String Teacher
Join Our Team of Inspiring Music Educators! Dudley Performing Arts are currently looking for an upper strings specialist to join the team. This role offers a fixed term contract of 18 hours per week (negotiable), and access to the Teachers Pension Scheme.
The successful candidate will have a high level of performance skills and an excellent base of knowledge and understanding linked to bowed strings tuition. A general knowledge of music is expected to an advanced level, as is the ability to communicate subject knowledge effectively.
Performance skills to post grade 8 are required on the specialist instrument. We expect candidates to be practicing musicians who are actively involved in music making. We are particularly interested to hear from musicians who have been involved in education projects or have undertaken teaching duties either on a voluntary or professional basis.
Our tutors work across over 90% of Dudley schools, delivering a broad and exciting programme of music education. Opportunities include:
- One-to-one and small group tuition (beginner to undergraduate level)
- Whole-class instrumental teaching
- Work in special education settings
- Leading bands, choirs, and ensembles
- Contributing to our growing out-of-school evening Music School, based at our state-of-the-art facility at Cable Plaza
While we value experienced teachers, we are equally passionate about developing musicians who may be new to education. If you have strong musical skills and a desire to inspire young people, we’d love to hear from you.
How to Apply
If you would like any further details or a visit to Cable Plaza please contact claire.pennycooke@dudley.gov.uk.
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Dudley Performing Arts
As the lead partner in the Black Country Music Hub, Dudley Performing Arts provide specialist tuition across the schools, academies, colleges and other settings that make up the educational provision in the borough.
Trustee
The National Youth Orchestra (NYO) is appointing a specialist trustee to strengthen our Board’s insight into what helps teenagers flourish through exceptional arts and music opportunities.
The National Youth Orchestra (NYO) is appointing a specialist trustee to strengthen our Board’s insight into what helps teenagers flourish through exceptional arts and music opportunities.
We welcome applications from people with experience in secondary education, youth-focused arts organisations, youth services, or programmes within the music education sector (or closely related fields). Knowledge of secondary education policy and networks is particularly desirable.
About NYO
NYO is the UK’s leading organisation championing orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development. We exist to empower teenage musicians, developing their confidence, skills and leadership through world-class orchestral experiences, and over the next decade we aim to build a significantly larger, more inclusive national community of young musicians.
The Role
This role is an exciting opportunity to influence how NYO listens to and works with young people. You will:
- Bring insight into the realities teenagers face today, including barriers to participation and progression, and what helps young people thrive in arts and education settings.
- Help develop NYO’s approach to youth voice, including meaningful input into decisions, agency, ambassadorship and leadership opportunities.
- Contribute to Board-level safeguarding oversight, particularly in large-scale youth projects and residential environments.
- Support strategic thinking about inclusion, participation and progression, recognising the importance of next-step opportunities when a teenager finds something they love.
We are committed to broadening the diversity of perspectives on our Board. We particularly encourage applications from women, individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds, and those based outside London. All appointments will be made on merit.
How to Apply
Download the application pack to find out more.
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The National Youth Orchestra
We are the UK's leading organisation championing orchestral music as a powerful agent for teenage development.
Instrumental Tutor (Brass)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate brass teacher to join our diverse team at one of Barnet Education Arts Trust's Saturday morning Music Academies.
Barnet Education Arts Trust (BEAT) is the main provider for music education for young people in the London Borough of Barnet. We are seeking a passionate and inspiring brass teacher to join one of our Saturday morning Music Academies. A trombone specialist would be preferred, but all brass specialists will be considered.
BEAT seeks to be an inclusive organisation and recognises the value of a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough. We welcome applications from those from underrepresented groups within our community and from all qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
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About the Provider
Barnet Education Arts Trust
Barnet Education Arts Trust (BEAT) is an independent Charitable Incorporated Organisation and the main provider for music education for young people in the London Borough of Barnet.
Channel Sales Manager
Are you a commercially-driven sales professional with a passion for building relationships and driving growth? Do you have experience in channel management and want to make a real impact in the arts education sector?
We are hiring for a new Channel Sales Manager where you you will play a key role in driving the growth and performance of Trinity College London’s Public Exam Centre Network. Your role will be fundamental in making sure that the centres are run as growth-orientated organisations through increasing exam candidature. You will also develop strong partnerships with centre representatives to drive the growth and performance forward.
