About the Role
We are seeking a fun, experienced, and professional mariachi instructor to teach part-time at our Northwest Austin location. This teacher will be instructing IN PERSON and is expected to start for the Fall 2026 school year.
Responsibilities
- Lead weekly group mariachi classes
- Provide engaging and structured private lessons
- Prepare students for performances, recitals, or community events
- Foster a fun, inclusive, and educational learning environment
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in Mariachi performance and instruction
- Ability to teach both group mariachi classes and private one-on-one lessons
- Strong knowledge of traditional mariachi styles, repertoire, and instrumentation
- Ability to lead and guide ensemble rehearsals with confidence and clarity
- Experience working with students of varying ages and skill levels
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Reliable, organized, and professional
Skills
- Mariachi performance
- Mariachi instruction
- Group mariachi classes
- Private lessons
- Traditional mariachi styles
- Mariachi repertoire
- Mariachi instrumentation
- Ensemble rehearsals
- Teaching students of varying ages
- Teaching students of varying skill levels
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Directing mariachi ensemble
- Assisting mariachi ensemble
- Teaching violin
- Teaching trumpet
- Teaching guitar
- Teaching vihuela
- Teaching guitarrón
- Teaching voice
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
Location
- Northwest Austin
- North Parmer, TX
Work Type
- Part-time
- In-person
Experience Level
- Experienced
Salary/Compensations
- $28-$32/hour
Benefits
- 401(K) program with employer matching after 90 days
- Health benefit options for part- and full-time employees
About the Company
- Ensemble Schools is a partnership of community-driven music & dance schools that maintain individual identities but share resources to ensure their mutual success.
- The Musicians Woodshed focuses on the student’s music tastes, skill set, and personal goals to optimize a music-learning experience.
- Our performance-based, flexible curriculum offers an exciting, engaging and encouraging environment for students to pick up an instrument.
- Our mission is to empower artists by safeguarding the businesses that love them.
- Values include Stewardship, Growth, and Stagehands.
Equal Opportunity
- Ensemble Performing Arts is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status, or genetic information.
- Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with applicable law.
- It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
