AY Dance Student Musician Tier 3 (WS-ST3)

St. Olaf College; Connecticut; On-site; USD 17,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Olaf College is seeking a Dance Student Musician Tier 3 to provide musical accompaniment for dance classes in the Dance Department. This student employee role requires at least 4 terms of live performance experience and the ability to lead accompanists and improvise across genres.

The position emphasizes adaptability to different dance styles, keys, and time signatures, with the responsibility to recall and craft musical phrases for varied routines while collaborating with instructors.

Qualifications

• Musical proficiency required for accompanying dance classes.
• Strong improvisation skills are essential for live dance accompaniment.
• Ability to adapt music to energy, tempo, dynamics and style of dancers.
• Minimum of 4 terms of experience playing live music for dance technique classes or similar.
• Must be able to provide solo accompaniment.
• Must be able to provide musical leadership to accompanists in dance classes.
• Ability to provide accompaniment in multiple dance genres.

Responsibilities

• Provide musical leadership to dance students.
• Play fluently in all keys and time signatures.
• Keep track of form and phrases for extended sections.
• Provide solo accompaniment.
• Improvise individually and lead group improvisation.
• Adapt music to dancers' energy, tempo, and style.
• Create new phrases for routines.
• Recall phrases per instructor request.
• Pay attention to appropriate payment across multiple genres.

Skills

Musical proficiency

Improvisation

Adaptability

Live performance experience

Solo accompaniment

Leadership to accompanists

Multi-genre accompaniment

Job description

Job Title: Dance Student Musician Tier 3 (WS-ST3)

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057

Department Name: Dance Department

Unit Number (5 digits): 11150

Length of Position: See Employment Authorization

Contact Person/Supervisor: Lead Staff Musician – Dance Department

Wage Range: $12.00-13.00/hour

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Provide musical accompaniment for dance classes.

Advanced Level.

Advanced Dance Student Musicians must have at least 4 terms of experience playing live music for dance technique classes or similar experience. They can provide solo accompaniment. They can provide musical leadership to accompanists in dance technique classes. They have the ability to provide accompaniment in multiple dance genres.

Transferable Skills:

• Improvisation
• Creativity
• Ensemble playing
• Listening
• Time Management
• Adaptability

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing musical leadership to dance students
• Playing fluently in all keys and time signatures
• Keeping track of form and phrases for extended lengths of time
• Provide solo accompaniment
• Improvising alone and leading improvisation within a group
• Adapting the music to the energy, tempo, dynamic and style of the dancers
• Creating new phrases for any dance routine
• Recalling previous phrases per request of the instructor
• Paying appropriately in multiple genres

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills)

• Musical proficiency
• Improvisation skill
• Adaptability
• At least 4 terms of experience playing live music for dance technique classes or similar experience.
• Able to provide solo accompaniment.
• Able to provide musical leadership to accompanists in dance technique classes.
• Able to provide accompaniment in multiple dance genres.

Physical and Environmental Factors:

This position requires repetitive motions to perform the essential functions. It also requires exposure to loud noise. Candidates must possess the ability to safely perform the physical work required of all duties with or without

reasonable accommodation.

This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.