The Brearley School, an independent girls’ school serving over 750 students K-12, welcomes candidates for the position of Accompanist beginning immediately.

We invite interested candidates to apply for this position by completing an application and uploading a cover letter and resume at https://www.brearley.org/page/about/employment-opportunities.

Responsibilities include:

• accompanying two choruses in several weekly rehearsals, both during the school day (8 am - 3 pm) and after school, including performances throughout the academic year
• accompanying school assemblies and community events throughout the school year during the day and after school
• accompanying students in recitals during the day and after school
• serving as pianist for an annual musical

The ideal candidate will:

• hold a Bachelor's or Masters's degree in Piano or Piano Accompanying
• have excellent sight-reading skills
• demonstrate a strong interest in accompanying choral ensembles
• possess competence in anti-racist pedagogy
• bring to their work a collegial spirit and a sense of humor.

About the School

Founded in 1884, the school is a center of intellectual exuberance, attracting students from across and beyond New York City. Our mission has long combined outstanding academics with an insistence on a larger purpose:  to cultivate in our students a commitment to the greater good. In pursuit of this goal, we actively strive to build, nurture and sustain a diverse faculty and student body. We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable, and antiracist school community, and we expect our faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees to pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions.

Salary

$70 - $85 per hour, depending on experience, up to 30 hours per month.

The Brearley School is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to hiring exceptional, dedicated teachers of diverse backgrounds. We consider qualified individuals for employment with the School regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or any other state or federally protected classification.

About The Brearley School

The Brearley School, an independent school for girls, was founded in 1884 to provide its students with a college-preparatory education equal in rigor to that of boys, and, in the words of the mission statement today, to prepare them for “active responsible citizenship in a democratic society.” Within a highly articulated 13-year curriculum, and with a 6:1 student-faculty ratio, teaching methods are varied, flexible and pragmatic, taking into account individual patterns of development and ways of learning. The School’s program is designed to challenge eager, able students intellectually, and to give each one the opportunity to gain competence, self-reliance and self-knowledge through academic achievement as well as experience in the visual and performing arts, sports, community service and a wide variety of extracurricular activities. Brearley’s K-12 enrollment is divided into Lower School, Middle School and Upper School, and consists of about 747 students from throughout the New York metropolitan area who represent a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and points of view.

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