Job Opportunities

  • Brooklyn Youth Chorus is seeking a part-time Program Assistant to serve as rehearsal managers, front desk attendant, and to provide general program administrative support. When scheduled in a rehearsal manager capacity, program assistants are responsible for overseeing drop-off and pick-up, taking attendance, monitoring chorister behavior before, during, and after rehearsal, helping with classroom logistics such as music distribution, etc. When scheduled as the front desk attendant, program assistants are responsible for greeting guests and parents, answering the phone, program emails, and other administrative work. 

    Program assistants are expected to work Brooklyn Youth Chorus’s annual winter and spring all-school concerts each of which takes place over multiple days.  The next set of these performances, Holiday Harmonies, is on December 13, 2025, and Spring Sings, is tentatively set for May 15-16, 2026. 

    This position reports directly to the Director of Program Operations and will run from September 2025 to May/June 2026 with the possibility to be renewed after June 2026 for future seasons.

    WEEKLY SCHEDULE

    Front Desk Attendant

    • Thursdays: 2:30-7:30PM - 179 Pacific St

    Additional Opportunities

    • Substituting shifts, as available

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Belief in the mission and core values of Brooklyn Youth Chorus

    • Experience working with young people from diverse backgrounds 

    • Ability to establish strong working relationships with colleagues, choristers, and families

    • Strong written and verbal communication skills

    • Knowledge of and ability to read music preferred

    • Teaching experience (music education field) is preferred

    • Facility and competency working with and/or learning myriad digital communications, database, and music-related technologies and platforms including any of the following: Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Mailchimp, and FileMaker preferred

    • Bachelor’s Degree in music, music education, and/or arts administration preferred

    • For those with an interest in choral music education and/or conducting, this position may include apprenticeship opportunities in Brooklyn Youth Chorus’s trademarked Cross-Choral Training pedagogy

    SALARY/RATE OF PAY

    $20 per hour

    EQUITY & INCLUSION

    Brooklyn Youth Chorus is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all areas including artistic and education programs and recruitment of choristers, volunteers, staff, and its Board of Trustees.

    We stand for absolute respect for each individual; an appreciation and understanding of the broad spectrum of all our differences be they cultural, racial, religious, socio-economic, or based on sexual identity, gender, physical or intellectual ability; and the ability to experience bonds of friendship through the joy of music. We celebrate open-mindedness and critical thinking, and seek to create opportunities for students to explore and embrace these important values together. We recognize that a diverse community is an asset that must be continually cared for, preserved, and enhanced, with constant attention, for the benefit of all its members.

    APPLICATION 

    Please submit a resume, cover letter, and at least two professional references here: 

    https://form.jotform.com/252625195181155

    Only candidates under consideration will be contacted. No calls, please. EOE.