AY Dance Student Musician Tier 3 (WS-ST3)
St. Olaf College•Northfield, MN
•Onsite
About The Position
Provide musical accompaniment for dance classes. This is an advanced level position where the student musician will have at least 4 terms of experience playing live music for dance technique classes or similar experience. They will be able to provide solo accompaniment, musical leadership to other accompanists, and accompaniment in multiple dance genres.
Requirements
- Musical proficiency
- Improvisation skill
- Adaptability
- At least 4 terms of experience playing live music for dance technique classes or similar experience
- Able to provide solo accompaniment
- Able to provide musical leadership to accompanists in dance technique classes
- Able to provide accompaniment in multiple dance genres
Nice To Haves
- Improvisation
- Creativity
- Ensemble playing
- Listening
- Time Management
- Adaptability
Responsibilities
- Providing musical leadership to dance students
- Playing fluently in all keys and time signatures
- Keeping track of form and phrases for extended lengths of time
- Provide solo accompaniment
- Improvising alone and leading improvisation within a group
- Adapting the music to the energy, tempo, dynamic and style of the dancers
- Creating new phrases for any dance routine
- Recalling previous phrases per request of the instructor
- Paying appropriately in multiple genres
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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