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Package Description

Continuing Contract: Part-time 50% (17.5 hours per week)
Location: Maida Vale Studios, London

We offer:

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (1 of which is a corporation day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

Job Introduction

The BBC Singers

As a vital resource in the BBC’s music output, the BBC Singers hold a unique position in British musical life. Performing everything from Monteverdi to Mvula, Tallis to Takemitsu, their versatility is second to none.


As current holders of the coveted Ensemble Award at the 2024 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards, the choir’s unrivalled expertise in performing the latest contemporary scores and music from all genres of choral repertoire has brought about creative relationships with some of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, their flexibility and agility has seen then collaborate with artists across many genres in recent years, including with Laura Mvula, Katie Melua, Clare Teal, Abel Selaocoe, Shiva Feshareki, South Asian dance company Akademi, world music fusion band Kabantu and with choreographer Duane Taylor and artists from East London Dance.


Based at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, the BBC Singers perform all over the UK and abroad, working regularly with the BBC’s own orchestras, as well as a number of period-instrument and contemporary music ensembles. Equally at home on the concert platform as in the recording studio, this world-class ensemble is committed to sharing its enthusiasm and creative expertise through its nationwide education programme. This includes regular collaborations with schoolchildren, youth choirs and the amateur choral community, as well as with the professional composers, singers and conductors of tomorrow.

For more information visit BBC Singers - Events - BBC

Job Introduction

Applications are invited for the above part-time (50%) post of Low Bass. You must be a classically-trained, professional singer with excellent sight-reading skills and the ability to sing a wide range of music.

Are you the right candidate?

The successful candidate will:


ESSENTIAL:

• Have excellent professional choral experience;
• Have excellent sight-reading skills;
• Have the knowledge of the range of repertoire of the BBC Singers;
• Be able to contribute to performances that will meet the highest artistic standards;
• Be able to work effectively and flexibly within a diverse team environment;
• Understand the importance of the group’s education work and contribute towards delivery of learning projects;
• Demonstrate respect for others by being fully prepared and ready to sing at the start of every session, and;
• Willing to develop positive working relationships with other members of the choir, the management team, colleagues and audiences.

DESIRABLE:

• Expertise in a broad range of musical & performance activities including chamber music, education and studio soundtrack work; and
• Experience of performing in equivalent roles in professional choirs.

Closing date for applications: 11.59 on Sunday 15th September 2024.

AUDITIONS INFORMATION:

First found auditions will take place on the morning of 15th October 2024.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a second round audition on the afternoon of 15th October 2024.
No other audition dates are planned for this role.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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