Choral Vacancies
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We are seeking the voluntary services of an accomplished accompanist with very good sight reading skills for 2025 and beyond.
Our choir meets in Rangiora on a Wednesday evening between 7 and 9 pm. We are a group of around 30 who work towards presenting two concerts a year and enjoy singing music arranged in 3 or 4 parts.
The position attracts a nominal honorarium distributed annually.
If you wish to explore further how you might contribute your talent to our choir please contact our Musical Director, Merle Brown (03 3126469) to discuss, in more detail, what the position entails, the range of music we perform and the skills and experience you would offer.
Kāpiti Gospel Choir has been running for 14 years, the last 10 under the leadership of Shona McNeill. Sadly Shona has had to resign as our leader and we are looking for someone to take her place.
Our choir currently has around 60 members and we sing ‘a cappella’ and without sheet music or words, learning purely by ear. We enjoy singing 4-part harmony (SATB). We love to sing a mix of traditional African American spirituals and work songs, plus songs from around the world with a ‘spiritual’ feel. We sing a lot of Tony Backhouse arrangements.
We perform 2-3 concerts a year, usually at retirement villages, and sing Christmas songs at Coastlands Mall each Christmas.
The choir practices are on Thursday evenings at the Paraparaumu Baptist Church Hall, 77 Ruapehu Street, Paraparaumu, from 7.00 – 8.30pm (this could be extended to 2 hours if preferred). We follow the school terms and take a break in school holidays. Our management committee looks after finances, membership and admin.
We are looking for a song leader who can continue with the legacy our previous leaders have left, who enjoys teaching without sheet music, and loves the type of music we sing. We have extensive resources which would be available to you, and all lyrics and recordings are placed by the song leader on Dropbox for members to access.
This paid position becomes available in Term 2 (beginning 1 May).
Applications should be addressed to kapiti.gospel@gmail.com.
We're looking for an enthusiastic, energetic leader to inspire our choir! If you're someone with a vision to refresh our repertoire, grow our membership, and broaden our audience appeal, we'd love to hear from you.
We're a fun-loving, non-auditioned group with a strong sense of camaraderie, and we're keen to welcome a Music Director who can bring a variety of newer repertoire alongside classical choral favourites to engage both younger members and wider audiences.
With a professional pianist to support you and an honorarium payable, this is a fantastic opportunity to shape the future of our choir while maintaining our reputation as a fun, friendly, and welcome group.
- Non-auditioned, fun-loving group
- Professional pianist provided
- Honorarium payable to MD
Rehearsals: Tuesday, 7.15pm, Highbury, Auckland
Contact: Paul Stevenson, p.stevenson@xtra.co.nz
Gale Force Gospel Choir is an ‘a cappella’ choir of around 40 singers that meets on a Monday night, 6 – 8pm @ St Andrew’s on The Terrace, in Wellington. Currently we follow school term dates. We are a diverse group, reflecting a range of backgrounds and beliefs, that come together to sing because we love the genre of gospel music.
The choir was established in 2011 and some of our members have been with the choir since that time. A large part of our extensive repertoire is based on Tony Backhouse’s arrangements of gospel songs from the southern United States We also sing some spiritual songs from African, Pacific Island and Māori cultures. In 2025, we would want to revisit songs we have sung in the past and also learn some new material. Our extensive resource folders would be available to you.
We usually do a a couple of performances a year, singing in 4 or 5 part harmony. There is a management committee that takes responsibility for finances, membership, admin.
This is a paid position that becomes available in March.
If you would like more information, contact
Judith Shearer
Judith.shearer65@gmail.com.