As Channel Sales Manager you will:
- Recruit and onboard public centre representatives
- Ensure centres are set up for success and run efficiently with clear processes and performance frameworks
- Drive the growth of candidature across centres
- Monitor centre performance against agreed KPIs and data, and intervene where performance is at risk
- Identify local partnerships, growth opportunities and emerging markets
- Represent Trinity College London at sector events
About You
- Educated to degree level or with equivalent relevant experience
- Proven experience in business development, channel growth, or commercial partnership roles within arts education or an equivalent field
- Strong commercial mindset
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders
- Proficiency in CRM software and data-driven decision-making.
- Adaptable with a growth mindset.
Our Benefits
Trinity provides a work environment that is stimulating, inspiring and fair. Our approach to reward values our employees while ensuring each person’s contribution makes us great as an organisation. As an employee, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits here at Trinity.
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Trinity College London
Trinity College London is an international exam board that’s provided assessments since 1877. We provide recognised and respected qualifications in communicative skills — from music, drama and arts activities to English language — at all levels.
Trumpet Teacher and Trombone Teacher
Two Visiting Music Teachers required from April 2026 to teach trumpet and trombone on a part-time and self-employed basis.
Tormead School is an academically selective independent school for 800 girls aged 4–18, located a short stroll from the historic town centre of Guildford, just 40 minutes by train to London.
We are looking to appoint two enthusiastic and inspirational Visiting Music Teachers (VMTs) to join our successful and vibrant Music department:
- Trumpet teacher for 8 students (4 hours teaching per week) and
- Trombone teacher for 6 students (3 hours teaching per week)
The ability to teach other brass instruments will be considered favourably. For the right candidate, there may be the opportunity to lead the Senior Brass ensemble. Teaching will mostly be in one-to-one lessons but may occasionally include small groups or ensembles. Candidates should have the flexibility to increase their lesson count if demand increases.
Candidates will be highly skilled and experienced music teachers, comfortable teaching in a range of music styles. Candidates must be able to motivate and inspire children of all ages and abilities to make good progress in their instruments (trumpet and trombone in this case), develop their musicianship and to enjoy and feel inspired by their musical journey. Candidates will have experience as both a performer and educator, with the ability to teach students from beginners to post-Grade 8. Candidates will also be expected to be supportive of the activities of the department.
This position is term time only and successful candidates will work on a self-employed basis. Our VMTs invoice parents directly and are expected to confirm to the reporting procedures of the School, writing termly reports on individual students, managing their own timetables with support from the Director of Music, ensuring other school commitments are taken into consideration.
How to Apply
Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received, and the School reserves the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date should the ideal candidate(s) be identified.
Tormead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS check.
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Tormead School
Tormead School is an academically selective independent school for 800 girls aged 4–18.
Membership Services and Data Officer
You will support Sing Up’s work with schools and partner organisations by providing reliable Partner Membership administration and reporting, ensuring accurate membership data management, and improving operational workflows that strengthen stakeholder experience and service delivery. The role will also assist with customer support and other operational activities where needed, ensuring a responsive and joined-up service across the organisation.
Sing Up is a music education company that believes in the power of singing to transform lives. We support schools, teachers and music practitioners through high-quality resources and training. We are looking for a proactive, organised and data-confident Membership Services and Data Officer to help us deliver an excellent experience for schools and partner organisations through our Partner Membership offer.
We are an innovative and future focused team, who share a passion for improving the ways in which education supports children and young people to achieve their potential, particularly in the context of emerging technologies, creativity and the arts.
We recognise that continuously strengthening our operational foundations is essential to leveraging these opportunities, and this role plays a key part in making that happen within our Partner Membership services.
About the Role
You will support Sing Up’s work with schools and partner organisations by providing reliable Partner Membership administration and reporting, ensuring accurate membership data management, and improving operational workflows that strengthen stakeholder experience and service delivery. The role will also assist with customer support and other operational activities where needed, ensuring a responsive and joined-up service across the organisation.
This is a varied, impact-focused role combining Partner Membership support, data management and operational reporting, alongside practical process improvement. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the business to strengthen service delivery and provide a joined-up, responsive service for schools and partners.
What you’ll be doing:
- Partner Membership administration (quotes, benefits, stakeholder comms).
