Head of Vocal Studies

3 days ago

London, United Kingdom The City Of London Full time

**Salary**

£66,190 - £75,010 (including London Weighting) per annum, depending on experience/performance

**Contractual hours**

35

**Basis**

Full time

**Workplace role category**

Workplace

**Date posted**

02/05/2025

**Job reference**

OOGS9216

The Guildhall School seeks to appoint a Head of Vocal Studies to lead our world-renowned vocal department. We are looking for an outstanding educator who celebrates tradition and encourages innovation, who promotes and encourages a range of teaching styles and who is broad-minded about the artistic and career choices available to our students.

The new head will lead faculty and students, the curriculum and the performance programme, working in close collaboration with the Head of Opera and other leaders across the Music Division. They will manage the vocal team, including the Deputy and Associate Heads of Vocal Studies, and the department’s teaching staff.

They will bring creative energy and vision, dedication to performer health and wellbeing, and a commitment to driving efforts towards diversity, equity and inclusion in our vocal community and curriculum. They will have the ability to connect the School with musical networks at local, national and international levels and will possess the high level of management experience and skill necessary to oversee a major department. They will also be expected to contribute collaboratively to the creative direction of Guildhall’s wider Music Division.

**Why Guildhall?**

We offer a great benefits package including a generous pension scheme (Local Government Pensions Scheme) and many opportunities to attend performances at the Guildhall School.

For more details, please download the Job Information Pack.

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24hr answerphone) quoting **OOGS9216** reference number. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

Interviews will take place **on Tuesday 3rd Friday 6th June**.
- The Guildhall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment._
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