Graduate Assistant BCB Summer Programs

Graduate Assistants/Assistant Musical Directors

Alongside supervising Musical Theatre faculty, deliver rigorous and inclusive early-level musical theatre training in dance, singing, song interpretation, and ensemble work to 12–14 year old collaborators working toward a culminating public share.

Under the guidance of supervising Musical Theatre faculty, Graduate Assistants will:

• coach small groups in dance, choral, and ensemble work
• serve as active musical and movement role models in rehearsal
• provide individualized vocal and stylistic feedback; and contribute to the musical preparation of repertoire for daily and final shares
• prepare and manage classroom and rehearsal materials
• take attendance
• support daily program operations
• organize and facilitate Brown Bag Conversations — guided discussions of contemporary industry issues pitched for a teen audience

Students in this position must be currently enrolled in one of the Conservatory's Graduate Vocal Pedagogy degree programs: the MFA in Musical Theater Vocal Pedagogy or the MM in Vocal Pedagogy.

Required Skills and Knowledge:

• Comfort with musical theatre dance styles, particularly jazz, and working command of musical theatre song styles across the canon in performance.
• Sight reading, beginning music theory competency, and basic piano sufficient for vocal practice.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with a wide range of skill levels and learner temperaments in a pre-teen/teen population.

Preferred Skills and Knowledge:

• Prior experience teaching pre-teens and teens, or a clearly articulated interest in working with this population.
• Capacity to play a musical instrument — any — well enough to accompany performance. Songwriting and arranging skills, and coursework or experience in teaching pedagogy.

Skills To Be Gained:

• teach in partnership with a supervising faculty member and to respond to the needs of individual students and the group as a whole
• learn strategies for working across the range of learning styles and engagement levels typical of a pre-teen / teen ensemble
• learn to structure class and rehearsal meetings, sequence content over the arc of a program, and sustain the pedagogical and organizational culture of an early-training musical theatre program.

* Interview required. Interviews will be with Joy Arcolano, Director of Summer Programs.

Hourly Rate:
Student Worker 4, $20.60/hour

Hiring Manager:
Joy Arcolano