Minimum Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Music Performance
- 3-5 years experience teaching voice lessons to college-age
students
- Experience in professional performance activities
- Willingness to teach all levels of students from beginning to
advanced
- Willingness to work with ensemble directors in order to help
support student participation in ensembles.
- Evidence of being capable of creating an inspiring and
productive teaching environment
- Willingness and ability to accommodate students' needs of
individual learning styles
- Ability to teach students who enroll in Music 331/332 or
431/432 for a full credit and a letter grade, in coordination with
the Chair of the Department
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion in repertory, for
example, music composed by women, historically and geographically
underrepresented identity groups, and unfamiliar musics (old and
new)
- Commitment to inclusive excellence in teaching
Preferred Qualifications
- Evidence of an active performance schedule
- Interest and/or experience in teaching voice in a liberal arts
context
Core Competencies
- Superb musicianship
- Understands, values, and respects diversity as an individual,
in a team, and within groups while fostering an inclusive and
supportive environment
- Good communications skills
- Dependability
This is a part-time opportunity. Lesson instructors are at-will
employees and are compensated $1000/semester per student for 10
one-hour lessons and $500/semester per student for 10 one-half-hour
lessons. For the first semester only, candidates will be paid for a
minimum of three students whether or not three students enroll.
Candidates are also eligible, by application and pending budgetary
approval, to earn additional income by offering masterclasses,
recitals, or serving as ringers in other campus ensembles as
needed. All lessons will take place in person, though music lesson
instructors are normally able to arrange their lessons into one or
two morning/afternoons of teaching per week.
Application Instructions:
Electronic applications only.
Please submit as a single document with the following application
materials (PDF or MSWord) to Holy Cross Employment Opportunities:
CV or resume, teaching philosophy statement, links to websites
and/or online resources with representative examples of your
performances and/or teaching.
Two written letters of recommendation may be sent directly to Alice
Resker, Academic Department Coordinator:
aresker@holycross.edu
Please direct any questions to Jessica Waldoff, Chair, Department
of Music, College of the Holy Cross: jwaldoff@holycross.edu.
Interviews will be conducted remotely. Review of applications will
begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Weekly Hours:
0
Annual Work Schedule:
Application Instructions
An updated resume and cover letter are required as a part of your
internal application. In your cover letter, please reflect on how
your professional and personal values align with the
Mission of the College of the Holy
Cross to form individuals of integrity and purpose who are
committed to the flourishing of all.
Additional Information
To review our generous benefits
options, please review our detailed information
here or check
out our
Benefits at a
Glance.
The College also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified
individuals with disabilities during the hiring process in
compliance with law. Please contact Human Resources for questions
or to request an accommodation via email at hr@holycross.edu, or by
calling 508-793-3391.
The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and
complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning Equal
Opportunity in the workplace.
To apply, visit https://holycross.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Worcester-MA/Music-Lesson-Instructor---Voice_JREQ-000664
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