About the Role
Jazz at Lincoln Center seeks a dynamic, creative, and organized jazz educator to support Middle School Jazz Academy (MSJA) students. The MSJA curriculum combines skills-based learning with aesthetic education, emphasizing self and group discovery, creativity, open questions, and guided reflection.
Responsibilities
- Help set up rooms with instruments, chairs, and stands
- Assist in preparation of course materials, arrangements and assignments
- Take weekly attendance and follow up with families if students are absent
- Assist in review of student assignments and journals, as needed
- Accompany students to model focus, musical phrasing, time feel, and tone production, as needed
- Attend planning and professional development meetings with staff and faculty, as requested
- Participate in the student audition process, as needed
- Fulfill tasks assigned by a supervisor
- Perform administrative duties as needed
Requirements
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) required; fluency in both written and spoken communication is essential
- High level of interest in jazz education and serving the needs of middle school students
- Excellent instrumental ability in piano, drums, bass, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, or saxophone
- Solid organizational, coordination, and communication (verbal and written) skills
- High level of enthusiasm and ability to work as a team player
- Committed to youth development and the use of jazz to enrich their lives
Skills
- Google Classroom
- Google Sheets
Location
- South Bronx
Work Type
- Part-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- Up to 10 hours per week
- October-May
Education Level
- Current college or graduate student in jazz performance and/or music education
About the Company
- The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (“JALC”) is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy.
- From college students to young stars, from working professionals to celebrated masters, we present quality jazz for an ever-increasing audience in an unprecedented range of activities and a variety of venues.
- We are dedicated to lifting audiences and bringing people together with substance and with integrity.
- JALC has created a dynamic platform where our key constituents – jazz artists (beginner to grizzled veteran), fans (casual listeners to advanced scholars), educators (local band leaders to leading artist-educators) and advocates (local community advocates to important national promoters) – can meet, engage, learn, and work towards common objectives.
Equal Opportunity
- Jazz at Lincoln Center is an equal opportunity employer that affords equal opportunities to all applicants, employees, contractors, and other covered persons, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
- Jazz at Lincoln Center is committed to creating an inclusive, open, and respectful culture that reflects and embraces diversity.
