Music Director

Position Overview

The Music Director – together with an Executive Director
-are the organization’s primary representative to its members and the community, promoting excellence in performance, excitement about the group’s mission, and investment by its stakeholders.

While the hours for the position are non-standard, responsibilities are expected to average 25-30 hours per week. The Music Director position reports directly to a volunteer Board of Directors and is supported by a part‑time Administrative Assistant.

The Music Director is responsible for approximately 12 community concerts annually (first Sunday in months October – June plus three others) as well as a similar number of smaller outreach concerts to retirement and community centre venues.

This is a contract-based position that will include regular Sunday rehearsals plus at least one weekday evening each month during concert season.

The choir consists of 40–50 auditioned, unpaid, volunteer singers (there are a few paid section singers); the orchestra of 12–30 (depending on performance) are paid professionals, contracted per performance.

The concerts (emphasizing Bach but extending to later eras) consist of about 1/3 choral music and 2/3 orchestral works. There are exceptions (such as major choral works as in this season’s Judas Maccabaeus) where the choir sings extensively. Some of the community concerts are exclusively instrumental.

The successful candidate will begin their term as Music Director in the summer 2027 in advance of the choir’s 2027‑28 season.

Compensation: $50,000

• Artistic Leadership
  • Collaborate with the Board of Directors to develop and execute its vision and goals
  • Plan and conduct a season of monthly concerts, (October–June), submitted by March the previous year
  • Plan and coordinate Community Outreach programs
  • Recruit and audition singers to maintain performance standards
  • Hire and oversee rehearsal accompanist
  • Contract soloists for concerts; coordinate with orchestral contractor to procure instrumentalists
• Administrative Duties
  • Collaborate with the Executive Director and Board of Directors on a range of logistical issues
  • Oversee the music library; select and purchase musical scores

Please send application materials to admin
. Final date to receive applications:
March 15, 2026.