Trondheim Vocal Ensemble

Trondheim Vocal Ensemble is seeking Tenor (60% job share).

Auditions: September 15 & 16, 2022.

Start date: January 1, 2023 or by agreement

Application deadline: August 24, 2022

Responsibilities will include:

- A capella singing.

- Participation in services and concerts in Nidaros Cathedral.

- Participation in Trondheim Symphony Orchestra’s opera and concert productions.

- Evening and weekend work, as well as work during church holidays, including Christmas and Easter, must be expected.

As an ensemble singer, you will enjoy:

- An exciting and rewarding job with professional colleagues in a professional environment.

- Predictable work load.

- A designated hall for ensemble rehearsals.

- Access to dressing rooms and a cantine.

- Access to rehearsal rooms around the clock.

- The opportunity to be a part of and influence a choir at the highest level.

- Varied repertoire within different genres.

- TSO as employer.

- Wages and working conditions regulated by a collective agreement between Creo and TSO.

- Hybrid pension, good insurance schemes and occupational health service.

We expect:

- High professional level; theoretical, technical and musical.

- The ability to perform on a high level with a short rehearsal time.

- Great degree of independence in preparation for rehearsals.

- Sufficient language comprehension to be able to perform a Norwegian/Nordic repertoire.

- That you participate, musically and socially, in a small ensemble and understand what is expected of an ensemble singer.

- That performances with liturgical repertoire in the church is not an obstacle.

- That Trondheim Vocal Ensemble is your main musical project.

Auditions: September 15 & 16, 2022. Selected candidates will be invited to audition on the basis of their CV and audio files. The audio files must be MP3s or a link to YouTube, and can be no longer than seven minutes. Please prepare two pieces, one operatic and one oratorio aria, for the audition’s first part. Sheet music in pdf format must be attached to the application alongside sound file and CV. Score on mandatory choir excerpts will be sent out one week prior to the actual audition. You will also be auditioned in prima vista and ensemble singing. The entire audition will be completed in one day for the individual candidate. We provide an accompanist.

Frank Runar Gansmo - frankrunar@tso.no

Application form: https://www.tso.no/om-tso/jobb-i-tso/ledige-stillinger/ledig-stilling