American Composers Orchestra is Accepting Applications forTeaching Artists who are Composers
ACO is seeking exceptional Composer/Performer/Educators to work with our Education Director, Kevin James, and our dedicated team of Teaching Artists, working to develop the creative capabilities of middle school and high school students in New York City and beyond.
We are seeking a diverse cadre of candidates with the following attributes:
- Extraordinary creativity
- Engaged primarily in creative endeavors (multi-disciplinarians welcome)
- Must love working with children. Education experience preferred
- Not tied to boundaries in the expression of their creativity OR educational methodology
Candidates should be available immediately.
Those hired will be required to participate in planning sessions, professional development and teaching assignments during the summer of ’21.
Teaching Artists are generally asked to take on 2-3 teaching assignments for the academic year (usually 2-5 services/week for 24-32 weeks + the possibility of summer classes).
American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is dedicated to the creation, celebration, performance, and promotion of orchestral music by American composers. With commitment to diversity, disruption and discovery, ACO produces concerts, education programs and emerging composer development programs to foster a community of creators, audience, performers, collaborators, and funders.
We strongly encourage applications from gender-marginalized, BIPOC, and disabled composers, in addition to composers from backgrounds currently underrepresented in the orchestra and education fields.
All positions are Part Time
Inquiries will be accepted until June 15
ACO Teaching Artists receive a standard scale of $75-$100/hr
If this is you, please send a letter of interest along with resume and references to:
Kevin James
Education Director, American Composers Orchestra
kevin@americancomposers.org
American Composers Orchestra is grateful to the many organizations that make its programs possible including Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Fund, Altman Foundation, Amphion Foundation, Benevity, Aaron Copland Fund for Music, BMI Foundation, BMI, Inc., Charity Navigator's Giving Basket, Cheswatyr Foundation, Edward T. Cone Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Ford Foundation’s Good Neighbor Committee, Give Lively, Francis B. Goelet Charitable Trust, Fromm Music Foundation, Steven R. Gerber Trust, G. Schirmer/Wise Music Foundation, The Hearst Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund, Jephson Educational Trusts, Jerome Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, Mellon Foundation, New Music USA’s Organization Fund, The New York Community Trust (Musical Arts Fund, Clara Lewisohn Rossin Trust, and Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund), Pacific Harmony Foundation, Paypal Giving Fund, Rexford Fund, Sphinx Venture Fund, TD Charitable Foundation, Turrell Fund, UKOGF Foundation, Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
Corporate gifts to match employee contributions are made by Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Triton Container International Incorporated of North America, and Neiman Marcus.
Public funds are provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Office of Brooklyn Borough President Reynoso, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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