Our Music
SOPRANO VACANCY
The Parish Church of St-John-at-Hampstead wishes to appoint a soprano with relevant experience to its regular Evensong choir, which contains 8 singers, and which also sings at the morning services at Easter and Christmas and for other liturgical festivals. The fees range from £80 per Evensong to a ‘specials’ rate of £125. There is no minimum attendance requirement, and suitable deputies are booked using an approved deputy list as far as possible.
Applications
If you would like to audition for the post, please send your CV to the Director of Music, Dr Geoffrey Webber, at [email protected] as soon as possible.
Auditions will be held on Sunday afternoons on the 11th, 18th and 25th January.
Closing date of applications: Friday 23rd January
Audition requirements
Please bring two contrasted pieces to sing, from any era or genre (with copies for me to accompany you from).
I will provide two passages for you to sight-read, one from pre-1700 and one from post-1950.
Geoffrey Webber
Music is an important part of our worship at Hampstead Parish Church. Many of our services are enriched by fine and varied music from the Anglican cathedral tradition and beyond, including music by formerly under-represented groups.
An excellent fully-professional mixed-voice Choir sings at the 10.30 am Holy Communion Service and 5 pm Evensong each Sunday and at special times during the Church’s year. There is also a Junior Choir of boys and girls from the parish which takes part in the 10.30 am Holy Communion Service and sings Evensong on certain Thursdays at 6.30 pm during term time.
Hampstead Parish Church has a notable Henry Willis Organ of 1884, and also a modern Grotrian Steinweg grand piano. The building has good acoustics, particularly well suited to the performance of choral and chamber music; it is regularly used for concerts by chamber musicians, orchestras and choral groups as well as for our own musical events.
The musical tradition at Hampstead has a distinguished History. The church’s choir and musicians are currently funded by the Parochial Church Council and the Hampstead Church Music Trust, with the support of the Friends of the Music who arrange an annual fund-raising programme of musical and social events.
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