6. Opportunities for Musicians
Leader (Concert Master), Scottish Chamber Orchestra
The terms and conditions of this position offer flexibility in workload and schedule. Where applicable, auditions will be offered in Edinburgh at a time and place convenient to all.
Closing Date: Monday 17th March
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Section Principal Viola, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Applications are invited from outstanding players with considerable recent relevant experience, ideally with an opera or ballet orchestra. The successful candidate will be a musician of the highest calibre who is self-motivated, reliable and versatile with the ability to work under pressure as part of an established team.
A full job description and an application form are available at:
Closing Date: 10am, Monday 17th March
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Sub-Principal Double Bass (No 4), The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Applications are invited from outstanding players with considerable recent relevant experience, ideally with an opera or ballet orchestra. The successful candidate will be a musician of the highest calibre who is self-motivated, reliable and versatile with the ability to work under pressure as part of an established team.
Closing Date: 10am, Monday 17th March
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3 Female Composers Required: Youth Music Theatre UK
Commission: �3,000
For Summer 2014 Youth Music Theatre UK is offering three commissions of �3,000 each to three female composers under the age of 30 (by the 31 August, 2014) to write a 30 minute piece to be combined together to form a three act single evening production entitled & Forgive Us Our Trespasses. The writing is to be inspired by the poem of the same title by the Northern Irish poet, Sin�ad Morrissey, or other of her work; Sinead is Belfast's Poet Laureate and has recently won the prestigious T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.
Performances will take place at The Mac (Metropolitan Arts Centre), Belfast on the 15 and 16 August, with a rehearsal period from Monday 4 August.
Closing Date: Friday 4th April
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Italian Opera Summer School July 2014
The Italian Opera Summer School will be running two courses, the first from the 2nd - 10th July and the second from the 12th - 20th July 2014.
During each course, six selected singers and one student repetiteur will focus on the Italian operatic repertoire, working intensively with a vocal coach, a language coach and stage director in an idyllic, relaxed setting in Puglia, south eastern Italy. The week culminates in a public staged concert, offering the unique opportunity to perform to Italians in Italian.
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