Head of Vocal Studies

The Guildhall School seeks to appoint a Head of Vocal Studies to lead our world-renowned vocal department. We are looking for an outstanding educator who celebrates tradition and encourages innovation, who promotes and encourages a range of teaching styles and who is broad-minded about the artistic and career choices available to our students.
The new head will lead faculty and students, the curriculum and the performance programme, working in close collaboration with the Head of Opera and other leaders across the Music Division. They will manage the vocal team, including the Deputy and Associate Heads of Vocal Studies, and the department’s teaching staff.
The ideal candidate will be a highly accomplished vocal practitioner with extensive experience of conservatoire-level teaching and of higher education leadership. They will have specific knowledge and experience of Western classical vocal music and opera, and they will have the capacity to embrace diverse cultural influences, contemporary trends and new directions for the future of vocal performance.
They will bring creative energy and vision, dedication to performer health and wellbeing, and a commitment to driving efforts towards diversity, equity and inclusion in our vocal community and curriculum. They will have the ability to connect the School with musical networks at local, national and international levels and will possess the high level of management experience and skill necessary to oversee a major department. They will also be expected to contribute collaboratively to the creative direction of Guildhall’s wider Music Division.