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Founded in 1992, the New Jersey Youth Chorus, a program of Wharton Arts, is a choral program for singers in grades K-12. We are excited to expand our offerings with the Primi Passi (First Steps) class. Our mission is to deliver exceptional choral music education and performance opportunities, fostering expression, artistry and growth.

Primi Passi is a non-auditioned music exploration class for students in grades K-2. The singing-based curriculum is focused on developing basic music literacy and vocal skills through engaging musical games, rhythmic activities, folk dancing/movement, visual learning, and simple percussion instruments. The ensemble repertoire focuses mainly on unison music, with an introduction to two-part singing through beginning canons. The program also emphasizes makin

Program Assistant

Position: Program Assistant
Position Type: Part-time (18 hours/week), nonexempt
Pay: $22/hour

This is a part-time position of 18 hours per week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9am-3pm in person with the option to work from home 10% of the time (about 1 day a month). This position reports to the Director of Education and Community Engagement and oversees teaching artists and art therapists facilitating art and healing programs.

We are looking for a part-time program assistant to work with the Director of Education & Community Engagement on implementing onsite programs and overseeing our offsite/onsite arts and healing programs.