- CRM/spreadsheet data accuracy and hygiene.
- Regular and ad hoc reporting (CRM reporting, Excel pivots/charts, trend insights).
- Practical process improvements across membership workflows.
- Support for customer enquiries and wider ops tasks as needed.
What we’re looking for:
You’re genuinely excited by supporting schools and partners, and you take pride in doing things properly. You’re proactive, highly organised and naturally detail‑focused, with strong data discipline and confidence using Excel for operational reporting (pivots, charts and trend summaries). You communicate clearly, solve problems calmly, and you’re motivated to spot inefficiencies and follow through with practical process improvements, while working well independently (including remotely) and in a small team.
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Sing Up
Sing Up's online platform and resources are designed to improve learning outcomes; your pupils will be more engaged and focused in the classroom.
Independent Chair of Board, Surrey Music Hub Steering Board
Surrey Music Hub (the Music Education Hub for Surrey) is seeking to appoint an Independent Chair. This is a voluntary position with an allowance of up to £3,000 for expenses.
You will be passionate about ensuring that all children and young people can access high quality music education opportunities that meet their needs. This role offers an opportunity for the right individual to make a difference to the lives of the children and young people of Surrey through music.
You will chair the Hub’s Steering Board, working alongside the Music Hub lead organisation, Surrey Arts, the arts service for Surrey County Council as well as partners to ensure the effective delivery of the Department for Education National Plan for Music Education (NPME).
The Independent Chair will need to have significant experience and expertise in partnership working and strategic thinking, business and budget monitoring and management. The chair will commit to developing a thorough knowledge and understanding of the needs of, and challenges for, children and young people, issues affecting Local Authorities and schools, Arts Council England/Department for Education policy relating to Music Education Hubs and the breadth of music providers working in Surrey. Experience in music/music education is not required as we are seeking to broaden the range of experience and skills to help drive our future development forward.
The chair role will run for a term of 3 years with an opportunity to be reappointed.
Surrey Arts, the Arts Service for Surrey County Council, is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and would especially welcome applications from the ‘global majority’, the LGBTQ+ community and people who are disabled.
For further queries please contact Sarah Lee, Head of Service, Surrey Arts sarah.lee@surreycc.gov.uk
Commitment: Four board meetings plus preparation per year; at least one meeting per year will be in-person. Other meetings as advised.
Context, Vision, Mission, Approach and Values
Context – Surrey Music Hub is a partnership led by Surrey Arts. It serves the local authority area of Surrey County Council, with a total school population of 163,657 children as of 2024/25, in 401 state-maintained, academy and free schools (4 state-funded nurseries, 299 state-funded primary schools, 59 state-funded secondary schools, 26 state-funded special schools, 5 non-maintained special schools and 8 state-funded alternative provision schools), through music making and the arts and cultural offer. The lead partner of the Surrey Music Hub is Surrey Arts, which is part of Surrey County Council (SCC) Cultural Services. The Hub is overseen by the Surrey Music Hub Steering Board, which is made up of partners and local stakeholders.
Vision – Changing lives through music
Mission – Surrey Music Hub’s aim is to work in partnership to ensure that children and young people from all backgrounds receive music education that is high quality, wide ranging, sustainable and accessible to all and that there are clear routes for progression.
Approach – We: advocate, celebrate, deliver, create, innovate, commission, educate, invest, nurture, support, connect, develop.
Our Values
Surrey Arts is an ambitious and forward-thinking organisation that places young people at the centre of our work. We are committed to developing Surrey Arts as a genuinely inclusive organisation, fostering a culture of belonging where all are respected and valued and one that meets the needs of the whole diverse community of Surrey. Equality, diversity and inclusion is central to our organisation and we are committed to its development at all levels of the organisation as outlined in our EDI strategy.
Surrey Music Hub is committed to delivering ‘The Power of Music to Change Lives’, the Government’s National Plan for Music Education, for all children and young people throughout Surrey. Surrey Music Hub performs all the following aims and functions as set out by Department for Education:
Aims for Music Hubs:
- To support schools and other education settings to deliver high quality music education.
- To support young people to further develop their musical interests and talent, including into employment.
- To support all children and young people to engage with a range of musical opportunities in and out of school.
