TucsonStage Blog: Tucson: ATC seeks a Musical Director and a Choreographer for its Tucson Summer on Stage program

Monday, April 23, 2007

Tucson: ATC seeks a Musical Director and a Choreographer for its Tucson Summer on Stage program

See to job listings below:

From: Samantha Wyer [mailto:swyer@arizonatheatre.org]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 1:21 PM

Arizona Theatre Company, A LORT-B theatre in its 40^th season, seeks a choreographer for its Tucson Summer on Stage program. This five-week acting-intensive program introduces high school students to both the process and products of professional theatre. Students are educated through classroom work and an intensive rehearsal process which leads to two fully-mounted productions. The Choreographer will work closely with the Artistic Director, Program Director, Director, Production Staff and other Instructors to accomplish the mission of educating young people through daily instruction, class work and the process of creating a theatrical piece. Responsibilities include choreographing a full musical with up to 40 actors, teaching daily dance and movement classes on the fundamentals of dance to students of varying ability levels, and serve as a mentor for Teaching Assistants as well as an ambassador for Summer on Stage for the public and press when needed. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to interact in a positive manner with young people, experience teaching and choreographing high school students in musicals, experience teaching movement/dance classes to varying experience levels, knowledge of the rehearsal process and inner workings of a professional theatre, and excellent communication skills. The program runs from July 2 to August 4, 2007. Deadline for Applications: May 15^th. To apply, please send resume, letter of interest with salary requirement and two letters of reference to: Arizona Theatre Company, Summer on Stage Employment, PO Box 1631, Tucson, AZ 85702.

Position Responsibilities:

Instruct students on a daily basis the fundamentals of dance

Teach possible additional class as determined by Program Director

Choreograph a musical as determined by ATC Artistic Staff

Contribute to the artistic vision of a theatrical work approved by the Artistic Director

Communicate artistic vision to ATC production and collaborate on a variety of production ideas and adhere to production guidelines including scope and budget

Create and maintain daily and weekly project goals

Collaborate with Director and Musical Director to create a cohesive musical production

Serve as a mentor for Teaching Assistants

Serve as an ambassador for Summer on Stage for the public and press when needed

Other duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

Strong ability to interact in a positive manner with young people

Experience teaching and choreographing high school students in musicals

Experience teaching movement/dance classes to varying experience levels

Knowledge of the rehearsal process

Knowledge of the inner workings of a professional theatre

Excellent communication skills

Samantha K. Wyer

Associate Artistic Director / Education Director

Arizona Theatre Company

PO Box 1631

Tucson AZ 85702

(520) 884-8210 ext.8502

(520) 631-3030 cell

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Arizona Theatre Company

Summer on Stage

Musical Director Job Description

Arizona Theatre Company, A LORT-B theatre in its 40^th season, seeks a Music Director for its Tucson Summer on Stage program. This five-week acting-intensive program introduces high school students to both the process and products of professional theatre. Students are educated through classroom work and an intensive rehearsal process which leads to two fully-mounted productions. The Music Director will work closely with the Artistic Director, Program Director, Director, Production Staff and other Instructors to accomplish the mission of educating young people through daily instruction, class work and the process of creating a theatrical piece. Responsibilities include directing group and solo musical numbers for a full musical with up to 40 actors, assist in teaching daily singing classes on the fundamentals of voice to students of varying ability levels, and serve as a mentor for Teaching Assistants as well as an ambassador for Summer on Stage for the public and press when needed. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to interact in a positive manner with young people, experience teaching and musically directing high school students in musicals, experience teaching voice and music classes to varying experience levels, experience working with local musicians to create a pit orchestra, knowledge of musical arranging, knowledge of the rehearsal process and inner workings of a professional theatre, and excellent communication skills. The program runs from July 2 to August 4, 2007. Application deadline: May 15^th. To apply, please send resume, letter of interest with salary requirement and two letters of reference to: Arizona Theatre Company, Summer on Stage Employment, PO Box 1631, Tucson, AZ 85702.

Position Responsibilities:

Instruct students on a daily basis the fundamentals of singing

Teach possible additional classes as determined by Program Director

Musical direct a musical as determined by Director and ATC Artistic Staff

Conduct music rehearsals as a part of the musical production team

Communicate artistic vision to ATC production and collaborate on a variety of production ideas and adhere to production guidelines including scope and budget

Collaborate with other Instructors and Directors to maintain project goals

Serve as a mentor for Teaching Assistants

Instruct students on maintaining daily, weekly and overall musical program journals

Serve as an ambassador for Summer on Stage for the public and press when needed

Other duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

Strong ability to interact in a positive manner with young people

Experience teaching and musical directing high school students in musicals

Experience working with local musicians to create pit orchestra

Knowledge of Musical Arrangement