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Director of Music


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Location

Warwick, Warwickshire | United Kingdom


Job description

Warwick School is seeking to appoint a talented and inspirational Director of Music to lead this large, dynamic, and highly successful department from September 2024.

Employer

Warwick School

Location

Warwick

Contract Type

Full-Time Permanent

Start Date

1st September 2024

Closing Date

4th March 2024 at 12:00

A visionary musician, the Director of Music will oversee a highly skilled and diverse team, directly line managing the Head of Academic Music and the Assistant Director of Music (currently Acting Director of Music) and the 5 Heads of Section (Brass, Jazz and Rock, Keyboard and Music Scholars, Strings, Woodwind). In addition to the Head of Academic Music, there is a classroom teacher, who is also Head of Choral Music, a Graduate Music Assistant and a Music Administrator. Working hand in hand with these are a team of 40 Visiting Music Teachers who, as well as providing individual tuition, are at the heart of the department teaching individual lessons, leading (or acting as tutors for) ensembles.

This is an excellent opportunity for an outstanding, approachable and collaborative leader with an eclectic musical taste as the school seeks to build on the success of winning Independent Boys School of the Year for 2022 and deliver on the school’s vision of being the most inspiring, rounded, and caring boys’ school in the UK. Developing our Foundation as a place of recognised music excellence is a key strategic aim as evidenced by a number of recent important initiatives: ‘Warwick: A Singing Town ‘ , our residency with the Orchestra of the Swan and the recent appointment of an Executive Music Lead for the Foundation.

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