Assistants for Sistema After School Program
Sistema Whangarei-Toi Akorangi is initiated and led by volunteers from the Whangarei community and based on Venezuela's El Sistema movement, one of the world's most successful music and social development programs. We reach out to children who might not normally have the opportunity to participate.
Volunteers are needed for about 2 hours per week for first 7 weeks of each term. Choose your days. Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Hours are from 3pm to 5:30pm. We are a child and family friendly organisation.
We are looking for:
- Assistant 'sweepers' to support children in their learning of a musical instrument by offering encouragement and presence. No musical expertise required for this role and all training is provided.
- As part of musicianship we are looking for assistants who can help with our singing and/or choir group for the children.
TrainingTraining is provided.
Specific requirementsInterest in music, willingness to work with juniors and being reliable.
Ability to play an instrument is a plus.