Director of Chamber Orchestra (part-time)

The Madeira School is seeking a Director of Chamber Orchestra (part-time/50%) to join its faculty for the 2025-2026 school year. The successful candidate will support and achieve the School’s mission and vision by effectively facilitating learning in student-centered college preparatory classrooms.

Founded in 1906, the Madeira School is an independent, college preparatory, boarding and day school for girls grades 9-12. Located in McLean, Virginia on a 376-acre wooded campus, Madeira is 12 miles from the center of Washington, DC.  Madeira’s ambitious academic curriculum emphasizes both content and skills in the context of a college-prep liberal arts education.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct full orchestra rehearsals and combined orchestra/vocal ensembles in a weekly evening class setting. Capable of instructing strings, woodwind, brass, percussion and piano students. Piano competency a plus.
• Embrace teaching beginning as well as advanced level students.
• Assemble and coach chamber ensembles of varying sizes and skill levels.
• Collaborate with Vocal, Theater, and Dance ensembles for special pieces. Instruct and support instrumental soloists for special performances with other arts disciplines.
• Arrange and transcribe music for different instruments to support ensembles.
• Create opportunities for performances which reflect diversity in musical styles, periods, genres, and compositional backgrounds.
• Manage maintenance and accessory inventory for school owned instruments, assisting students with instrumental maintenance issues with local repair specialists.
• Create and assess appropriate homework assignments to support personal practice between ensemble rehearsals.
• Support a student-centered project-based learning environment for musicians.
• Collaborate with Private Instructors for special performances and rehearsals. Assist with running 4 Soiree Recitals during the school year.
• Manage a part-time (50%) load to include: evening teaching, attending day-time department meetings, and overseeing the Chamber Orchestra program
• Plan and prepare innovative and rigorous instructional content
• Work collaboratively with a team of faculty, colleagues, administrators and parents
• Maintain accurate student records such as grades and comments and communicate such data in accordance with the Academic Calendar and School expectations
• Know how girls learn and use this knowledge to guide instructional and curricular decisions; apply principles of mind, brain and education science when teaching, developing curriculum, and assessing student learning
• Support and act in accordance with the school’s mission and values

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred (degrees in related subject matter preferred)
• Ability to demonstrate growth mindset, optimism, and belief that all students can learn required
• Ability to innovate and think creatively about education
• Ability to make contribution to the School outside one’s academic department, including to activities program, residential program, and interdisciplinary offerings
• Ability to use and adapt to a wide-array of technology as tools to support and deepen student learning and instruction
• Ability to be a practitioner of diversity, equity and inclusion
• Uphold the School’s professional standards including punctuality, courtesy and discretion
• Availability for occasional weekend responsibilities

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person