Job Description:
As Music Leader, you will lead and conduct rehearsals at the Midlands Arts Centre from September 2025 - June 2026. You will respond to the specific needs and requirements of the young musicians, guiding their musical and artistic development in line with NOYO expectations. YOU will work closely with the regional ensemble and MAC Makes Music, as well as assisting OpenUp Music with national delivery of NOYO.

This role is paid at £37 per hour, with an estimated 230 hours for the year.

About National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO):

The National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO) is a world first, an ambitious orchestra launched in September 2018 to give some of the UK's most talented young disabled musicians a progression route. It promotes musical excellence, empowering disabled and non-disabled musicians aged 11-25 to rehearse and perform together as members of a pioneering ensemble.

There are currently five NOYO Centre's: Birmingham, Bristol, Bournemouth, Cardiff and London, where young disabled and non-disabled musicians meet once a month to rehearse together in regional groups. The full National Open Youth Orchestra meets once a year each April for a residential, before performing a series of summer concerts.

Some of the National Open Youth Orchestra musicians play acoustic instruments; others, electronic instruments like the Clarion, which can be played with the movement of any part of the body including the eyes.

The Birmingham NOYO Centre is a partnership between Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), and Services For Education. There are currently 11 young people who are members of the Birmingham regional group, who meet once a month for rehearsals. For half of the year, the rehearsals take place at MAC.

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