Section Leaders

St Mary Redcliffe is now seeking to appoint professional singers as Section Leaders (SATB) to lead its voluntary (robed) choir. The commitment is to sing at Sunday services on 38 Sundays of the year. The choir sing 2 morning services (choral mattins and eucharist) and are required from 9:00 until 11:45. For Evensong the commitment is from 16:30 until 18:45. There is also a Friday choir rehearsal each week from 19:00 until 20:30, a total commitment of 6.5 hours per week.

In addition, there will be 11 midweek commitments (especially during Advent, Lent and Easter), Friday evening services of Compline during Lent, 3 lunchtime recitals during the year, and a days’ worth of meetings across the year with the Music Department Staff.

Section Leaders will be paid £4352 per annum. There will also be opportunities to earn additional fees by singing at baptisms/weddings/funerals. The section leader will also have the opportunity to perform in the recital programme.

Please apply via email: jobs@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk, sending a CV, covering letter detailing your interest in and suitability for the role, and recent video recording of you singing.

This does not need to be a professional recording, and can simply be done on your phone. Applications close on 19th June at 5pm.

Interviews will be held w/c 29th June with a preferred start date of September 10th 2026.

For an informal conversation with either the Vicar, or Director of Music, you can contact the Revd Dr Brutus Green: brutus.green@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk or Joe Cryan: joe.cryan@stmaryredcliffe.co.uk, or call 01172310060.

Appointment is subject to enhanced DBS and two references.

Click here for the application pack

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