Reports To: Music Department Chair

FLSA Status: Nonexempt

About Glenelg Country School

Glenelg Country School is a non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory school serving students from age 2 through grade 12 on 90-acre campus just minutes from Columbia, MD, with approximately 800 students.

The school welcomes candidates with a sense of teamwork who want to work in a school community. Glenelg Country School (GCS) requires a strong commitment toward working closely with students and colleagues in and out of the classroom. At GCS, successful candidates participate in the school’s overall life by contributing to service learning, clubs, enrichment classes, field trips, and faculty committees. In keeping with its mission, Glenelg Country strives to attract faculty and staff who embrace diversity of background, culture, and thought. GCS draws students primarily from Howard County and six surrounding counties with more than half of students identifying as ethno-racially diverse. 

Glenelg Country School is an equal opportunity employer and employees enjoy competitive salaries and excellent benefits that include health coverage, retirement packages, and study grants.

Position Summary:

Glenelg Country School seeks a skilled and reliable part-time accompanist to join our team for the 2024-2025 school year. The accompanist will provide piano accompaniment for rehearsals, performances, and music classes while working closely with performing arts teachers, vocalists, and 4^th-12^th grade choirs to achieve excellent musical outcomes. After school rehearsals and evening performances are a requirement.

Typical Education and Experience:

The successful candidate will have proven experience as an accompanist in an educational or performance setting, and ability to work closely with the instrumental program and performing arts faculty.

Key Skills and Attributes:

The ideal candidate is an energetic and creative educator who demonstrates enthusiasm for working with students in grades 4-12, a passion for music, and contributes to a positive culture with a strong emphasis on building positive relationships with students, staff, and the GCS community.

• Excellent piano playing skills with strong sight-reading abilities.

• Strong communication, punctuality, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of musicians.

• Flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and performance requirements.

• Passion for music and a commitment to artistic excellence 

Typical Level of Interaction: 

Requires strong interaction with all School divisions and departments.

Administration 

All prospective employees must be able to clear background checks, as required by the State of Maryland.

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to listen, physically direct, and speak. The employee is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, compute, handle, clean spills, tie shoe, zipper coats or feel and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus with screens, white boards, printed material, and ability to see children in detail. The employee must be able to lift at least thirty pounds. The employee is also regularly required to climb two flights of stairs.

Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those of a school and what an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is moderate; however, variations in noise level may occur when the employee attends school functions such as assemblies, school dances, and other events.