Liberty Choir is an award-winning charity bringing local volunteers and professional musicians into prison every week to create transformative musical and social experiences through singing. Through our choir programmes, we help the prison residents we work with build confidence and connect with others. We are looking for highly skilled and versatile Accompanists to join our team as we continue our expansion into the South East in Autumn 2026. Successful candidates will be mature and well-rounded with outstanding skills as a piano accompanist. Candidates need to be excellent sight-readers, capable of reading from chord charts and playing by ear. Working alongside the Musical Director, you will play an active part in creating welcoming, engaging and inclusive choir sessions. You will also support with taking registers and communicating with prisoners and prison staff during and around the sessions. Sessions will run every week on the same day during weekday business hours (usually between 9:00 am - 12:00 pm or 1:30 - 4:30 pm), with the exact day and time will be confirmed in due course. Each session will last 3 hours inclusive of the time required to enter and leave the prison. Liberty Choir provides paid training to prepare you to work safely and confidently within a prison environment. On completion of a short probation period, Accompanists will be paid £150/session. There may also be opportunities to work in our London, Surrey and Sussex prisons. Successful applicants will be required to undertake security vetting and key training for work within prisons. As prisons are not near transport hubs, you must have your own car/transport. Successful applicants will be required to undertake security vetting and key training for work within prisons. Essential - At least five years post-qualification professional experience -accompanying choirs, singers or vocal ensembles Desirable - Able to lead choir sessions in the Musical Director's absence - Accompany weekly choir sessions and performances across a wide range of musical styles. To apply for this role, please send a CV to [email protected] with “Accompanist - HMP Bullingdon” in the subject line by Friday September 11th at 10 am. We will respond to applications as we receive them, with live auditions to be held in September. Successful candidates will be asked to submit a short video of accompaniments from the Liberty Choir repertoire.Job Summary
Job Description
Job Requirements
- Excellent sight-reading skills
- Able to play confidently from chord charts and by ear
- Experience working with choirs/ singing groups
- Comfortable playing all styles of music
- Strong personal organisation and administrative skills
- Computer literate
- Strong alignment with Liberty Choir's values, aims and objectives
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working with and building relationships with people at all levels and developing alliances with prison staff and leadership
- Own car/transport
- Experience in community music, wellbeing, rehabilitation or socially engaged music-makingJob Responsibilities
- Work responsively with the Musical Director, adapting keys, tempos and accompaniments as required
- Support warm-ups, sectional work and other musical activities
- Prepare repertoire in advance
- Assist with administrative tasks including registers
- Engage confidently and appropriately with participants, volunteers and prison staff
- Follow Liberty Choir's safeguarding, security, confidentiality and professional conduct proceduresHow to Apply