April 1, 2024
Dear Friend of Choral Music,
Chorale Coeur d’Alene (CCDA) is accepting applications for the position of Artistic Director starting with the Fall/Spring 2024/2025 season. Candidate interviews will be scheduled during May/June, 2024 with select individuals invited to rehearse the chorus at an agreed upon time as part of the audition process. The successful candidate’s contract will be effective July 1, 2024, with actual Chorale rehearsals beginning in late August, 2024.
Chorale Coeur d’Alene was founded in 2001 as the Northwest Sacred Music Chorale. Our current performance roster numbers well over one hundred singers. Since its beginning, the Chorale has been led by a number of the region’s finest choral conductors. We sing a wide variety of sacred and secular choral literature from all musical periods.
Past performances have included Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Holst’s Short Festival Te Deum, the Bernstein Chichester Psalms, and many other major works. The recent season’s repertoire included works by such varied composers as Moses Hogan, Lloyd Larson, Morten Lauridsen, Rene’ Clausen, Joshua Shank, Daniel Lynch, Alice Parker and a work newly commissioned for the Chorale by Patti Drennan. The Chorale draws members and audiences from Eastern Washington and throughout the North Idaho Panhandle. We present three, sometimes four, concerts per season, each of multiple performances, in a variety of venues.
This is a part time, salaried position. The Artistic Director, working with the CCDA Board of Directors, is responsible for choosing all repertoires for each season, planning and conducting rehearsals, conducting concerts, and serving as Chorale Coeur d’Alene’s chief representative to both the community and the region. The Chorale rehearses weekly on Tuesday evenings from late August through mid-May. Compensation is negotiable. For further information please visit www.ChoraleCdA.com.
Please send letters of interest along with a current resume to bert@bertnewman.com no later than May 30th, 2024.
Best Regards,
W. D. Bert Newman
W.D. Bert Newman, Selection Committee Chair
3359 Falcon Ridge Court
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
(208) 699-2300
Artistic Director Job Description
1. The Artistic Director, hereafter the AD, or his representative, will attend the monthly meetings of the Board of Directors to report to the Board on upcoming concerts and related developments. The AD will also submit a written report to the Board Chair prior to each monthly meeting outlining any concerns, issues or requests that he (she) may have that need Board attention.
2. The AD will present to the Board a detailed proposed program outline for each season six months in advance of that season. This proposal will include the venues, all projected expenses for that season (sheet music, instrumentalists, soloists and other related expenses), and the performance dates of each of the concerts. With this information in hand the Board, at its regular meeting will consider this proposal and approve a tentative budget for that season. The Board will be notified in advance by the AD of any expenses arising which might exceed this projected budget.
3. The AD will plan these season’s programs with full consideration for the musical abilities of the Chorale, and the budgetary concerns of the organization.
4. The AD will plan the rehearsal schedule, and conduct the Chorale in regular Tuesday rehearsals from late August through May.
5. The AD will be responsible for the organization and content of each Chorale rehearsal, and will work toward a blended, well-supported sound from the members. Planned activities should include warm-up, work on trouble areas, and section rehearsals. Section rehearsals will be at the discretion of the AD.
6. The AD will hold auditions for prospective new members at the beginning of each Fall and Spring semester. Admittance into the Chorale will be the decision of the AD.
