Freelance opportunities

Be one of our talented creatives

At Sing Up, we love to collaborate with brilliant people that reflect the social and cultural diversity of our community. We're currently looking to increase the bank of creatives we work with to create inspiring, and diverse new resources for publication in our online Song Bank and website. 

Music transcribers | Arrangers | Vocalists | Writers: teaching notes / assembly plans

Writers: teaching notes

You'll be able to clearly describe for non-specialists approaches to teaching songs with children and young people. You will be able to carefully consider areas such as: warming up; the words; breathing; any tricky corners in the song (identifying and suggesting ways to navigate these areas), and any performance suggestions.

Writers: assembly plans

You'll be able to write fun and informative assembly plans that are ready to pick up and deliver. You'll be able to make links between songs in our Song Bank and write with insight about relevant themes for children and schools .

Music transcribers

We are looking for transcribers who can confidently and professionally create musical transcriptions to a deadline and specific brief, and in a range of genres.

Arrangers

We are looking for composers who can confidently create high-quality and engaging musical arrangements to a deadline and specific brief. We’re particularly interested, currently, in developing effective two-part piano/vocal arrangements for children up to the age of 12.

Vocalists

We are looking for authentic vocalists aged 18-25, across a diverse range of genres (eg. rap, Indian classical etc.) who can help to create engaging performances for our resources.

You will be ...

  • Committed to your craft
  • Talented
  • Enthusiastic
  • Open and with a collaborative mindset
  • Aware and have a deep understanding, and commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Access

We're interested in the following, but they aren't a requirement:

  • Experience of working directly with young people (in a range of settings)
  • Knowledge of music education
  • Experience of creating teaching materials (audio/video/written)

We're interested to hear from individuals from underrepresented groups in music education: working class, those who identify as disabled, Black or from the global majority, and who may not have come through traditional music education routes. First and foremost, you’ll be passionate about education and the power of music to transform young people’s lives.

How to express your interest

We'd love to hear about you, your experiences and your area of expertise.

To help us to get a feel for your style and work to date, please share a small sample of previous work with us, in your preferred format (for example, recordings, video, showreel, PDFs, link to online samples of work/portfolio etc.)

Get in touch via email on [email protected], and if you're not too shy, we do love a video or voice note too.

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Are you a songwriter?

We are always looking for well-crafted, lyrically and musically engaging songs that a broad range of children and young people will enjoy.

Find out how to submit your songs.

Specific Opportunities
From time to time, we do also advertise specific opportunities, which may be of interest to you.

About Us

We are an award-winning organisation which makes transformative change happen in schools to enhance children’s development and learning through the power of music and singing. Developed by teachers and experts, we have been supporting schools’ singing and music making for fifteen years, and today Sing Up’s digital platform is used and loved by teachers and pupils around the world.

We are passionate about giving all children and young people opportunities to sing and make music – for personal enjoyment, to support learning and to help them to develop lasting tools to express themselves with confidence and creativity.

We also believe in the intrinsic value of music - both educationally and financially. This means that when we are commissioning, creating & sharing music resources, we focus on the development of musicianship skills first and foremost, and we make sure that songwriters, composers, arrangers and rights holders are paid appropriately.

 

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to educating ourselves, addressing the barriers to equality, equity and diversity, and creating an inclusive environment. This matters to us because if we fail to reflect the wider society in all we do, we risk becoming less relevant and too narrow in our focus. In the coming years we will be looking for new ways to cherish our existing customers and engage with communities we haven’t connected with before.

Meet the team

We're creative and enthusiastic individuals from varied backgrounds and experience in many different professional fields, brought together by our belief in the power of music and singing. See what it's like to be a part of the Sing Up team ... 

Specific Opportunities

Express your interest
There are currently no specific opportunities we could advertise, but if you are interested in working with us, we would love to hear about you and your experiences and what you might be interested in working on with us.
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