Assistant Conductor

Location: Los Altos,California,United States

Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley is seeking an Assistant Conductor, Training Division Director for the 2026-2027 Season.

Position Overview

A member of Cantabile’s artistic team, the Assistant Conductor (AC) works closely with the Associate Conductor and reports to the Artistic Director. The AC is a dynamic choral conductor, expert teacher, and passionate educator with an excellent record of cultivating the vocal and musical skills of children ages 5-12 with diverse musical abilities, skills, and experience.

The AC is responsible for curriculum, administration, repertoire, and performance of Cantabile’s Training Division (singers ages 6-11). The AC plans, develops, and teaches the Training Division Summer Camp and manages Cantabile’s Fall Retreat. The AC acts as manager of off-site collaborations with professional arts organizations.

The AC will work a hybrid on-site (Los Altos, CA)/remote schedule. Rehearsals currently take place during the week, in the afternoon and evenings. Although Cantabile maintains regular business hours, rehearsals, performances, and other educational and concert programming often take place in the evenings and on weekends. The anticipated start date is July 15th, 2026.

Other responsibilities include working collaboratively with the Associate Conductor and Artistic Director to select repertoire; cultivating relationships and communicating with Cantabile families; communicating and working with the collaborative pianists and guest musicians; and modeling the skills necessary to be a professional performer.

Strong Candidates Will Possess the Following Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in music education, choral conducting, or music performance, or the equivalent
• Minimum of three years of successful experience teaching music to children, and experience cultivating vocal and musical skills in students of elementary school age
• Orff and Kodály training with successful teaching application
• Exemplary personal musicianship, vocal and conducting skills, and classroom management
• Intermediate keyboard/accompaniment skills
• Experience in teaching a wide variety of music styles
• Demonstrated ability to work collegially with children, parents, and organizational staff 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously using professional judgment, discretion, and tact 

• Administrative skills that include: music preparation, parent communication, registration, attendance, etc.

• Intermediate proficiency in office software (Microsoft or Google), including email, word processing, and spreadsheets

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in an arts nonprofit organization. 
• Experience integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into organizational decision-making.

Physical Requirements

This position performs its duties in an indoor rehearsal and stage environment.  You must be able to perform the following duties with or without accommodation:

• Stand, sit, kneel, walk, bend, and perform repetitive motions for the duration of an assigned shift.
• Ability to regularly use multiple modes of transportation to travel to job-related meetings, rehearsals, performance and events, both nationally and internationally.
• Traverse safely throughout each facility leased by Cantabile
• Safely lift, move, and transport items weighing up to 25 lbs. in and out of vehicles.
• Communicate in a clear speaking voice to instruct classes

Compensation & Benefits

This is a full-time, exempt position, with an annual salary of seventy-one thousand to eighty thousand dollars ($71,000.00-$80,000.00) to be paid in bi-monthly installments, plus an additional stipend of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) annually in lieu of benefits, ten Cantabile holidays, te