Artistic Director
Ragazzi Boys Chorus is seeking an Artistic Director. Base salary is estimated between $130,000 and $150,000. Please visit the link for full details https://artsconsulting.com/opensearches/ragazzi-boys-chorus-seeks-artist...
Roles and Responsibilities
Artistic Leadership
- Provide overall artistic vision and leadership for the organization’s choral program.
- Conduct premier ensemble(s) and oversee artistic quality across all choir levels.
- Maintain and elevate standards of vocal production, musicianship, performance preparation, and repertoire selection.
- Develop age-appropriate pedagogical approaches for unchanged and changing male voices, particularly soprano and alto voices, during vocal transition.
- Organize and facilitate summer training programs held both during the day and in off site camp venues.
- Plan and lead tours, including yearly international tours involving 100 boys.
- Lead artistic planning, repertoire development, touring, collaborations, recordings, and performances.
- Ensure artistic programming reflects excellence, educational value, and organizational mission.
- Embrace other artistic leadership responsibilities as needed.
Educational Leadership
- Serve as a teacher and mentor for singers and artistic staff.
- Recruit, supervise, support, and evaluate conductors, accompanists, and teaching artists.
- Foster a consistent pedagogical approach across the organization.
- Support student musicianship development, including sight-singing and music literacy.
- Integrate best practices in child development, social-emotional learning, and youth engagement into rehearsal culture.
- Create a collaborative, accountable, and mission-driven artistic culture.
- Demonstrate diplomacy, emotional intelligence, and effective people management skills.
- Embrace other educational leadership responsibilities as needed.
Organizational Leadership
- Partner closely with Board leadership.
- Contribute to strategic planning and organizational growth initiatives.
- Participate as an ambassador for the organization with families, donors, schools, and community partners.
- Support recruitment, retention, and community engagement efforts.
- Build strong relationships with parents through professionalism, communication, and responsiveness.
- Embrace other organizational leadership responsibilities as needed.
A bachelor’s degree in music is required, with an advanced degree preferred, along with at least eight to 10 years of progressively responsible leadership in a choral program. Demonstrated success in artistic direction, organizational leadership, and planning is essential, as is a strong record of program development and community engagement. The Artistic Director will bring proven experience managing and inspiring teams of artistic staff, as well as working effectively with a board of directors and diverse stakeholders. Exceptional musical expertise, including choral pedagogy, experience with the various methodologies employed in choral training and the ability to work with children's social-emotional development, is necessary. The Artistic Director should also possess an understanding of the specific development needs of boys' voices during adolescence, with particular focus on alto and soprano voices. The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills, with a collaborative and mission-driven approach.
Ragazzi offers a competitive and equitable compensation package, with a base salary estimated between $130,000 and $150,000. Candidates with significant financial or fundraising experience may be considered for an Artistic and Executive Director role, with a salary of up to $180,000.
Benefits include a range of health coverage options, with Ragazzi Boys Chorus contributing 70% of premium costs for employees’ choice of medical plans, including Anthem Blue Cross Gold PPO E, Anthem Blue Cross Silver PPO C, Kaiser Gold HMO B, and Kaiser Gold HMO D. Comprehensive dental coverage is provided through the Humana Dental PPO, and vision coverage is offered through the Humana Vision Plus 200 plan, both fully employer-paid. Ragazzi also supports long-term financial planning through a Vanguard 403(b) retirement savings program, allowing employees to make elective pre-tax or Roth contributions beginning with their first eligible payroll. Ragazzi offers a robust paid time off policy, including 15 days of PTO annually and 10 paid holidays each year. In addition, Ragazzi provides paid time off between Christmas and New Year’s Day without requiring employees to use vacation time.
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