AY Dance Student Musician (WS-ST2)

St. Olaf CollegeNorthfield, MN
Onsite

About The Position

Provide musical accompaniment for dance classes. This role involves 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, improvising alone and within a group, adapting music to the energy, tempo, dynamic, and style of the dancers, and creating new phrases for any dance routine. Candidates must possess musical proficiency, improvisation skills, and adaptability. This position requires repetitive motions and exposure to loud noise. Candidates must be able to safely perform the physical work required with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

  • Musical proficiency
  • Improvisation skill
  • Adaptability
  • Ability to safely perform the physical work required of all duties with or without reasonable accommodation

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
  • 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
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