arts jobs, opportunities & funding
calls for scores, music jobs & free creative courses
A round-up of some of the arts jobs available at the moment, as well as open calls for composers, and funding pots for musical and creative projects. All opportunities below share the salary. We send an updated round of opportunities out every fortnight in our newsletter, so make sure to join our mailing list to receive it directly to your inbox as soon as it’s published. If your organisation has a job or opportunity available, you are welcome to submit it using our opportunities form.
This page was last updated on 20th December 2024 and is usually updated every fortnight. opportunities included in this list are not endorsement.
arts jobs
Wednesday 22 January, Manchester
Trombonist Peter Moore is joined by mezzo-soprano Anna Huntley and pianist Michael McHale to perform their own arrangement of music by Schumann, Schubert and more, followed by a set of lighter works by Novello, Kurt Weil, and Manning Sherwin.
0-1 days a week, freelance & one-off projects:
Hourly lecturers for BA Music and Sound Production & MA Music and Sound Design programmes
2-3 days a week:
Creative director of Brixton-based charity
3-4 days a week:
Volunteer & events coordinator at cathedral music charity ~ music and technology officer at disabled youth orchestra ~ front of house manager at venue
Full-time:
Area manager at music hub ~ music & events manager at festival ~ cathedral organist and artistic director of organ festival ~ programmes manager at cathedral music charity ~ concerts manager at orchestra
Academic opportunities:
Call-out for presentations and think-pieces for conference ~ submit proposal for conference highlighting research and outstanding practices at the intersection of music and health ~ fully-funded PhD scholarships in the study of hearing and listening differences ~ call for participation in symposium on large-scale form in the music of 19th-century women composers ~ call for contributions from MA & PhD students of systematic musicology
Other opportunities:
Mentorship programme for final-year music students of colour ~ non-executive director at orchestra ~ award for singers under 28 ~ design an instrument that can be played without the use of one hand and arm ~ apply to perform at a festival as an amateur musician ~ arts collective for people aged 16-25 living in Norfolk ~ young people from school year 3 to age 22 can audition for London Youth Choir ~ programme for singers with an interest in choral and small ensemble singing
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Funding
Scholarship or bursary to research Elgar and his music ~ up to £1,000 for the performance of works of British composers ~ funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional composers active in the last 100 years ~ funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
