Music & Sound Jobs & Opportunities

Mobile Classic Hits DJ

Organisation/person name: 
Retro DJ's
Job summary: 
mobile DJ
Key skills sought: 

classic hits knowledge and great DJing ability (although some training can be provided), should be good communicator with people from all walks of life

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Monday, 31 December 2012

Kiwiarta concerts, festivals and other events

Organisation/person name: 
Kiwiarta
Job summary: 
All Lead and backup bands, solos, dancers and all other performers are welcome to apply here
Key skills sought: 

If you can...sing in tune, play an instrument, move to the rythm,  then thats all you need to apply.

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Band Rehearsal Space Available

Organisation/person name: 
Nautilus Creative Space
Job summary: 
Band Rehearsal Space, CHEAP!
Key skills sought: 

musicians

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Saturday, 2 June 2012

Poets, Musicians, Muses, Actors, Creatives

Organisation/person name: 
Experimental Poets Society
Job summary: 
Seeking artists interested in experimental poetics.
Key skills sought: 

Gets on well with other artists, likes to create, generate, and experiment with ideas. Wants to bring those ideas to life with a fun group of nice people. 

 

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Saturday, 23 June 2012

Tukituki Instruments Promo Video/Audio

Organisation/person name: 
Tukituki Instruments
Job summary: 
A video showing street musicians playing and dancing, using my percussion product. I make Cajon drums. I want to market them as a modern instrument with appeal to HipHop culture, musicans and youth.
Key skills sought: 

Director/Video editing 

Dancer/s

Grafitti or other visual artist (digital or otherwise) perhaps.

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Friday, 1 June 2012

Volunteers needed at The Old Library

Organisation/person name: 
The Old Library Arts Center
Job summary: 
Volunteers needed at the Old Library Arts Center
Key skills sought: 

willingness to help ! happy disposition, enjoys art , music and theater, wants to build skills in exhibition hanging and events.

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Sunday, 27 January 2013

Musical Entertainer

Organisation/person name: 
Wellington Zoo
Job summary: 
If you are person with musical talets who loves animals and interacting with children we would love to hear from you!
Key skills sought: 
  •  Musical ability – play an instrument
  • Ability to interact with children
  • Outgoing
  • Good command of English
This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 1 January 2013

PR/Promotion/Marketing/Audience Development

Organisation/person name: 
Auckland Youth Orchestra
Job summary: 
We are looking for people to help us with marketing, media and website development
Key skills sought: 

Studying/experience in marketing/PR

Email/internet literate

Creative thinker, enthusiastic 

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Thursday, 14 June 2012

Do you create Rad Things?

Organisation/person name: 
the Captains Post
Job summary: 
Interesting Creatives
Key skills sought: 

Quality Creatives

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Monday, 30 July 2012

Musicians to perform in Auckland.

Organisation/person name: 
Visual Base Media
Job summary: 
Perform on Visual Base TV
Key skills sought: 

Sing, Rap, play instrument.

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Thursday, 19 July 2012

Bands or Venues need an act to open a night?

Organisation/person name: 
Mark
Job summary: 
I'm a solo artist looking for gigs in Wellington. Can open up a night for a band or play on a specific night
Key skills sought: 

Bands and Venues who need someone to play

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Kaupapa Maori Musician

Organisation/person name: 
Auckland Museum
Job summary: 
Casual Kaupapa Maori Musicians to perform at Auckland Museum’s Acoustic Sessions
Key skills sought: 

Various talents sought, all ages, whether solo, roopu or whanau.

