Recruitment for Executive Director
Job Description
Role: Executive Director
Contract type: Part-time, approx. 2.5 days a week
Remuneration: c.£60,000 FTE per annum
Applications Close: Friday 8 May 2026
Interview date: Interviews held late afternoon/evening Tuesday 26 May 2026
Application process: Please send a CV and covering letter with details of two referees who maybe approached if you are shortlisted to chair@lanuovamusica.co.uk
Summary
La Nuova Musica (LNM) is looking for an Executive Director to lead the organisation. LNM is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. The successful candidate will work closely with the Board of Trustees and Artistic Director to develop the artistic activity and financial sustainability of La Nuova Musica. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced arts manager to join an ambitious and highly regarded period music ensemble.
The Executive Director reports to the Chair of the Board and is responsible to the Board of Trustees. This is a part-time role [approx. 2.5 days c.£60,000 FTE] which can be based anywhere in the UK with a willingness and flexibility to travel for concerts which take place in London, around the UK and Europe.
About La Nuova Musica
La Nuova Musica is an early music ensemble founded by its Artistic Director, David Bates, and known for spirited performances that receive widespread acclaim from audiences and the press.
LNM appears regularly at the Wigmore Hall, St Martin in the Fields, the London Handel Festival as well as festivals around the UK and Europe. They made their debut at the BBC Proms in 2022, at the Grange Festival in 2024 and at the Linbury Theatre in the Royal Opera House in 2025 where their performances of Handel’s Giustino were described by the Guardian as “driven by the breathtaking energy of La Nuova Musica, surely Britain’s most exciting baroque orchestra, conducted with total commitment by David Bates”.
Their reputation is enhanced by a series of award-winning recordings for Pentatone and Harmonia Mundi. Their latest recording of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas was one of Gramophone Magazine’s recordings of the year. “The way it zings off the page bristling with dramatic life and energy from the first bars, and with a range of voices and imaginative instrumental accompaniment, fills it with incident and colour”. (BBC Radio 3.) An earlier release, Handel’s Unsung Heroes, was awarded 5 stars by BBC Music Magazine. “A stunning collection of Handel opera numbers. For originality, risk-taking and erudition, it towers above its predecessors. The project is a heroic achievement for all involved.”
Details
To find out more about the role, please download/read the attached recruitment pack below.
Application Process
Please send a CV and covering letter with details of two referees who maybe approached if you are shortlisted to chair@lanuovamusica.co.uk. Deadline for applications Friday 8 May 2026. Interviews to be held late afternoon/evening Tuesday 26 May 2026.