River Lights Chorus is on a Director Search!

River Lights Chorus is a talented, active, competing member of Sweet Adelines International with a current membership of 20 singers. For the last two years the chorus has been under the direction of Sally Massen. We have been performing in the community, and our membership has stayed steady with Zoom and in-person rehearsals.

We are looking for a director (or interim director) who loves the barbershop four-part a cappella art form or would like to learn and who would be dedicated to working with us in pursuit of musical excellence. It is not required that our new director have barbershop experience if you are willing to take the time to use the resources available from our organization to enhance your director skills in this style of music.

Our new director would get a group of singers who want to continually improve our skills and our results in the regional competition. We are very proud to have come in 2nd place in our division in 2022. We also hold several performances each year for the community and for fundraising and need our director to be with us at these events.

The new director, in addition to financial compensation, would also benefit from being a member of the international organization of Sweet Adelines in many ways:

    a. Every year there is a week-long symposium in Antonio, Texas for Directors to take classes and participate in brainstorming with directors from around the globe.

    b. Twice a year there is an educational weekend at the regional level called AIM (Adventures in Music). Classes, round table discussions and performances offer many ways to gain new insight and enthusiasm for the barbershop art form.

     c. Access to the international and regional websites full of extensive resources to learn, grow and enrich our lives.

    d. Subscription to The Pitch Pipe magazine published 4 times a year, which is packed with barbershop tricks and tips, success stories, educational information and much more.

You won’t find a more enthusiastic and hard-working group of talented women. Checking out our website and Facebook page will give you an idea of who we are, what we do, and how much fun we have doing it. (www.riverlightschorus.com)

We currently rehearse on Tuesday nights from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. You are welcome to visit any time, we look forward to meeting you! Contact us for rehearsal location.

If you or someone you know would like to be considered for this position please contact us by email at riverlightschorus@gmail.com or call Liz Sakuma at 209-602-6565 or Judy Shaffer at 209-380-2244. If you are interested and would like to read more about the position, it can be found online at www.riverlightschorus.com/director-search.