Music Associate
Royal Shakespeare Company Closing date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026
- Part time
- £40k-£50k
- Apply now
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Job Summary
Job Description
This role provides artistic support, drives our ambitions for Creative Brilliance, and ensures excellence across all productions. The role will help to shape the future of music at the RSC through inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable creative practice.
Across every season, we deliver music through live, recorded, and electronic approaches. We collaborate with a diverse community of composers, musicians, and creatives, maintaining a strong commitment to live music and continually exploring bold new artistic possibilities.
Job Requirements
To be suitable for this role, it is essential that you have the following knowledge and experience:
Expert technical knowledge of music in theatre.
Strong collaboration skills, with the proven ability to work with diverse groups of artists across forms and scale.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with creative teams including Directors, Composers, Musical Supervisors and the Producing team.
Leadership and people management skills, with experience of guiding and advising freelance practitioners.
Comprehensive knowledge of music programming and associated digital hardware and software alongside a working knowledge of music typesetting platforms.
Artist-centred and collaborative, with a passion for supporting artist to achieve their best work.
Job Responsibilities
The Music Associate works closely with the wider Producing team and sits within the Producing department. Reporting to the Executive Producer (Stratford) key areas of responsibility include (please see the role profile for the comprehensive list):
Liaising with directors and the RSC co-Artistic Directors on the appointment of key music personnel including Composers, Music Supervisors and Orchestrators/ Arrangers.
Working closely with the RSC Music Manager advising on the necessary structure of music personnel to deliver the creative ambition of RSC productions.
Working to support the specialism of music in theatre, both musicals and plays, looking at skills, instrumentation and technical resource needed.
Offering advice and practical support on the planning of technical music set-ups, advising on necessary equipment, programming and music preparation.
Supporting creative teams working on productions across approaches to music including electronic, live and recorded scores.
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Job Overview
- Job Title: Music Associate
- Salary: £40k-£50k (pro-rata)
- Hours: Part time
- Artform: Theatre
- Role: Technical & Production
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026
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Location:
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Job: Music Associate
Job: Music Associate
Organisation: Royal Shakespeare Company
Postcode: CV37 6BB
How to Apply
All applications should be made online using the RSC website. If you need any assistance when applying, please email [email protected]
Applications close at midnight on Friday 17 April. First round interviews will take place during the week commencing 27 April, with second round interviews scheduled for the week commencing 4 May.
- Contact name: Lynsey Mancini
- Contact email: [email protected]
About Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a leading global theatre company that sparks local, national and international conversations that build connections, create opportunities and bring joy.
We passionately believe that great storytelling can change the world, and that theatre offers its own unique form of storytelling: it’s live and shared, and transforms a group of strangers into audiences who, together, experience a story come to life in front of their eyes.
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