Music Teachers — Piano Teachers

This is an independent contractor position. As a Music Teacher with the Cosmo School of Music, you will be responsible for enthusiastically nurturing, inspiring, and empowering the music making aspirations of everyone we engage with. You will provide superior individualized and comprehensive music instruction with a focus on: repertoire, theory, written theory, technique, sight reading, ear training, improvisation, and rhythm. This role will involve helping students learn more about music, develop a sensitive and critical listening ear, create, and perform music — while building an understanding of the role of music in history and contemporary society. These are all vital ingredients in the education of every student.

Location: Richmond Hill (Online Available)

Contract Position

Why Teach at Cosmo School of Music?

The Cosmo School of Music recognizes teachers have a variety of levels of experience. As such, we have established a marketplace that allows you to work with us to set up a business model that allows for your experience to be recognized through our fees paid to teachers and the corresponding student rates. Cosmo also provides a set of services to support you. We care about your success and that of the student. Having a variety of teachers at different levels allows us to provide a broad teaching program to students at a variety of skill levels your teaching expertise. Please contact our Director of School of Music to learn more.
 

Responsibilities

• Nurture, teach, and show students in a 1:1 teaching environment, how to use an instrument or voice
• Guide students as they perform and refine what they are doing to achieve the desired level of skill
• Prepare teaching materials for individual students
  Take daily attendance and communicate with front desk staff as needed
• Connect with parents as needed to ensure forward progress
   

Requirements

• Engage the student in the lesson series successfully
• Working with the student to achieve the desired learning objective and skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Music with at least 3 years of teaching experience
• High performance standard for primary instruments taught
• Must be able to explain complex musical concepts to students in an easy and accessible way
• Great communicator
• Excellent organizational skills
• Consistent availability for at least 1 year
• Ontario Teaching Certificate is considered an asset

How to Apply

Qualified applicants should submit a full resume and cover letter to:

Abdallah Hamidavi
Music Education Advisor
abdallah.hamidavi@cosmo.ca

Please include “Music Teacher” in the subject line.

Join our Team

At Cosmo Music, our mission is to enthusiastically nurture, inspire, and empower the music making aspirations of everyone we engage with. This means we continually celebrate the broad range of instruments that each individual holds a passion. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone’s place. Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We would like to thank all interested applicants who apply; however, only candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted. We do not accept zipped email attachments.

About Us

• We have a passion for music and instruments of all kinds

• Established in 1968, over 50 years in the music business; founded by Tom Hebert, family owned and operated, currently lead by Tom’s son Mark Hebert

• In 2008, Cosmo Music opened its 60,150 sq ft superstore, the single largest musical instrument store in North America

• Over 200 employees including 25 repair technicians and 80+ highly qualified teachers

• Cosmo Music is a full-line music dealer offering sales, rentals, and repairs of an extensive range of musical instruments, sound equipment, accessories, print music, and repertoire

• The Cosmo School of Music provides private and group lessons to hundreds of students each week, both in person and online

• In addition to our Retail Store, Educational Services Division, School of Music, Repair Shop, and Cosmo Pro production services, we also serve a vast customer base through ecommerce via our website (CosmoMusic.ca) and various marketplace channels (Amazon.ca, BestBuy.ca, Reverb.ca, and Walmart.ca), processing and shipping hundreds of orders each day

• Launch Music is our newest division, supporting B2B distribution Canada-wide

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