JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: 

Associate Choral Director

Teaching Artists Team Positions Available

Mission:

Sister Cities Girlchoir builds communities of music makers that empower at-risk girls to occupy their unique advantage in transforming the world. SCG is an El Sistema-inspired girl empowerment program that harnesses the power of music to impact the lives of Girls in  Camden, NJ and Philadelphia. 

With a shared bottom line of musical excellence and positive youth development, SCG targets girls from low-income communities and helps them to build critical tools to excel –cognitive, leadership and prosocial skills–while exploring their area of interest—singing! 

Creating excellent musicians is an output of the work; the parallel goal is to provide a safe space for at-risk girls from fractured communities to gain confidence, build relationships, actively learn, find inner strength and then be allowed to pass it on. 

SCG Teaching Artist Team, Positions Available

Girl Choir Associate Director leads Group Voice Lessons and Sectional Rehearsals that incorporates Musicianship/Sightsinging and Vocal Pedagogy while creating a caring and energetic learning space that reinforces teamwork. 

Teaching Artists Responsibility

• Lead and co-teach group voice lessons and sectional rehearsal
• Conducting and creative duties
• Participate in staff meetings and trainings
• Document lesson planning and student progress
• Maintain a safe and energetic learning environment that maintains organizational expectations

SCG Teaching Artists are hired on a part time basis (2 hours/day; 1-3 days/week; 32 weeks/year). Besides teaching duties teaching artists are also active members of the site communities and help to build local cultures of teaching and learning in and through the arts. Additional opportunities include leading Saturday and Festival programs, mentoring emerging teaching artists, leading professional development workshops, and facilitating in-school residencies.

 All classes employ partner/team teaching. Compensation is offered at competitive rates. 

Successful applicants will exhibit the following:

• Bachelor's degree or higher with music related training preferred, i.e. Performance, Music Education
• High Level of Musical Artistry
• Passion for the Process of Music Making
• Creativity in Classroom Facilitation and Teaching Methods
• Experience Teaching Various Abilities and Levels and Classroom Management
• Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills 
• Passion to Work Collaboratively 
• Experience with Family Engagement
• Successful candidate will also be committed to on-going professional development as an arts educator and to participating in other Sister Cities community events.

Application procedures and deadlines:

To be considered for the position, please submit the following by email to Alysia Lee, Artistic Director at Alysia@SisterCitiesGirlchoir.org by July 4, 2013.

1. Cover Letter 
2. Resume including education/training, teaching experience, and performance experience
3. Music Sample, 2 Selections on your primary instrument (attach an MP3 or send link)

Interview/Audition Process

Initial Interview

Selected candidates will be invited for an initial interview. 

Audition

A smaller pool of applicants will progress to the Audition. Applicants will be asked to prepare a fifteen minute musical lesson.

 If you have any questions about the Teaching Artists at SCG, please feel free to contact Alysia Lee, Artistic Director at Alysia@SisterCitiesGirlchoir.org or visit our website, www.SisterCitiesGirlchoir.org. 

Sister Cities Girlchoir is committed to the principles of arts education, social justice and community reform, and builds programming to specifically address the needs of urban communities that are typically underrepresented because of race, sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Accordingly, we welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of individuals. Sister Cities Girlchoir employs without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other attribute not related to superior performance.