arts jobs, opportunities & funding
calls for scores, music jobs & free creative courses
A round-up of some of the arts jobs available at the moment, as well as open calls for composers, and funding pots for musical and creative projects. All opportunities below share the salary. We send an updated round of opportunities out every fortnight in our newsletter, so make sure to join our mailing list to receive it directly to your inbox as soon as it’s published. If your organisation has a job or opportunity available, you are welcome to submit it using our opportunities form.
This page was last updated on 21st January 2025 and is usually updated every fortnight. opportunities included in this list are not endorsement.
arts jobs
Apply by 4 February, salary: £25,700 per annum
A paid, full-time, year-long trainee position for a digital native to establish their career in the classical music industry.
0-1 days a week, freelance & one-off projects:
Freelance events producer at orchestra ~ freelance communications specialist at culture collective ~ primary curriculum music teachers ~ instrumental music tutor in primary schools ~ woodwind, voice and primary classroom curriculum music teachers
1-2 days a week:
Curriculum leader (general musicianship) for socially-driven music programme ~ marketing manager at creative company ~ piano teacher in Ashford and Maidstone ~ music technology teacher ~ brass teacher ~ piano teacher in West Kent ~ piano teacher in Hertfordshire
2-3 days a week:
Major gift manager at choir ~ production coordinator at festival ~ music writers officer at musicians' union
3-4 days a week:
Opera producer ~ learning and outreach manager (radio) at music hub ~ digital community manager at charity for performing arts parents
Full-time:
Marketing & development manager at festival ~ trusts and foundations manager ~ head of development at baroque orchestra ~ development and events coordinator at baroque orchestra ~ county programmes administrator at music hub ~ resident graduate assistant in performing arts with specialism in music ~ executive assistant at orchestra ~ assistant head of music at hub ~ cathedral organist and artistic director of organ festival ~ producer at music education charity
Composing opportunities:
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Award for composers aged 40+ ~ composition prize for students enrolled in state education ~ call for scores: songs by trans/non-binary composers ~ composition competition for 11-18 year olds ~ composers currently based in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship ~ young composers programme (aged 18+) ~ early-career composers ~ composition award (no age limit) ~ composers born after 1st September 2006 at a UK secondary school ~ award for composers under 25 ~ composer development scheme for emerging composers ~ call for proposals to be performed in April 2025 (no fee)
performing opportunities:
Professional vocalists for a beatboxing theatre show that centres neurodiversity and marginalised genders ~ perform at a festival (musicians under 21) ~ musicians for pop-up performances on bus ~ repetiteurs for young artists’ programme ~ award for singers under 28 ~ apply to perform at a festival as an amateur musician ~ emerging artists scheme ~ singers and musicians to perform at funerals ~ applications are open for the National Youth Wind Orchestra ~ free instrumental and vocal clinics for all non-professional musicians of any age ~ festival call-out for musicians whose performance includes innovative use of visuals
Academic opportunities:
Call for participation: symposium on large-scale form in the music of 19th-century women composers
Other opportunities:
Fellowship for exceptional leaders in the cultural sector ~ introduction to choral conducting programme (fully funded) ~ donate a second-hand musical instrument ~ collaborative piano fellowship at music college ~ historical keyboard fellowship at music college ~ finance trustee for music in prisons charity
Funding
£500 to support the preparation and development of an opera, choral or classical singer ~ £3,000-£10,000 for Scottish individuals, organisations and creative businesses ~ £1,500-£5,000 scholarships for adult musicians ~ up to £3,000 for early-stage musicians up to £15,000 conservatoire fellowships ~ scholarship or bursary to research Elgar and his music ~ up to £1,000 for the performance of works of British composers ~ funding for the performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional composers active in the last 100 years ~ funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
