Music Instructor

Job no: R-

Position Title: Music Instructor

Faculty or Staff: Staff

Full Time or Part Time: Part time

In-Person, Hybrid, or Remote: In-Person

Minimum Starting Rate of Pay: $0.00

Rate of pay commensurate with experience

The Mount Holyoke College Department of Music seeks Music Instructors to teach Individual Performance Study (ie. musiclessons) for interested students. Instructors are on the activeroster for lessons in their instrument(s), though the total numberof billable teaching hours each semester is subject, as always, tostudent enrollments. Our Music Instructors teach students at alllevels, from beginner to advanced, across a range of voice typesand instruments.

Individual Performance Study is one of the requirements for the Music major, supports excellence in our many department ensembles,and is also very popular with non-majors/minors. Lessons are one ofthe few instructional areas where a student can experiencesustained one-on-one teaching, and may have the same instructoreach semester for their entire undergraduate career. We thereforeprize Music Instructors who cultivate welcoming, respectful, and supportive studios;

offer students a diverse range of repertoire;prioritize wellness and sustainable approaches to technique; andhelp students develop pathways for a lifetime of thoughtfulengagement with music, whatever the future professional goals maybe.

This is an academic-year, non-benefited appointment (September 1
-May 31), renewable annually.

• Piano
• Voice
• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Saxophone
• Bassoon
• French Horn
• Trumpet
  - Currently Searching for Trumpet Instructor (forAY
  26-27)
• Trombone
• Tuba
• Percussion
• Harpsichord
• Organ
• Harp
• Guitar
• Electric Guitar
• Violin
• Viola
• Cello
• Double Bass
• Electric Bass
• Early instruments:
  Lute, Viola da Gamba, Recorders, etc.

• Offer 10 30-minute or 60-minute lessons per student per semester, depending on the number of credits and student enrollments
• Assist students with placement and enrollment
• Prepare and distribute syllabi
• Prepare for lessons
• Assist students in preparing for end-of-semester performance sand half or full recitals
• Assist students with mentorship and musical opportunities as appropriate
• Submit grades

• Master’s degree in Music
• Minimum one year prior experience teaching one-on-one privatemusic lessons
• Commitment to Mount Holyoke College’s climate of academic excellence and inclusive learning within our gender-diverse women’sliberal arts college environment

Compensation: $ 73.54/HR for lessons and $36.78/HR for administrative work

Mount Holyoke College is committed to providing a safe and secure environment, supported by qualified employees that will allow allof its students, faculty, staff and those associated with them to successfully carry out the mission of the college. As a condition of employment, the College will conduct appropriate background checks for all new hires. Mount Holyoke has designated the Officeof Human Resources as the office responsible for ensuring thatbackground checks (CORI, SORI, Credit History, & Driver Credential) are completed and utilized in the hiring process andFive College Office of Compliance and Risk Management as the officeresponsible for facilitating background checks as articulated inthis policy.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.