Musical Director - P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises are looking for a Musical Director to join our onboard team

The unforgettable music experiences are often the Cruise highlights for many of our P&O Cruises Guests. We are recruiting for a Musical Director  (who also play their instrument in the Band) to lead and direct our Musicians to ensure we deliver high quality performances at all times.

As market leaders in the cruise industry, P&O Cruises deliver a varied entertainment line-up around the world and we are looking for experienced Musicians with team management to support with this.

As Musical Director, you would take ownership of scheduling and running rehearsals whilst working closely with the Entertainment team to plan and continuously improve our music offering in line with directive from shore side and Guest feedback.

To join P&O Cruises in this fantastic new role you must have the following:

• Musical performance degree of equivalent or relevant industry experience is desirable
• Minimum Grade 8 Royal College of Music certification or equivalent
• Proficient sight reader of music
• Proven experience of playing / performing in a live theatre environment or to a live audience, preferably on a variety of shows
• Previous experience of managing and ensemble of musicians to a professional standard

If the above sounds like you and you are considering a new challenge at Sea, we would love to hear from you!

It takes great passion and real dedication to maintain our position at the top. That’s why people are at the heart of our journey delivering the highest standards to our valued customers. With support to help you reach your potential, attractive company benefits and incredible employee offers on discounted cruises we want your career with us to be successful and fun.  Join us on our journey, apply now.

Carnival UK require all crew, joining any of our vessels, to be fully vaccinated with a primary series of any WHO approved COVID-19 vaccination as a minimum to ensure you continue to have the best protection against COVID-19, and to protect those around you. COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are proven to be effective at reducing the risk of infection, serious illness, hospitalisation and death from COVID-19 therefore we highly recommend that all crew are fully up to date with all available COVID-19 boosters when eligible. 

We will continue to offer COVID-19 booster programmes on board, and during your time on board it will be mandatory for you to attend these clinics to receive a booster vaccination or formally record your refusal of the booster in your medical records. Please note, for all crew who are planned to join a ship visiting Australia or Japan during their contract, they are required to be fully vaccinated with a primary series and a WHO Approved booster (preferably MRNA) prior to joining the ship.

We are unable to progress any applications from individuals who will not be fully vaccinated, 14 days prior to joining a ship, at this time and welcome future applications should your vaccination status change.