How to apply

Trustee Recruitment

Please email your CV together with a covering letter of up to 2 pages (or a 5-minute video or audio recording if you prefer).

We encourage you to explain why you are interested in joining the Board of Orchestras Live, and describe how your lived experience and/or specialist knowledge could add value to the organisation, as outlined in the section on What You’ll Bring. Please address your letter or recording to our Chair, Helen Harrison, and email it to private@orchestraslive.org.uk

Applicants who wish to disclose protected characteristics are asked to make Orchestras Live aware of this in their cover email.

If you have any access needs or other practical questions you would like to discuss before applying, please email nancy@orchestraslive.org.uk or phone us on 0300 030 1160.

The closing date for applications is 9 am on Monday 13 July 2026. First round interviews will take place online in August or early September. Candidates who reach the second round will then be invited to an informal meeting in person, ideally in the first half of September.

On receipt of their application, applicants will be sent a link to complete a survey requesting personally sensitive data, enabling Orchestras Live to track the demographics of those who apply. Completion of this survey is entirely voluntary and all data is anonymised. Provision of this information is not part of the recruitment process.

Further information

Explore www.orchestraslive.org.uk for in depth information about who we are, who we work with and what we do.

Read about our impact highlights in 2024/25 https://www.orchestraslive.org.uk/our-impact-202425

Additional insights from past trustees:

https://www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/simone-trustee-reflections-blog

https://www.orchestraslive.org.uk/news/trustee-blog-diversity-inclusion-relevance

Orchestras Live Tea Break episode: the charity trustee experience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtLgeqzGMyw&list=PLxpKb1aFn_fAldJjC8RNKlRYb6d4dSnNx

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