Junior Choir (Sing Act Move) Guest Artist

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Arts Umbrella is Canada’s visual and performing arts institute for young people, and has provided comprehensive, high quality arts education to children ages 2-19 for 31 years.  Situated on the artistically rich Granville Island in Vancouver, Arts Umbrella is committed to delivering the highest quality visual and performing arts training to young people, regardless of their financial means. Widely regarded as an organization with a heart, Arts Umbrella is a place where creativity is nurtured, children are valued, and staff, donors, and volunteers are intensely loyal and sincerely appreciated. Delivering both on-site and outreach programs, Arts Umbrella touches the lives of thousands of children each year through classes in music, theatre, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, photography, media and more.

Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach-An Arts Umbrella Project (SMMO) is a music outreach program offered free-of-charge to young people in Vancouver's inner city. Students receive high quality music instruction in both contemporary and classical traditions, in guitar, piano, percussion, voice, songwriting and new media. Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach is a place where young people can explore their creative potential and develop positive peer connections that will inspire them to succeed in life, in addition to building a life-long love of music and enthusiasm for learning. This outreach program is guided by the vision of founding partner, international singer/songwriter, Sarah McLachlan.

Arts Umbrella and the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach seek experienced professionals for the following instructional positions in the 2010.11 programming year.

Music courses at the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach for 2010-2011 (1 Term Only)

Guest Artist 1

Term 1: Fall (12 weeks):  Monday, September 13, 2010 – Sunday, December 5, 2010  

Guest Artist 2

Term 2: Winter (11 weeks):  Tuesday, January 4, 2011 – Sunday, March 20, 2011 

Guest Artist 3
Term 3: Spring (9 weeks):  Monday, April 4, 2011 – Sunday, June 5, 2011

Junior Choir (Sing Act Move) Guest Artist 

            Wednesdays, ages 9 - 12                 3:30 – 5:00 PM

Reporting to the Manager, as a Guest Artist, you will have a creative inter-disciplinary approach to engaging students in learning music.  You will have a strong background in either movement, theatre and/or rhythm and will collaborate with the choir director to support an enriched experience in group singing.

The successful candidate will be responsible for co-instructing one 1.5 hours group class per week.  Classes will be scheduled for Wednesdays from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

The candidate will be contracted to teach weekly at the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach (77 East 7^th Avenue) during the 2010/2011 programming year, for one term as outlined above.  Compensation is commensurate with experience.  The candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Records Check and a reference check.

Interested applicants are invited to forward a cover letter and resume to Craig Shervey at cshervey@artsumbrella.com by 5:00 pm on Friday, August 20, 2010.  Please indicate with your application which class you are interested in instructing.  

Thank you for your interest in working with Arts Umbrella. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

Please visit www.artsumbrella.com/instructorjobs for a copy of this posting.