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Thursday, 21 June 2012

Seeking Musicians

Organisation/person name: 
Amelie Distel
Job summary: 
Seeking musicians and writers
Key skills sought: 

Musicians Synth

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Monday, 31 December 2012

Scripts Wanted for International Audiences

Organisation/person name: 
Like Minds Like Mine
Job summary: 
Write a script that creatively shifts attitudes about mental-health problems. See it professionally produced at Q Theatre or watch it come to life at regional reTHiNK events around the world.
Key skills sought: 

Creativity, Written Communication

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Cast, Crew, Directors Wanted

Organisation/person name: 
Like Minds Like Mine
Job summary: 
Sign up to perform in, direct or crew for a regional Like Minds Big reTHiNK event
Key skills sought: 

Performance 

Music

Song

Comedy

Dance

Choreography

Direction

Lighting

Sound

Set Design

Stage Hands

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Saturday, 30 June 2012

Perform to Visual Base TV.

Organisation/person name: 
Visual Base Media
Job summary: 
Visual Base TV is a Online broadcasting and video production services to nz's music and creative arts community
Key skills sought: 

Sing, Rap, Play instrument, Dance, Produce,

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Monday, 30 July 2012

University of Otago Arts Fellowships

Organisation/person name: 
University of Otago
Job summary: 
Enabling talented New Zealanders to explore their creativity
Key skills sought: 

Artists, composers, dancers and writers

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Saturday, 1 June 2013

Looking For Professional Drummer

Organisation/person name: 
Guitara-Lei
Job summary: 
Looking for a professional drummer
Key skills sought: 

A drummer that can groove and create dynamics opposite a click track (for live sync with computer)

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Thursday, 16 August 2012

Te Mangai Paho funding for reo Maori music

Organisation/person name: 
Creative New Zealand
Job summary: 
This year, Te Māngai Paho (TMP) is looking for proposals in three areas – Album/Compilation, EP and Single. From these areas, TMP intends to fund 93 tracks with each track being 70%+ te reo Māori.
Key skills sought: 

See Job Description for details

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Call for Artists

Organisation/person name: 
Art in the Dark
Job summary: 
Call for artists, designers, performers and musicians
Key skills sought: 

artists

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Friday, 1 June 2012

Gallery seeks exhibition proposals

Organisation/person name: 
Space Gallery & Studios
Job summary: 
Space Studio & Gallery are seeking proposals for their exhibition programme July-December 2012
Key skills sought: 

Arts Experience, ability to install your own work, or comprehensive instructions for installation

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Monday, 31 December 2012

Internship for Event Organiser

Organisation/person name: 
Flawless7 Agency
Job summary: 
This position is for someone who is very organised & passionate about the Media Industry.
Key skills sought: 

Know how to use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word & Microsoft Powerpoint

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Monday, 30 July 2012

Associate Principal Viola

Organisation/person name: 
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Job summary: 
Associate Principal Viola
Key skills sought: 

Exceptional musical and technical ability

Professional standard of behaviour

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Monday, 30 July 2012

Calling entries for APRA Silver Scroll Award

Organisation/person name: 
Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
Job summary: 
APRA Silver Scroll Awards- call for entries
Key skills sought: 

Songwriters

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Artist's for music video

Organisation/person name: 
Visual Base Media
Job summary: 
Artist's with original songs to audition for video.
Key skills sought: 

Singing, rapping

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Musician/s

Organisation/person name: 
Rose
Job summary: 
musician/s to jam with (open to different kinds of instruments)
Key skills sought: 

Musical ability

Ability or desire to collaborate

Keen to have fun and be creative

Interested in social critique

 

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Associate Principal Cello (sitting No.2)

Organisation/person name: 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Job summary: 
Please note that these are local auditions and therefore only open to New Zealand citizens or residents, Australian citizens or any person eligible to work in New Zealand without a work permit.
Key skills sought: 

Cello

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Musicians

Organisation/person name: 
Habitat Estranged
Job summary: 
work on songs together, be you hand drummer, drummer, voilinist, horn player, pianst, keybord player, guitar, bass.
Key skills sought: 

musician

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Saturday, 30 June 2012

Senior Producer, Centre for Performing Arts

Organisation/person name: 
Auckland Council, RFA
Job summary: 
Are you an experienced live entertainment or performing arts Producer? Do you want to produce a variety events in Auckland's premier venues?
Key skills sought: 

At least five years previous experience working in a senior producing or programming capacity in a performing arts environment.

