Are you someone who lives in Southeast Arizona, Cochise County, or Bisbee and is itching to direct a responsive, ambitious, fun, and hard working community chorus with local, regional, and international performance experience in a wide range of classical and popular musical and cultural styles?

The Bisbee Community Chorus will begin celebrating it's 20th season in the Fall of '08 and is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Artistic Director with a passion for the fun and challenge of leading community singers and musicians in vocal music learning and performance to work a 10 month contract with the months of June and July off. Compensation depends on qualifications and experience, and is open to negotiation subject to available funding and BCC Board of Director approval. Rehearsals are set for Thursday evenings in Bisbee.

Musical Qualifications

• Professional education, training, and experience in vocal and instrumental music scholarship, learning, solo and ensemble rehearsal and performance, and choral conducting;
• Demonstrated knowledge and mastery of various musical styles and of his or her voice and instrument;
• A comprehensive knowledge of the voice and orchestral instruments;

Management and Civic Engagement Qualifications

• Demonstrated artistic leadership in envisioning, planning, and production of a musical performance season in collaboration with volunteer leadership, community chorus singers and musicians, and other arts groups and supporters in local, regional, and international settings;
• Committed to the musical, organizational, and civic advancement of his or her ensemble;
• Actively engaged in the community and world at large;
  

Personal Qualities

• A visionary, motivator, creative thinker, and hard worker with resilience and endurance;
• Ethical, disciplined, scholarly, passionate about the work; and a life long learning advocate;
• Team builder and diplomat with an understanding, appreciation, and talent for harnessing and directing individual, small group, and large group dynamics to achieve the artistic and community good.
  

Selection Process and Schedule

A letter of interest and a resume with relevant professional education and choral conducting experience and references should be submitted by Monday, March 24, 2008 to:

We will screen submissions and contact top candidates by March 31 with interviews in Bisbee to be completed by early April. Finalists will be invited to auditions directing the chorus through vocalizations and music selections by mid-April. A $50 honorarium will be provided to finalists who audition with the BCC. We plan to make our decision and negotiate an offer by the end of April. Weekly rehearsals are on Thursday evenings 7 to 9 PM with sectional and/or ensemble rehearsals set for 6 to 7 PM at the director's discretion, and extra rehearsal outside this schedule may be scheduled by the AD as needed.