PIANO INSTRUCTOR

Position Title: Piano Instructor
Pay: $29/hour

• Teach kids, teens, and adult.

• Teach beginner through advanced players.

• Can play and teach piano and keyboard.

• Can transcribe music be ear.

• Can teach by ear and with sheet music.

• Can clearly teach theory concepts.

• Is a proficient teacher and performer in at least 3 of these categories: Pop, jazz, blues, rock, indie, musicals, stride, or classical.

• Has a teaching background and comes prepared to teach each student individually.

• Can set up a teaching plan with goals and outline that with students.

• Punctual for lessons.

• Can commit to consistent teaching schedule.

• Can communicate well with our front desk about scheduling.

Qualifications:
Swallow Hill is seeking a piano instructor for our private lessons department. Qualified instructors should have a college degree or higher related to music teaching, lesson planning, pedagogy, or performance. Candidates will need to be professional, excellent communicators and teachers, and able to teach a diversity of students. Also candidates should be able to keep a consistent teaching schedule and work well with the scheduling staff.

About Swallow Hill:
Swallow Hill is celebrating its 31st year of music education in Denver and is the second largest roots school in the country. Our student body is diverse and spans from kids, teens, and adults. We are not a conservatory but music school of the people. Our students are seeking to connect with music and feel empower to play and share their music with others. Swallow Hill’s teaching philosophy is to embrace all students and all generas of music.

Application:
Please send cover letter, resume, and any on-line music samples. Please include teaching background, education, and references in resume. Send by e-mail with a subject line “Piano Instructor” to

Michael Schenkelberg
michael@swallowhillmusic.org  
No phone calls please

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