Assistant Director of Music (Choral)
- Organisation: Brentwood School
- Location: Essex
- Tenure: Full-time
- Closing Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Director of Music (Choral) who will join a Music Department known as one of the most vibrant in the country, boasting enviable academic and co-curricular programmes.
Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 20 minutes from London Liverpool Street.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Director of Music (Choral) who will join a Music Department known as one of the most vibrant in the country, boasting enviable academic and co-curricular programmes.
The Music Department presents over 70 performances annually, delivering a rich, varied and multi-genre programme that enables musicians of all ages, abilities and levels of experience to perform regularly in concerts at school, in local venues and nationally and internationally.
There are currently ten choirs at Brentwood School, ranging from the auditioned Chamber and Scholars’ choirs and the Chapel Choir (a cathedral-style choir for singers aged 7-13) to student run A Cappella ensembles and an open-to-all KS3 Musical Theatre choir. There are strong links with the local community with parents, staff, Old Brentwoods and local choral societies regularly joining the school choirs and orchestra in large scale performances in Brentwood Cathedral.
Brentwood students regularly gain local and national recognition for their music making. Several students are currently part of the National Youth Orchestra, English Schools Orchestra and Essex youth ensembles and many have gone on to study music at both conservatoire and university.
The Assistant Director of Music (Choral) will also teach Music from KS3 to KS5. It is expected that the post holder will be highly organised in planning, implementing and reviewing all aspects of musical performance and academic music and will work closely with other members of the Music and Performing Arts departments.
Brentwood School ethos
We embody our values of virtue, learning and manners just as those before us have been doing since 1557. We are proud of our modern inclusive community which is shaped by our Christian Foundation. Our pupils are confident without being arrogant, they look out for each other, they do the right thing, even when no-one is looking and they respect difference: you will see a footballer enjoying lunch with a chorister and a dance captain running a recycling project with a young chess enthusiast.
We help our pupils to solve problems. In partnership with parents, we teach them to persevere after setbacks, adopt a growth mindset, and challenge the norm. We encourage them to ask questions in class and take control of their own learning. Of course, they work hard and enjoy great success in and out of the classroom, and once they’ve left us, many go on to use and develop their leadership skills and achieve beyond their expectations, always remembering what Brentwood has taught them.
That’s who we are. We are Brentwood.
Staff across both the Prep and Senior School enjoy a bespoke collaborative approach to professional development. We believe in being a research engaged school, with those that facilitate our in-house research programme being trained by the Institute of Education. We support many of our staff in obtaining external accreditation across a range of fields and are engaged with a number of national and international organisations. We are a highly supportive school that values the contributions made by a motivated and intellectually curious staff. There are a range of ways that we enhance our staff experience; free gym membership, benefits hub, free lunch, free tickets to school concerts and performance to name but a few. Brentwood School has its own pay scale that is significantly above the maintained sector and we also have a range of staff accommodation that may be available for the successful applicant should they need to relocate.
Applicants who do not have a TES account should visit our website and download an application form or email: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk All Brentwood School vacancies can be found on the School’s website. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.
Brentwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Director of Music (Choral) who will join a Music Department known as one of the most vibrant in the country, boasting enviable academic and co-curricular programmes.
Description
Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 20 minutes from London Liverpool Street.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Director of Music (Choral) who will join a Music Department known as one of the most vibrant in the country, boasting enviable academic and co-curricular programmes.
The Music Department presents over 70 performances annually, delivering a rich, varied and multi-genre programme that enables musicians of all ages, abilities and levels of experience to perform regularly in concerts at school, in local venues and nationally and internationally.
There are currently ten choirs at Brentwood School, ranging from the auditioned Chamber and Scholars’ choirs and the Chapel Choir (a cathedral-style choir for singers aged 7-13) to student run A Cappella ensembles and an open-to-all KS3 Musical Theatre choir. There are strong links with the local community with parents, staff, Old Brentwoods and local choral societies regularly joining the school choirs and orchestra in large scale performances in Brentwood Cathedral.
Brentwood students regularly gain local and national recognition for their music making. Several students are currently part of the National Youth Orchestra, English Schools Orchestra and Essex youth ensembles and many have gone on to study music at both conservatoire and university.
The Assistant Director of Music (Choral) will also teach Music from KS3 to KS5. It is expected that the post holder will be highly organised in planning, implementing and reviewing all aspects of musical performance and academic music and will work closely with other members of the Music and Performing Arts departments.
Brentwood School ethos
We embody our values of virtue, learning and manners just as those before us have been doing since 1557. We are proud of our modern inclusive community which is shaped by our Christian Foundation. Our pupils are confident without being arrogant, they look out for each other, they do the right thing, even when no-one is looking and they respect difference: you will see a footballer enjoying lunch with a chorister and a dance captain running a recycling project with a young chess enthusiast.
We help our pupils to solve problems. In partnership with parents, we teach them to persevere after setbacks, adopt a growth mindset, and challenge the norm. We encourage them to ask questions in class and take control of their own learning. Of course, they work hard and enjoy great success in and out of the classroom, and once they’ve left us, many go on to use and develop their leadership skills and achieve beyond their expectations, always remembering what Brentwood has taught them.
That’s who we are. We are Brentwood.
Staff across both the Prep and Senior School enjoy a bespoke collaborative approach to professional development. We believe in being a research engaged school, with those that facilitate our in-house research programme being trained by the Institute of Education. We support many of our staff in obtaining external accreditation across a range of fields and are engaged with a number of national and international organisations. We are a highly supportive school that values the contributions made by a motivated and intellectually curious staff. There are a range of ways that we enhance our staff experience; free gym membership, benefits hub, free lunch, free tickets to school concerts and performance to name but a few. Brentwood School has its own pay scale that is significantly above the maintained sector and we also have a range of staff accommodation that may be available for the successful applicant should they need to relocate.
Applicants who do not have a TES account should visit our website and download an application form or email: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk All Brentwood School vacancies can be found on the School’s website. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.
Brentwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
