Teacher of Piano
Gordonstoun
Moray
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Salary will be dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Autumn Term 2024 (27 August 2024)
- Apply by:
- 3 June 2024
Job overview
Situated on the beautiful Moray Coast in the North of Scotland, Gordonstoun is widely recognised as the world leader in character education. We have a co-educational community of over 500 students aged from 6-18, who are predominantly full boarding and are drawn from over 40 countries.
Gordonstoun is seeking an enthusiastic and qualified piano teacher to join the music department for 3.5 days per week but applications for 1 to 2 days will also be considered. The piano teacher will work across the junior and senior schools, teaching individual students in addition to running ensembles and supporting the junior school instrumental curriculum. The successful candidate will also prepare students for examinations (ABRSM, Trinity, etc) and for performance both in and out of the school.
You will bring a wealth of experience as a performing musician and educator, a positive, can-do approach and a proven track-record of inspiring students to achieve excellence. You will have experience in teaching across a wide range of ages and abilities, always striving to help students achieve their very best.
The music department encourages music making and performance across the junior and senior schools. The junior school instrumental curriculum ensures that all students have the chance to learn an instrument and, as a result, a large number of individual music lessons are taught each week. Concerts of all kinds are staged regularly. There are informal lunchtime concerts on a weekly basis to enable students to practise performing in front of a small friendly audience and more formal evening concerts occur regularly throughout the year. Gordonstoun musicians have performed at many high-profile events, including the Braemar Highland Games. In recent years, several students have gone on to study music at university or conservatoire.
Gordonstoun is striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We welcome applications from marginalised and under-represented groups.
If you’re excited to learn more, please email recruitment@gordonstoun.org.uk or contact us on (01343) 837837.
The closing date for receipt of applications is on Monday 03rd June 2024.
Attached documents
About Gordonstoun
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The School
Gordonstoun is known for the wide range of activities that it provides for girls and boys throughout the School's 6-18 age range. It has first-class facilities for these activities which include, in addition to all the normal subjects and many outdoor pursuits, expeditions, seamanship and a wide variety of rescue services.
The creative life of the School is vibrant and well developed, with Drama, Art, Music and Technology central to the life and ethos of Gordonstoun. There are opportunities for staff to contribute both in the role of expert or as an enthusiastic amateur.
Staff are deeply committed and, during term, work throughout the week, including weekends. The variety and range of our activities, coupled with a real commitment to work, indicate the School's aim to educate the whole person.
Location
Gordonstoun stands in 200 acres of woodland, within walking distance of sandstone cliffs and sandy beaches on the beautiful coast of the Moray Firth in Scotland. Six miles away is the historic city of Elgin. Lossiemouth nearby is well known for its picturesque harbour, fine golf courses and Royal Air Force Station. The City of Aberdeen is about 90 minutes drive away, while an hour's drive takes you to the ski resort of Aviemore at the foot of the Cairngorm Mountains. Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, is forty miles away and is itself only about an hour away from London (Gatwick) by air.
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