About This Role
Directing the Carolyn Eynon Singers (CES), a nonprofit community choir of approximately 30 adult volunteer singers, is the core of this role. The Artistic Director provides artistic leadership, shaping the musical vision and ensuring artistic excellence through season planning, repertoire selection, rehearsals, and performances. This role involves collaborating with the Board of Directors to ensure the organization's long-term success and fostering an engaging, inclusive, and inspiring environment for singers and audiences.
Responsibilities
- Plan and conduct a season consisting of three concerts and one fundraising event annually
- Develop artistic themes, repertoire, and programming that reflect the mission of CES and engage both singers and audiences
- Select music and secure performance rights, rentals, purchases, or borrowing arrangements as needed
- Consider diverse programming, including contemporary works and, when feasible, commissioned works by female composers
- Prepare and conduct all rehearsals and performances to a high artistic standard
- Provide instruction in vocal technique, musicianship, style, and performance practice
- Engage and inspire singers through effective rehearsal leadership, communication, and musical interpretation
- Establish concert themes and repertoire sufficiently in advance to support marketing and season promotion efforts
- Identify and recommend performance venues for upcoming seasons and coordinate venue planning with organizational leadership
- Collaborate with staff and volunteers on concert production needs, guest artists, collaborative ensembles, and performance logistics
- Participate in planning and leadership of retreats, workshops, and other educational or artistic activities as appropriate
- Help with recruitment and audition singers to maintain a strong and balanced ensemble
- Work collaboratively with marketing, communications, and social media personnel to promote auditions, concerts, fundraising events, and other organizational activities
- Serve as a visible ambassador for CES within the community
- Foster positive relationships with singers, patrons, donors, sponsors, and community partners
- Attend Board meetings and provide artistic guidance and recommendations to support organizational planning
- Adhere to the CES bylaws and organizational policies
- Collaborate with the Board and Treasurer to develop an annual artistic budget and operate within approved financial parameters
- Exercise sound financial stewardship and identify opportunities to maximize artistic impact while managing costs responsibly
- Participate actively in fundraising and donor-development efforts
- Assist in cultivating relationships with donors, sponsors, advertisers, underwriters, and community partners