Advanced Young Musicians Creative Music Tutor

Fixed Term / Part Time

Salary: £347.50 daily fee (including prep) – 25 teaching weeks in the academic year

Freelance position

10:00-16:30 Saturday, 1.5 hours for prep/evaluation during the week

Britten Pears Arts (BPA) is a leading music and arts charity based at Snape Maltings on the Suffolk coast. Through artist development, performance programmes, community engagement, creative health initiatives, and heritage activities at The Red House, BPA uses music, arts and heritage to enrich lives, strengthen communities and create positive social change.

BPA is recruiting tutors for its Advanced Young Musicians (AYM) programme, an innovative initiative designed to develop musicianship through creativity, collaboration and performance. Students work in small and large ensembles, developing aural skills, improvisation, theory, composition, arranging, technique and performance across a range of musical styles.

Tutors are sought in keyboard, woodwind, brass, percussion, strings and composition/arrangement. The role involves coaching advanced young musicians, leading ensemble work, encouraging creativity and improvisation, and supporting students in becoming versatile, well-rounded musicians.

Ideal candidates will be experienced music educators and active musicians with strong ensemble leadership skills, broad stylistic knowledge, excellent musicianship, and a passion for inspiring young people in an inclusive learning environment. Successful applicants will contribute to shaping and developing this exciting new programme while embodying BPA’s values of being pioneering, collaborative, rigorous and empowering.