Full Name: Marie Slade

E-Mail Address:salonhost@gmail.com

Choir:Heart to Heart Choir - Mount St. Mary Hospital

Contact Person:Marie Slade

Contact E-Mail:salonhost@gmail.com

We are seeking a passionate and experienced choir leader to co-lead or lead our Heart to Heart Mount St. Mary Hospital Intergenerational Choir alongside our music therapist, Marie Slade who is project lead for the choir.

This is a meaningful opportunity to make music with a diverse group of participants across generations — including adults living with dementia — in a supportive hospital community setting. The repertoire would need to encompass songs with some degree of familiarity to the older population, but could also include a fewl classical pieces, world music or contemporary pieces. Ability to adapt to the needs of the moment is a helpful skill with this choir. Depending on skill set and experience, the position could involve full leadership of the choir, or co-leadership with the music therapist.

About the Role:

• Co-lead (or lead) weekly choir rehearsals with the MSM music therapist


• Rehearsals are Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30 PM


• Schedule: April–June and September–March (summer break)

- Some flexibility to cancel some sessions as needed

• One-year contract with option to continue


• Compensation: $250/week

We're Looking For Someone Who Has:

• Previous experience leading or directing a choir


• Proficiency in piano and/or guitar


• Experience working with multiple generations


• Experience with individuals living with dementia


• A collaborative spirit and warmth for community music-making

- Choral arrangement skills

If this sounds like you — or someone you know — we'd love to hear from you. Please reach out to me, Marie Slade at salonhost@gmail.com.

Warm regards,

Marie Slade

Marie Slade, BMT MTA, (she/her)

Certified Music Therapist

861 Fairfield Road |Victoria BC V8V 5A9

Mount St. Mary Hospital stands on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen peoples, today known as the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, who have cared for these lands and waters for countless generations.

We acknowledge our hospital’s history as a Catholic institution and its connection to residential schools. We are committed to meaningful reconciliation and building respectful, healing relationships with Indigenous communities.

We pledge to listen, learn, and take action to create a culturally safe and inclusive environment for everyone who comes through our doors.