Bristol Plays Music Freelance Music Practitioner – Application Procedure
Project role: BPM Freelance Music Practitioner, Bristol Plays Music
Contract status: Freelance (self employed)
Hours: As required (please note there is no guarantee of work)
Rate of pay: £25 per hour (Senior Music Leader) / £20 per hour (Music Leader)
Next steps:
You should ensure that you have read the BPM Freelance Music Practitioner Project Brief before
completing the application process. All documents are available online at
www.bristolplaysmusic.org/about/jobs-and-opportunities
To apply you will need to submit the following:
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Your current CV
A BPM Freelance Music Practitioner Application form
An example of a lesson plan you will use in your teaching (instructions below)
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Please feel free to provide references and testimonials from previous assignments that you have
undertaken in addition to the reference contact details provided in your application. Please note
that we may take up this reference prior to short-listing.
Your application documents must be received by Friday 28th August 2015 at 5pm using one of the
following methods:
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E-mail: hr@bristolmusictrust.org.uk (use ‘Freelance Music Practitioner’ as the subject)
Post: HR Coordinator, Bristol Music Trust, Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, BS1 5AR
The application process is designed to ensure the high quality of our music education provision, and
enable us to shortlist suitable providers. If selected you will be invited to attend an interview and
provide a demonstration of your teaching and playing ability. Successful applicants will be required
to complete a skills audit questionnaire detailing their range of expertise in musical tuition and
group facilitation across various settings and age-groups. This will enable us to identify project work
most appropriate to your skill set. You will also be asked to provide evidence of the qualifications,
skills and experience you have outlined on your application and CV.
Please note that the application documents are confidential and will normally only be seen by those
who need to see them in order to recruit and select. However, Bristol Music Trust audits its
recruitment and procurement processes and we must therefore inform you that our auditors may
require access to all our files for auditing purposes.
Bristol Music Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities.
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Freelance Music Practitioner – Lesson Plan Brief
Remix Academy:
Vocal Collective
Digital Collective
Instrumental Collective
The Vocal, Digital & Instrumental Collectives allow participants to explore a specific discipline – and
the diverse possibilities of each - as a tool for creative expression. The use of the terms vocal, digital
and instrumental to describe the three projects is purposefully broad, as we would encourage
applicants to devise innovative approaches to non-formal music education within the respective
context.
Vocal Collective - An opportunity for a group of young musicians to explore the voice as an
instrument, and the diverse possibilities of its use as a tool for creative expression.
Digital Collective – An opportunity for a group of young musicians to explore and develop
themselves within the varied world of digital music making.
Instrumental Collective – An opportunity for a group of young musicians to develop existing skills,
and explore inventive and creative ensemble music making.
The projects will run as weekly 2 hour sessions in 10-week cycles which happen 3 times over the
academic year, Oct-Dec, Jan-Mar and Apr-Jul. Each 10-week project will focus on a different subject
and needs to be responsive to potential tie-ins with Colston Hall’s artistic programme as well as
community collaborations with other organisations and local events.
Being part of a collective offers participants an opportunity to develop specific skills as well as
creating a collaborative learning environment, in which achievement and excellence are measured in
terms of personal progress. No specific benchmark of ability is required; it is more important that
each young musician is able to demonstrate a commitment to his or her own development. In order
to facilitate this we aim to create an environment of ownership and young person led learning,
through engaging and aspirational leadership.
Outline of Lesson Plan proposal (approx. 500 words)
Please state which project you are applying for (Vocal, Digital or Instrumental Collective) and submit
a brief overview of an example 10-week lesson plan for the project.
The plan should follow the below structure:
 Subject: description of focus i.e. genre, era, specific artist or practitioner, culture and/or
musical tradition
 Activities: breakdown of the delivery content week by week
 Resources: demonstrate an understanding of appropriate resources and equipment
required for successful delivery
The plan should also acknowledge:
 Arts Awards and the elements of: inspiration, exploration, creation and presentation
 National Curriculum and aspects of: technique, theory, improvisation, composition and
performance
 Youth Music Quality Framework
If you have any questions relating to this document please contact:
Owen Parry – Education Programme Coordinator
owen.parry@bristolplaysmusic.org / 0117 204 7320