FLAME (Families Learning Art & Music Education) is currently seeking a part-time choir director for the upcoming 2011-2012 academic year. Classes will meet on Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at LakeView Church in Stoughton, WI.

Job Title: Choir Director for Grades 1-5

Job Summary

The choir director will teach two classes, first and second grade choir (also known as Joy choir) and third through fifth grade choir (also known as Kingdom choir), which meet on Friday mornings during the school year. This teacher will instruct the students in vocal music and prepare them for a formal Christmas concert in December. A Christmas encore performance is scheduled on a weekend at the Madison Capitol. Classes reconvene in late January and will continue to meet on Friday mornings. In this semester, the teacher will continue to instruct classes in vocal music and to prepare them for a spring concert. The spring concerts include drama and choreography, which are coached by parents. These activities require the music instructor’s cooperation and clear communication with the parent coaches. The concert will be on a Friday evening with an encore performance the following week in the afternoon at a location to be announced.

Key Responsibilities:

• Agrees with FLAME’s Statement of Faith and conducts the class in a way that exemplifies FLAME’s Purpose Statement. (See http://homeschoolflame.org/about/faith-and-purpose.)
• Selects appropriate music for each group. May combine the Joy and Kingdom for the concerts.
• Instructs students in choral singing and age appropriate music theory.
• Prepares each group for their concerts, including leading extra practice sessions on Friday afternoons for soloists as needed.
• Works with parent audition committee to select students to perform solos and / or ensembles.
• Directs choirs at Christmas and spring encore performances.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Experience: Choral music experience and a desire to instruct and mentor children.
• Education: Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Music is preferred.

If you have any questions, you may contact Jody Delikat at delikat1-jody {-at-} usa.net with the subject heading FLAME choir director. Please send your résumé with a cover letter and no fewer than two references to Jody Delikat, 3529 Prairie Ave., Madison, WI 53714 or via email. FLAME will be accepting résumés until June 30, 2011.

Job Title: Choir Director

Job Summary:

The choir director will teach two classes, middle school choir and high school choir, which meet on Friday mornings during the school year. This teacher will instruct the students in vocal music and prepare them for a formal Christmas concert in December. A Christmas encore performance is scheduled on a weekend at the Madison Capitol. Classes reconvene in late January and will continue to meet on Friday mornings. In this semester, the teacher will continue to instruct classes in vocal music and to prepare them for a spring concert. The spring concerts include drama and choreography, which are coached by parents. These activities require the music instructor’s cooperation and clear communication with the parent coaches. The students in the high school choir will also take their show on a tour to Green Bay for an extended weekend. The middle school group will perform an encore locally on a weekday. The choir teacher is expected to travel with the high school choir on tour and to direct the middle school encore.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Agrees with FLAME’s Statement of Faith and conducts the class in a way that exemplifies FLAME’s Statement of Purpose. (See http://homeschoolflame.org/about/faith-and-purpose/.)
2. Selects appropriate music for each group.
3. Instructs students in choral singing and related music theory.
4. Prepares each group for their concerts, including leading extra practice sessions on Friday afternoons for soloists and ensembles.
5. Works with parent audition committee to select students to perform solos and/or ensembles.
6. Travels on tour with the high school choir.
7. Directs choirs at Christmas and spring encore performances.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Experience – Choral music experience and a desire to instruct and mentor youth.
• Education – Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Music is preferred.

To apply, please send your résumé with a cover letter and no fewer than two references to Jody Delikat at FLAME, P.O. Box 14233, Madison, WI 53708 or via email to delikat1-jody {at} usa {dot} net with the subject heading FLAME Choir Director. If you have any questions, you may contact Jody Delikat via email. FLAME will be accepting résumés until June 20, 2011.

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Thank you so much for standing behind us in prayer as we have searched for a new home. Our search has given us the opportunity to present FLAME to many churches in the Madison area and have had several favorable responses. After much prayer, site visits, board meetings and proposals we have decided to enter into a relationship with Lakeview Evangelical Free Church in Stoughton. They have a beautiful facility and have a history of positive interactions with the homeschool community. It also comes highly recommended from a few of our FLAME families.

There were many things that went into our decision. We wanted a place that would be big enough to host an organization of our size and preferred spaces where we could continue to offer not only choir and art but our quality auxiliary classes as well. We also felt that it was important to have a place where the church staff felt that we would be a good fit for their ministry and vice versa. FLAME has lots of families with young children who do not yet participate in classes and we felt that adequate nursery space was important in our decision as well.

Location was also an important part of our decision. Lakeview is approximately 32 minutes from Middleton, 31 minutes from Sun Prairie, and about 25 minutes from downtown Madison. We submitted proposals to several church boards, and three invited us to use their space.

Of the three churches that invited us to share space with them, Lakeview became our first choice for a number of reasons:

• Their hospitality was amazing. They quickly responded to our visit request, had already called Door Creek for references when we arrived on site and had brought up the decision with their board as well.
• Lakeview has a proven record of working with community groups as well as with homeschoolers. We are the biggest group that they have hosted, and we will need to be diligent in caring for the facility as they have one custodian. But they know what to expect from groups and how to serve them.
• Their facility is not only visually appealing but they had the best space, where we would not have to compromise and “make things work.”
• Their sanctuary, which seats a little over 400 people, is a possibility for spring concerts. Although they are too small for our Christmas program, we think that it would be nice for our students to be able to have a bit more practice time in the space before performing in the Spring.

We are excited about our relationship with Lakeview, and are trusting
that this will serve our community well. We are looking forward to
staring on Friday, September 10 in our new home. Please help us get the
word out and look for registration info soon.

Blessings
The Parent Advisory Committee