The Macao Orchestra Recruitment Advertisement

The Macao Orchestra is a professional ensemble performing group, organized under the auspices of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government.

The Macao Orchestra is one of the most prominent art group that appears in the yearly Macao International Music Festival and Macao Arts Festival. As an ambassador of Macao, the Orchestra regularly organizes concert tour to various part in Asia.

The Macao Orchestra is now recruiting the following posts:
 

2. Terms and conditions of employment:

Salary (gross, in Macao currency, MOP)

a. Principal musicians: MOP26,971.00 per month; Regular musicians: MOP$21,352.00 per month; Regular musicians with doubling: MOP22,475.80 per month;  

b. All full time orchestra musicians are entitled to a MOP$1,500.00 monthly housing subsidy;

c. The salary includes one month paid vacation, to be taken in August;

d. In addition to the monthly salary, a holiday bonus equivalent to one month’s salary is paid (pro rata) ;

e. The Orchestra will purchase labor insurance, instrument insurance and health insurance for each musician. The musician shall be reimbursed for two one-way airfares in economy class: one, at the commencement of the initial Contract shall cover the cost of travel from the place of recruitment to Macao, and the second, at the end of the final contract, shall cover the cost of travel from Macao back to the place of origin.

(Notes, for reference only: Macao Pataca - Hong Kong Dollar exchange rate is 103.2:100; the net income from a monthly salary of MOP21,352.00 is MOP20,416.60.

Yearly net income for a tutti musician is approximately USD32,930.00 for reference only.

f. Any fulltime musicians who have continually worked in the Macao Orchestra for two years will receive a monthly increment of MOP500.00 (five hundred Patacas) from the third year onwards. Then, each two year, there will be a monthly increment of MOP$500. The upper limit of this increment will be MOP2,500.
Musicians will work maximum ninety (90) hours per month;
Annual professional responsibilities include:

- Preparation for a maximum of 32 different programs for public performance per annum;

- a maximum of 80 school concerts (of 45 minutes each);

- a reasonable number of hours of individual or group tuition, recordings and other activities;

The performance season runs from 1st September through to the end of August of the following year. This is a one-year or two-year contract.

3. Eligibility
The Cultural Institute welcomes applications from experienced professional musicians, who have received a complete musical training in an institution of international repute, and able to participate in English-language rehearsals. All other conditions being equal, preference will be given to holders of Macao identity cards.

4. Application Guidelines and Procedure

i. The application registration:
Applications must be submitted by post should fill out the application form in full (see attached), and enclose with the following: one copy of passport, diplomas, transcripts, proof of awards received and current employment, along with 3 copies of a recent photograph; Applicants must also provide one copy of an audition VCD or DVD （which should be UNEDITED, CONTINUOUS and candidate could choose their order of the piece . It should be of all the pieces and excerpts required for the audition.

5. Contact information

1. Applications should be sent to the following address:
The Macao Orchestra
Address: Avenida Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, no. 95A, Macao S.A.R.

2. For inquiries:
Telephone: +853 8295 7300 / 8295 7311
Fax: +853 28530666,
Email: ocm@icm.gov.mo
Website: www.icm.gov.mo/om/en/

APPLICATION FORM: THE MACAO ORCHESTRA

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