A round-up of some of the arts jobs available in the UK, as well as open calls for composers, performing call-outs and academic positions. Sign up for our fortnightly newsletter to be notified when the page is updated. If you find this page useful, please consider donating £3 towards website costs by buying us a coffee.

Opportunities included in this list are not endorsement. All job opportunities below share the salary. The deadline to apply to each opportunity can be found in brackets. Organisations can submit jobs, opportunities and funding pots here.

arts jobs

0-1 days a week, freelance & one-off or casual projects:

• Digital content creator at coaching business (27 April)

• In person access PA to executive coach (27 April)

• Director of choirs at university (1 May)

• Early years music teacher (26 June)

• Music therapist in London (rolling deadline)

1-2 days a week:

• Assistant teaching professor in music at university (13 April)

2-3 days a week:

• Executive director of ensemble (8 May)

3-4 days a week:

• Programme & relationship manager at young musicians’ charity (2 April)

• General manager at choral foundation (10 April)

Full-time:

• Venue assistant / charity administrator at small venue (7 April)

• Director of artistic administration at opera company (7 April)

• Box office and data manager at arts venue (10 April)

• Assistant artist manager at agency (10 April)

• Membership marketing manager at arts venue (12 April)

• Project leader for choir project (13 April)

• Operations and data officer at youth choir (15 April)

• Programmes manager at orchestra (19 April)

• Projects coordinator at orchestra (20 April)

• Individual giving manager at orchestra (20 April)

• Director of programmes at youth organisation (22 April)

• Head of individual giving at opera company (22 April)

• Tour and project manager at chamber orchestra (7 June)

• Customer account manager at education provider (rolling)

• Website project manager at digital agency (rolling)

• Website designer at digital agency (rolling)

Composing opportunities:

All composition prizes and schemes included here are free to enter.

• Brand-new Composers’ Hub

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• Composition competition for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (full quartet) (24 April)

• Composition competition for 15-18 year olds (26 April)

• Submit an original musical setting of the Agnus Dei (4 May)

• Composition competition for works up to 20 minutes (1 June)

• Carillon composition proposal contest (16 June)

• Carillon composition competition (1 November)

• Submit your music to Concert Roulette (rolling deadline)

• Submit your music to Opera Roulette (rolling deadline)

• Call-out for existing work for 6–25 players (string orchestra+ or mixed instrumentations) (rolling deadline)

performing opportunities:

• Musicians aged 18-26 in Sussex who are studying for, or planning to study for a career in music (24 April)

• Director of choirs at university (1 May)

• Choral scholarship in Manchester for 14-19 year olds

• Open call for touring studio shows for Spring/Summer 2026

• Online mentoring community for professional classical singers

• Submit your performance to Concert Roulette (rolling deadline)

• Submit your performance to Opera Roulette (rolling deadline)

teaching opportunities:

• Junior fellow in viola at music college (17 April)

• Music tutors in Solihull (26 April)

• Early years music teacher (26 June)

• Guitar & percussion teachers in Berkshire

• Voice teacher in Berkshire

• Choir leader in Berkshire

• Woodwind tutor in Camden

• Curriculum music teachers (primary) in London

• Strings, trumpet, piano and woodwind teachers in Wandsworth

Academic opportunities:

• Associate professorship of music (7 April)

• Three full-time fully funded PhD studentships (10 April)

• Assistant teaching professor in music at university (13 April)

• Director of choirs at university (1 May)

• Visiting lecturer at conservatoire (30 September)

• Call for feminist academics/storytellers/activists/her-storians to give a lecture (rolling)

• Research survey for teachers of performing arts

• Take part in PhD research on disordered eating in musicians

• Parents/carers of musical learners aged 11-18: take part in research

• Call for neurodivergent musicians to take part in research

• Call for neurodivergent audience members to take part in research

Other opportunities:

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• Join a leadership development programme for disabled working class artists and producers living and working in the East Midlands (6 April)

• Awards for alumni of the University of Cambridge (19 April)

• Chair of music college (30 April)

• Chair of charity supporting parents in performing arts (11 May)

• Fully-funded residency for artists who work across multiple disciplines and media (29 June)

• Donate a second-hand musical instrument

Funding & bursaries

Find a list of the funding pots and bursaries that are currently open for applications on our new arts funding hub! Opportunities open at the moment include:

• Up to £5,000 to develop outstanding music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career

• Up to £5,000 to commission works and performances

• Funding for performances of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams

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