12/28/2025
Job posting alert! The Alto Section Leader & Soloist is one of four section leaders (SATB) who, along with the conductor and piano accompanist, supports and anchors the VJFC in rehearsals and performances throughout the choir season. Section leaders play an important role in improving the singing experience for amateur choir members. As pillars of our community choir, section leaders share their talents, knowledge, and love of choral singing with other members and act as mentors by helping others learn the music and develop their skills.
The successful candidate will be a community-oriented person who enjoys singing with other people in a choir setting and is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive space for members and audiences. The position starts immediately and runs until mid-June, with the possibility of extension for the next season.
Apply at https://www.peretz-centre.org/post/job-posting-alto-section-leader-soloist-vancouver-jewish-folk-choir-2025
The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir (est. 1980) is hiring a new Alto Section Leader & Soloist to support and anchor our friendly community choir's rehearsals and performances throughout the season (Sep-Jun)!
✴️ Position starts immediately at $30/hour (open until filled)
✴️ Weekly rehearsals on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-9pm
✴️ Share your talents, knowledge, and love of choral singing with other members
✴️ Act as a mentor by helping others learn the music and develop their skills
✴️ Create a welcoming and inclusive space for members and audiences
We encourage applicants from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.
Read the full job posting at our website site and apply: https://www.peretz-centre.org/post/job-posting-alto-section-leader-soloist-vancouver-jewish-folk-choir-2025
***ABOUT VJFC***
The Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir is an amateur, non-audition choir that learns and performs a repertoire ranging from traditional Jewish folk songs to more sophisticated cantatas and other longer works (mid-level).
Founded at the Peretz Institute (now the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture) in 1980 by Searle Friedman, we are committed to three core missions:
✴️ Providing an open, welcoming place to sing for all levels of ability;
✴️ Maintaining Yiddish and other Jewish languages;
✴️ Contributing to a progressive vision of what Jewish culture can be.
With members from different cultural and faith backgrounds from their 20s to 80s, and a long history of overlapping with the LGBTQ+ community and many q***r and trans members, the VJFC creates a welcoming, safe, and supportive multi-cultural space where people of all abilities and backgrounds can be in community, learn about Jewish music and languages, and build bridges with other folk music traditions.
We stand with the long revolutionary Yiddish history of advocating for peace. Learn more here: https://www.peretz-centre.org/vancouver-jewish-folk-choir
