The Diocese of Salford is recruiting a Choral Director

The Diocese of Salford is looking to recruit an outstanding Choral Director to help deliver the work of the Salford Schools Singing Programme in diocesan schools, to be responsible for both establishing and directing after-school choirs and to lead weekly in-class singing sessions in schools.

The Choral Director will also work closely with the Director of Music to contribute to the vision of the cathedral’s Music Foundation, located in the heart of Salford. The cathedral is now home to a family of seven choirs, offering progression routes for singers as young as six to make music in our beautiful sacred space. Recent musical achievements include two BBC Broadcasts in 2021 (Sunday Worship and Midnight Mass both broadcast live on BBC Radio 4) as well as giving the first performances of music written especially for the choir by Amy Summers, Florence Maunders, and Peter Leech.

What we are looking for: The Choral Director will be an individual who is passionate about the power of music to transform lives, with the drive to help us build on the recent successes at the Cathedral to achieve our Diocesan ambition to evangelise through singing.

What you will need: The Choral Director will be educated to degree level or equivalent, musically proficient, with experience of teaching class and choral singing to children. Please see the Application Pack’s Person Specification for more details.

Further details, including a letter to candidates, application pack and application form are available from the Diocese of Salford’s vacancies page.