The New Jersey Youth Chorus is seeking a dynamic teacher/director for its Young Men’s Ensemble.  The Chorus’ YME is for boys with changing and changed voices in grades 7 – 12.  Its director will be responsible for:

 

 

 

Qualified candidates should have several years of experience working with junior high/high school male voices and a solid understanding of vocal pedagogy. He or she should have the ability to work as part of an artistic team and possess good networking contacts and skills. Additional skills in teaching sight-singing/theory are a plus.

 

The Chorus rehearses at the Delbarton School, Morristown, NJ.  

 

 Please send a resume, cover letter and any additional supporting materials to: admin@njyouthchorus.org   Materials should be submitted by Friday, June 14, 2013.   

 

 

The New Jersey Youth Chorus, founded in 1992 by Trish Joyce, is an auditioned choral program for children in grades one through twelve, divided into five ensembles:  First Steps to Music (grades 1 – 2), Apprentice Chorus (grades 3 – 4), Intermediate Chorus (grades 4-6), Advanced Treble Chorus (grades 7-12), and Young Men’s Ensemble (grades 7 – 12 for changing and changed voices).  The Chorus performs locally, nationally and internationally for community, civic and corporate audiences.  Over one hundred eighty choristers come from almost 40 towns in six counties of New Jersey. The heart of its mission to provide quality music education that encourages young people’s love and appreciation of choral music and nurtures their individual growth and development.

 

The Chorus performs frequently with many professional ensembles, including the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Canadian Brass at NJPAC in Newark.  They sang at the State Theater’s Gala under Oscar and Grammy-award winning composer Marvin Hamlisch and Bill Conti, composer of television and movie themes, including Rocky.  They were a featured choir at the 2008 and 2012 American Choral Directors Association’s Conference, and the only children’s choir to be invited to sing at Chorus America’s 2009 National Conference. They have also sung with Irish tenor, Ronan Tynan, appeared on the Today Show, and have sung at Carnegie Hall.   The Chorus has participated in numerous festivals in New Orleans, Hawaii, Canada and England, and has toured Italy, Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany.

 

The Chorus regularly hosts visiting youth choirs, such as Cantus, the premier men’s ensemble in the United States, the Drakensberg Boys Choir from South Africa, the Bach Children’s Chorus from Canada, the Crypt Choir from King's School in Canterbury, England, the Lincoln Boys Choir from Nebraska, Colgate 13 and Ithacapella. 

 

The choir's "Kids for Kids" mission includes opportunities to perform and assist children’s organizations and charities.  Funds have been raised for a summer camp for children of September 11 victims, Hearts Across the Ocean, for children needing open heart surgery in India, the American Cancer Society, Bryan’s Dream Foundation, for children with brain tumors, and others.  In the fall of 2011, they performed at the Saving Grace Gala in NYC, which benefited the Preeclampsia Foundation and the Foundation for America’s Blood Centers.  During the Gala, they premiered a new piece written by Jim Papoulis, specifically for the event.  In 2012, they performed for the Matthew Larson Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation’s Gala in NYC, among other fundraising events.