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Monmouth Civic Chorus is seeking a rehearsal accompanist to begin September 2016. MCC is an award-winning auditioned volunteer ensemble of 100 singers dedicated to artistic excellence. Weekly rehearsals are Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 10:00 at the Red Bank Charter School in Red Bank, New Jersey. Our regular season runs from September through June. For further information about us, visit http://monmouthcivicchorus.org

Qualifications:
* Excellent sight-reading skills
*Ability to perform open-staff choral parts
*Ability to accompany a varied choral repertoire
*Prior experience accompanying choral ensembles preferred
*Ability to accompany on organ a plus

For additional information or to send a resume, please contact Janet Breslin, MCC Music Chairperson at music@monmouthcivicchorus.org

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Show Pianist / Jazz Pianist

Creede Repertory Theatre is looking to hire a Pianist for our 2016 summer season. The ideal candidate is a trained pianist, an excellent sight-reader with the ability to conduct a 4-piece band from the keyboard, and work well within a jazz ensemble.

Submit resumes and cover letters to Jessica Jackson, Artistic Director, jess@creederep.com. We may ask you for a sample of your playing after reviewing your resume.

Dates on site: ASAP – August 14, 2016

Compensation: $300/wk + housing/utilities provided + travel

Direct supervisor: Music Director (through June 24)
Artistic Director (June 25 – August 14)

Job Description
o Pianist in pit band (keys, trumpet, bass, drums) for musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
o Rehearsal and performance pianist for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
o Help maintain the quality of the music over the entire run of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Work with Production Stage Manager to determine the need for brush-up rehearsals.
o Pianist in jazz ensemble (our pit band is also the jazz ensemble)
o “Jazz Club” performances: There will be three Jazz ensemble performances in the Mainstage Lobby after select performances of Kind of Red.
o The band also plays several special events over the course of the summer:
o Lake City Party Concert (selections from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) June 26
o CRT Gala (repertoire TBD) July 17
o The band also creates recordings of the backing tracks for the 2016 Young Audience Outreach Tour in conjunction with the composer and sound department.

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Choir Accompanist Position
Trenton Children’s Chorus is seeking to fill two staff accompaniment positions. One hire will be responsible for accompanying our Intermediate (Middle School) choir. The second position includes accompanying duties for both the Preparatory (grades K-1) and Readiness Choirs (grades 2-3). Our TCC accompanists empower young singers through sensitive, expressive, accurate, and responsive playing.
Skills:
Strong sight-reading skills (both piano and voice)
Plays with excellent volume control and balance
Ability to read chord charts and improvise accompaniments as needed
Ability to follow the conducting gesture musically and accurately
Bonus Skills: Teaching, Conducting, Singing, Improvising

Qualities:
Punctual: arrives before call times for rehearsal and performances
Professional: in comportment and appearance
Prepared: to support our choirs with accurate and sensitive playing
Responsive: to student needs, conductor requests, parental inquiries
Collaborative: with the entire team of TCC conductors, accompanists, and musicians
Communicative: responds to and assimilates email and phone communications promptly
Advocates: for students and the program in the broader Trenton area
About TCC
Trenton Children's Chorus is a twenty-six-year-old, award-winning nonprofit organization providing exceptional musical, academic, social, and personal opportunities for young people in the Greater Trenton Area. Founded in 1989 as an outreach project of Nassau Presbyterian Church by Sue Ellen Page and Marcia Wood, TCC began as an entirely volunteer-run organization with 11 children in its first year. Today’s program serves 150 singers in grades K-12. TCC offers choral music education and performance opportunities as well as drumming and keyboard instruction, music theory instruction, tutoring, homework assistance, SAT prep, college application help, and summer camp scholarships. Tuition is on a sliding scale; no child is ever denied participation because of limited resources. In an urban area where the high school drop-out rate of nearly fifty percent, 100% of TCC’s graduates attend college. TCC has performed at the White House for President and Mrs. Obama, United Nations, National Cathedral, for the swearing-in ceremony of former U.S. Representative Rush Holt at the Library of Congress, the inauguration of Gov. Chris Christie, Princeton University, in concert with Bobby McFerrin and Dave Brubeck, and for corporate, community, church and private events in the greater Trenton area.

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