TERENURE COLLEGE
DIRECTOR OF CHOIRS
Job description and Personal Specification
Terenure College wishes to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Director of Choirs from September 2024, with the ability to ensure the continued development of music primarily for worship in the College Chapel and the School. This is a post for an energetic and creative individual who seeks the challenge of building an outstanding choral offering within the context of a thriving Catholic School in the Carmelite Tradition.
Responsibilities
The Main duties of the post include:
The appointee will be expected to work closely with the Principal of the School, the Prior of the Carmelite Community, the Committee of the Community Choir (as a non-voting member) the College’s Chaplaincy Team and the school’s music teacher(s). He/She will liaise with the Chapel organist and cantors and others who contribute to the musical life of the Chapel and School.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their appreciation and enthusiasm for the choral and liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Tradition and a commitment to explore new ways of developing this tradition for future generations.
The post will require work with choirs at weekends, and tours away from the College will require longer periods of full commitment.
The role will be 20 hours per week. Exact hours may fluctuate depending on the amount of musical activity in the College at any one point. A certain flexibility will be expected as, for example, commitment during school holidays will generally be significantly less than during school term time. The role will require being available to conduct the choir(s) at Christmas and Easter services.
Essential Criteria:
The successful candidate will have experience as a choral conductor and be able to demonstrate excellence in motivating students and adult choirs to attain a high standard of singing in performances.
A thorough knowledge of the choral repertoire for the liturgical year is essential.
Terms and Conditions:
*Although the Community Choir is a non-auditioned SATB ensemble comprising many parents of current and past pupils, friends of the College and past pupils, it is musically extremely accomplished and is strengthened by having regular workshops and augments its numbers with professional singers and musicians throughout the year to achieve its ambitious repertoire. While the repertoire of the Community Choir is primarily liturgical and sacred music, it is not exclusively so.