Piano Accompanist

Blair Academy; Blairstown (NJ); On-site; USD 103,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched retirement program

Access to Blair facilities

Meals during the school year

Job summary

Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, seeks a piano accompanist to support its choir program throughout the academic year. The successful candidate will play warm ups, vocal parts, and full accompaniment for weekly rehearsals, dress rehearsals, and performances.

Prior extensive piano experience with choirs and reading vocal parts from an open score is required. The position is paid hourly, non-exempt, with benefits including a matched retirement program and access to campus facilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience playing piano for choirs.
• Experience warming up and reading vocal parts from an open score.
• Ability to accompany weekly rehearsals, dress rehearsals and performances.

Responsibilities

• Play piano for weekly rehearsals and evening dress rehearsals in concert weeks.
• Provide warm-ups and accompany vocal parts as needed.
• Perform for all school year concerts and performances under the chair of the performing arts department.

Skills

Piano performance

Choral accompaniment

Reading vocal parts

Job description

Blair Academy is an equal-opportunity employer.

Open Positions at Blair

Blair Academy’s department of performing arts has an immediate opening for a piano accompanist to play for the School’s choirs throughout the academic year. The accompanist would be required to play piano - warm ups, vocal parts, and accompaniment - for regular weekly rehearsals, evening dress rehearsals in concert weeks, as well as at all performances throughout the year. Applicants should have extensive experience playing piano, as well as experience playing for a choir including playing warm ups and reading vocal parts from an open score. This position reports to the chair of the performing arts department and is paid on an hourly, non-exempt basis.

Salary & other compensation:
Base pay range $75-100 per hour. Salary dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to education and experience.

Benefits:
A matched retirement program, depending on the scope of employment. Staff also have free access to a financial planner knowledgeable about Blair’s TIAA-CREF plan and use of our fitness center, golf course, indoor pool, tennis courts and other campus facilities, as well as our dining hall for meals during the school year.

School Setting:
Founded in 1848, Blair Academy is a dynamic, coeducational boarding school in northwest New Jersey where 470 students pursue a superior college preparatory education amid a dynamic vibrant community. Strong faculty-student relationships lead to exceptional learning and empower students to become persons of great accomplishment and character.

Blair Academy seeks and supports employees who enliven and strengthen our community through their contributions to our classrooms, extracurricular activities and their desire to bring people together in a welcoming, inclusive community. We are committed to hiring people from a diversity of backgrounds. We do not discriminate against any applicants, as we ensure equal employment opportunities for all.

Blair Academy’s 463-acre hilltop campus is located in Blairstown, New Jersey, approximately nine miles from the Delaware River in pastoral Warren County.Blair is located 65 miles west of New York City, in close proximity to four international airports: Newark (NJ), John F. Kennedy (NY), LaGuardia (NY) and Lehigh Valley (PA).