Trombone Teacher (VMT)
Westminster School is a busy and vibrant place to work. There is a real sense of community here as, being a boarding school, many members of staff and pupils live on site and the School’s premises are very much treated as a home away from home. All staff are encouraged to embrace the School’s day-to-day activities, whether that be attending an evening lecture or a morning service in the Abbey.
Music plays an integral part of life at Westminster, where pupils are encouraged to learn and participate as fully as possible in a weekly routine of rehearsals, recitals and concerts. Many internationally renowned musicians have been educated at the school including Henry Purcell, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Roger Norrington, Ian Bostridge, George Benjamin, Julian Anderson, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gavin Rossdale, Mika, Dido and members of the band Clean Bandit. Westminster musicians regularly attend the junior departments at the Royal Academy, Royal College and Guildhall, and a good number are members of the National Youth Orchestra, National Children’s Orchestra, National Youth Jazz Orchestra and National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Up to 15 Music Awards are awarded each year across 13+ and 16+.
The Manoukian Music Centre, which opened in 2005, is fully equipped with rehearsal / performing hall, recording studio, classrooms, practice rooms, rehearsal rooms and instrument storage. Around 30 Instrumental ensembles rehearse each week, including a symphony orchestra, concert band, string groups, brass groups, and numerous wind and percussion ensembles and jazz ensembles. There is an extensive chamber music programme with regular success in national competitions.
The role Westminster School is looking for a trombone teacher to teach approximately eight hours per week as a Visiting Music Teacher (VMT).
The successful candidate will be an outstanding teacher, performer, and communicator with the ability to inspire, ideally in both classical and jazz idioms, the exceptionally talented and the less advanced in equal measure. The ideal applicant will have completed a degree in Music or equivalent and a post-graduate qualification in musical performance for trombone. They will have previously managed a music ensemble, and ideally they will have a proven track record of teaching at other establishments and of working in youth music.
This is a self-employed position and hours will vary from term to term depending upon pupil numbers. Visiting Music Teachers are invoiced directly at a recommended rate of approximately £60 per hour.
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Great School
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Required for
April 2026
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Apply by
12.00 am, Wednesday 25 February 2026
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Interviews
Tuesday 3 March 2026
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