Canberra Qwire seeks new Musical Director

Type of notice:

Qwire Documentation

Sub-type:

No sub-type

Posted By:

Pete Pakapat Thipayaprapai

Status:

Current

Date Posted:

Wed, 14 Jul 2021

Canberra Qwire, Proudly LGBTIQ+, seeks new Musical Director

Canberra Qwire is seeking a new Musical Director, to start in the first semester of 2022.

Canberra Qwire welcomes members from the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities across the LGBTIQ+ range, as well as our allies. Qwire membership is around 100, with around 60 singing at any one time. Ages range from late teens through to the wiser years. No auditions are required. We rehearse weekly, usually in a school hall in north Canberra.

We are a popular Canberra choir. Our recent concert at Llewellyn Hall drew an audience of around 500. We sing a wide range of music, selected from a range of styles designed to appeal to the cross section of our membership and our audience.

Qwire is an incorporated organization, administered by the Qwire Committee which sets the Qwire objectives, manages funds and activities, and is governed by the Qwire constitution.

We perform each year at a variety of events, including our own concerts (one or two per year). We regularly sing by invitation at the AIDS Candlelight Memorial in May, World AIDS Day in December, and at SpringOut and Fair Day events. In 2019, we hosted Out and Loud, the Australasian LGBTIQ+ choir festival, where we welcomed Australian, New Zealand and Pacifica choirs.

Qwire enjoys performing with other Canberra choirs and choirs in our region.

For our new Musical Director, we seek a person with

Demonstrated musical skills with experience of teaching and conducting non-auditioned choirs
Enthusiasm and energy to motivate and inspire this singing group
Ability to work in harmony with the Canberra Qwire Committee and the Music Team
Flexibility to adapt to the changing conditions of the Covid 19 environment.

The new Musical Director will lead our Music Team, consisting of our Assistant Musical Director, and our accompanist.

An Honorarium is provided for this position and will be negotiated based on skills and experience.

Further information can be found on our website http://www.canberraqwire.org.au/About-Qwire

If you would like to express an interest in this position, and/or make further enquiries, please contact enquiries@canberraqwire.org.au, by 31 August, 2021.

A PDF version of this document is also available for download below.

Musical Director Advertisement - July 2021 (187kb)