Job Opportunities

Choir Director

The Carrollwood Cultural Center is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated choir director to provide musical guidance and direction to our choir members. The Choir Director’s responsibilities include teaching voice control techniques to choir members and preparing the chorus for 2-4 concerts annually. You should also be able to work with various accompanists to enhance musical pieces as needed.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center Chorus has been in existence since 2008.  In its most recent iteration, the chorus has had up to 80 members and performed at EPCOT, Busch Gardens, and Carnegie Hall.

To be successful as a Choir Director, you should be creative, assertive, and passionate about music. Ultimately, an outstanding Choir Director should be able to interpret various styles of music and demonstrate exceptional communication, leadership, conflict resolution, and organizational skills at all times.

Choir Director Responsibilities:

  • Instructing choir members to warm up before rehearsals and performances.
  • Deciding on appropriate musical pieces for the choir to perform based on the venue and occasion.
  • Establishing and enforcing a performance dress code in accordance with established guidelines.
  • Conducting auditions to identify and select suitable choir members.
  • Scheduling choir rehearsals and ensuring that choir members attend rehearsals regularly.
  • Selecting individual choir members to perform solos.
  • Providing the necessary guidance and direction during choir rehearsals to assist choir members in achieving the correct tone, pitch, rhythm, tempo, and harmony.
  • Directing choir members during musical performances to ensure that the desired sound is achieved.
  • Creating suitable choir formations for rehearsals and performances.

Choir Director Requirements:

  • A bachelor’s degree in music, music education, or a related field is preferred.
  • Proven experience working as a choir director or music director.
  • Sound musical knowledge.
  • The ability to interpret various styles of music.
  • Strong leadership and listening skills.
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Effective communication skills.
  • A passion for music.
  • Patient, creative, and assertive.

Chorus Meets Mondays from 7-9 p.m.

Remuneration:

$22.50 per hour

To Apply:

Email a cover letter and resume to Executive Director Paul Berg at [email protected].