Call out for Musician - The Mama Time Project

The Mamatime Project is seeking a musician to collaborate with co-directors Rachel Gildea (dance artist and performer) and Caroline Horton (writer, theatre maker, performer) for the R&D phase of a new show about motherhood.

We are open to all musical practices and disciplines and we particularly welcome applications from artists from the global majority. We are looking for an artist with composition and performance skills.

Fees & Schedule:

• Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 9:30am - 2:30pm, from December 2026 - July 2027
• 14 days (including work in progress sharing)
• Total Fee: £2,800.00

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of collaborating with artists of different disciplines
• Experience in devising work (our projects typically use original music)
• Based within 40 minutes' travel of Banbury
• Interest in cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Experience of song writing and lyric writing, alongside the creation of instrumental and atmospheric soundscapes and underscore
• Availability on Mill, Banbury

Desirable Criteria:

• An artist from the Global Majority
• Mothering and/or caring experience
• Experience of working with communities and in participatory arts