Hub Strategic Functions:
- Partnerships
- Schools
- Progression and Musical Development
- Inclusion
- Sustainability
How to Apply
Application is by letter and CV sent to sarah.lee@surreycc.gov.uk.
For more information or an informal chat, please email sarah.lee@surreycc.gov.uk.
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Surrey Arts
Our aim is to increase people's interest and participation in the arts throughout Surrey.
Music Events Manager
Join the Royal Greenwich Music Service (RGMS) as our Music Events Manager and help shape inspiring live music experiences for children and young people across the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Pay: The salary indicated is based on a full-time equivalent. Actual salary will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, based on 14 hours per week during term time only.
At Royal Greenwich Music Service, we are passionate about ensuring every child and young person has access to inspiring, inclusive and high-quality music opportunities. As Music Events Manager, you’ll play a key role in realising that vision by leading on the planning, delivery and promotion of performances and concerts across the borough.
What You’ll Do
Lead on Music Events Oversee the planning and delivery of all Royal Greenwich Music Service events from inception to completion, ensuring events are safe, well managed and accessible to all participants.
Coordinate and Collaborate Work with schools, venues, the management team, contractors and partners to plan and deliver meaningful live music experiences for children and young people.
Safeguard and Comply Ensure all events meet health and safety and safeguarding requirements, including child performance licensing.
Manage Production and Promotion Coordinate technical and logistical arrangements for events and work with the Royal Borough of Greenwich communications team on promotion to support strong audience engagement.
Evaluate and Develop Carry out post-event evaluations, contribute to reporting requirements and support funding applications for large-scale performances.
Why Join Us?
We are committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, ensuring every child in the Royal Borough of Greenwich has fair access to inspiring and engaging music opportunities through bespoke music programmes and experiences that respond to the needs of children, schools and families.
Join us for a vibrant, inclusive experience where every child can explore their creativity and enjoy the lifelong benefits of music.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking a dynamic, organised and collaborative events professional who:
- Has significant experience within the events sector, ideally including live music
- Understands the technical and production requirements of music events
- Is able to plan and deliver complex events while meeting deadlines
- Shares our commitment to inclusive practice and safeguarding
- Can work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, as required
If you’re passionate about live music and want to play a key role in delivering inspiring experiences for children and young people across Royal Greenwich, we’d love to hear from you.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
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Royal Greenwich Music Service
The Royal Greenwich Music Service offers a music education service for all schools, ensuring all children and young people in Royal Greenwich have access to the highest quality, diverse and inclusive curriculum.
Music Tutor: Orchestral Percussion and Drum Kit
This role is for a committed and inspiring teacher to deliver individual/small group orchestral percussion and drum kit lessons to children aged 7-18 (school years 3-13) at our music centre during term time.
The successful candidate must be able to teach pupils from beginner to Grade 8 / Diploma on Orchestral Percussion and Drum Kit, and they will join a fabulous, dedicated, and inspirational team who will support you and your professional development. They will be supported with resources and shadowing opportunities of other Trafford Music Service staff.
The ability to teach another instrument, especially piano is desirable.
About Trafford Music Service
Trafford Music Service provides musical opportunities for children from across the borough. We are committed to enabling children from all backgrounds to access high quality music provision through curriculum teaching, whole class or instrumental lessons and ensembles.
We currently teach in primary and secondary schools across the authority as well as providing an after-school music provision at our Music Centre based in Sale.
The service’s values are focused on serving our young people and they are enriching lives, inspiring a love of music for all by being supportive, inclusive, dedicated and creative. You can read more about our work on our website.
Trafford Music Service are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining diverse candidates, as it’s important that our team reflect the communities we serve at every level within the service.
This post is permanent on Teachers’ Pay and Conditions on the Unqualified Teacher pay scale 3-6.
The working hours/days for this post are 4 hours on Tuesdays (4pm – 8pm) and 2.5 hours on Fridays (4pm – 6.30pm) during term time. Candidates should be sure they can commit to teaching during term time before applying. We are committed to providing continuity for our pupils and the highest level of instrumental tutoring. Tutors are employed on Teachers’ pay and conditions and therefore have the school holidays off and all tutors are expected to fully commit to all term dates.
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About the Provider
Trafford Music Service
Trafford Music Service (strategic partner of the Greater Manchester Music Hub) is a not for profit music education organisation committed to delivering high quality music education and musical opportunities to children and young people in Trafford.