed application form to:
Personnel at: [email protected]
Or by post
Caroline WynterHead of Personnel National Portrait Gallery2 St Martin’s PlaceLondon WC2H 0HE
by 9.00am on Monday 19 November, 2012.
We are expecting to hold interviews on Tuesday 4 December, 2012. Please indicate on the form if you are not available on this date.
If you are delivering your application by hand, please take it to the reception desk at 39-45 Orange Street.
For practical reasons we are unable to respond to every application. Therefore, if you have not had a response to your application by 17 December 2012 please assume that, regretfully you have not been successful on this occasion.
