No.6, First Violin
Thank you for your interest in the above post. Here below, in summary form, is some information which may be helpful.
The Hallé
Associated Artists
The Post
Salary and Benefits
The Recruitment Process
Contacts
Closing date
Download an application form
The Hallé
The Hallé, Britain’s longest-established professional symphony orchestra, was founded by the pianist and composer Charles Hallé, and gave its first concert in Manchester’s Free Trade Hall in 1858. The Hallé has a permanent contract strength of 80 players (though regularly plays at 90 ), and gives between 75 and 80 concerts each year in its home, the Bridgewater Hall, some of which are repeated programmes. The Hallé also performs around another 50 concerts outside Manchester in venues throughout the UK and overseas.
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Associated Artists
Music Director, Mark Elder, only the 9th principal conductor in the Hallé’s long history, is in his eighth season with the orchestra and conducts around 30% of the Hallé’s programmes. The orchestra frequently tours abroad and there are future plans for tours to Prague, South America, Germany, Austria and Spain.
Ewa Strusinska has just been appointed as Assistant (Young) Conductor; she will work closely with Mark Elder and take direct responsibility for the Hallé Youth Orchestra.
Lyn Fletcher is the Leader and Paul Barritt is the Permanent Guest Leader of the orchestra.
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The Post
As No.6, First Violin you will sit up to No.5 and occasionally No.4 as and when required. There are 14 contract First Violins and positions 1 to 6 are numbered.
The orchestra’s new contract guarantees a minimum of 430 sessions or calls in a year (job-share minimum 215 sessions). A session will be not more than 3 hours and often less (e.g. a concert which are normally 2 hours). This is also the maximum that you will be required to undertake without your agreement and additional pay. There are checks and balances in place to prevent overwork such as a maximum number of sessions in a day (2), a week (12) and a free day structure, which equates to 2 days a week free plus statutory holidays etc. Up to 10% of sessions may be taken off, without pay, by agreement with the Concerts Director. The orchestra break for 5 weeks paid holiday in the summer, usually in one period.
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Salary and Benefits
The Salary for this position is Ł28,892 per annum (currently under review). Other benefits include a contributory pension scheme and a health insurance scheme. The Hallé also insures members of the orchestra's instruments.
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The recruitment process
All applicants, wherever possible, will be given an audition. We may be unable to offer auditions to all players who apply and, if this is the case, players’ CVs, including references, and past professional experience will be taken into account.
Following a successful audition, applicants will be invited in on a trial basis for rehearsals and concerts. This may be for more than one period of work. The successful candidate will, at some stage, have played under the direction of Mark Elder.
Some players may also be recruited for trial periods with the orchestra without audition; however, in such circumstances, they will still be required to give an audition at some point in the selection process (probably during or following one of the trial periods).
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Contacts
Those directly responsible for dealing with your application and trial period etc. are:
Alex Swift, Assistant Orchestra Manager
For information on the application process, auditions and violin trial periods
alex.swift@halle.co.uk
Tom Baxter, Orchestra Manager
For those who are asked to undertake trial periods (e.g. date, fees etc.)
tom.baxter@halle.co.uk
Stuart Kempster, Concerts Director
Who heads the Department and will give any information you require at the later stages of recruitment.
stuart.kempster@halle.co.uk
All of the above can be contacted through the Hallé switchboard on 44 (0) 161 237 7000.
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Closing date
The closing date for this post is Thursday 22 May 2008.
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