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Monday, 4 June 2012

Basement Submissions 2013 now open.

Organisation/person name: 
The Basement
Job summary: 
Want to put on a show at The Basement next year?
Key skills sought: 

Independent companies and practitioners

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Friday, 7 September 2012

Seeking Musicians

Organisation/person name: 
CC Lee
Job summary: 
Seeking Musicians
Key skills sought: 

Musicians

Piano/Keyboard

Guitar

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Sunday, 16 September 2012

Volunteers Needed! Pao Pao Pao 2012

Organisation/person name: 
Toi Maori Aotearoa
Job summary: 
Come help us at this year's Pao Pao Pao!
Key skills sought: 

Interest in music, manaakitanga, trustworthy, reliable, customer service

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Friday, 8 June 2012

Nominations open

Organisation/person name: 
Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards
Job summary: 
Nominations are now open for the 2012 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.
Key skills sought: 

See Job Description for details

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Monday, 2 July 2012

Contributor

Organisation/person name: 
Dunedin Zinefest
Job summary: 
Dunedin Zinefest
Key skills sought: 

An interest in/passion for zines! 

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Music Manager Assistant

Organisation/person name: 
Mercury Fox Media. Artist: DT Capri
Job summary: 
A great training opportunity - music management, PR/comms & marketing
Key skills sought: 

good communication skills, computer literate, excellent level of spoken English, friendly, enthusiastic, uses initiative, media/pop culture savvy, a good writer, passionate about music

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Sunday, 27 May 2012

Entertainment Writer

Organisation/person name: 
EntertainMe
Job summary: 
Entertainment Writers Wanted
Key skills sought: 

- confident and experienced writer-

- passionate about entertainment

- reliable and trustworthy

 

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Outgoing, Friendly Singers Required

Organisation/person name: 
Going Digital
Job summary: 
From June 22 until 30 September 2012, a cappella singers are needed to perform 3 part harmony on five songs.
Key skills sought: 

Singers must be New Zealand Citizens or have the legal right to work here. They must live in Hawke’s Bay and be prepared to travel in their own vehicle around Napier and Hastings.

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Monday, 28 May 2012

Casual French Horn auditions

Organisation/person name: 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Job summary: 
Casual French Horn Auditions will take place in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch
Key skills sought: 

French Horn

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Thursday, 31 May 2012

Associate Principal Double Bass auditions

Organisation/person name: 
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Job summary: 
Please note that these are local auditions and therefore only open to New Zealand citizens or residents, Australian citizens or any person eligible to work in New Zealand without a work permit.
Key skills sought: 

Double Bass

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Street Performance Commission for Random Acts

Organisation/person name: 
THE EDGE
Job summary: 
THE EDGE in association with The BIG little City invite professional performers from music, dance, theatre and interdisciplinary backgrounds to submit proposals for the December 2012 season
Key skills sought: 

THE EDGE in association with The BIG little City invite professional performers from music, dance, theatre and interdisciplinary backgrounds to submit proposals for the December 2012 season

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Friday, 22 June 2012

Ukulele Tutor

Organisation/person name: 
Mairangi Arts Centre
Job summary: 
The position will entail teaching ukelele to all ages as part of Mairangi Arts Centre's term class programme.
Key skills sought: 

proficient in playing ukelele, music teaching experience, patience, friendly, outgoing disposition

This opportunity is: 
Paid
Closing date: 
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Call For Submissions

Organisation/person name: 
Matchbox Studios
Job summary: 
Call for submission - We are looking for six artists to be involved in an up and coming exhibition at Matchbox Studios - 16th - 28th July
Key skills sought: 

all artists and creators

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Friday, 15 June 2012

musicians

Organisation/person name: 
Lee Martin
Job summary: 
looking for very experienced and very tight musicians to form funk,blues power trio
Key skills sought: 

drummer and bass need to be pro level and able to contribute creatively in a trio situation

This opportunity is: 
Unpaid
Closing date: 
Friday, 29 June 2012