Teaching Artist at Music Basti 
Title
Teaching Artist

Location
Delhi, India
Job Type & Duration
Part-time, 9 months (July 2016 - March 2017)
Background
Set up in 2008, Music Basti connects at-risk children with musicians, aiming to nurture confidence through a creative and joyful music-learning experience. In 2013, Music Basti created the one-year ReSound program. ReSound is designed to enable children in resource-poor settings such as slums and low-income schools to write and perform their own original songs that tell the story of their communities. Through fun and improvisation based musical training, song writing and performance, ReSound fosters important life-skills in children such as confidence, creativity and leadership.
Role & Responsibilites
At Music Basti, a Teaching Artist is a musician trained as part of the ReSound teacher-training program, and is responsible for working with a group of students throughout the program. Teaching-Artists teach twice a week, over nine-months (July 2016 - March 2017), implementing the Music Basti curriculum. Teaching-Artists participate in regular teacher-training activities with Music Basti, events and/or performances, and also participate in the annual ReSound concert in February 2017. 

​The goal of the ReSound program is to enable leadership and life-skills (such as self-confidence, teamwork and practice) in children through music learning. The curriculum content focuses on teaching the fundamentals of singing, rhythm, improvisation, listening and appreciation through a fun and engaging methodology. The latter half of the program focuses on song-writing and performance, and in particular on the students' performances at community concerts and at the annual ReSound concert.
Prerequisites
  • You need to be 18 years of age to be eligible to apply, or have completed Grade 12
  • If you are a musician, (amateur, semi-professional or professional, trained in Hindustani or Western music) you are invited to apply. Music Basti seeks musicians motivated to work with at-risk children in communities across the NCR. The program is especially geared towards individuals who have experience or a keen interest in: teaching music; learning and implementing interactive pedagogical approaches; and enjoy participating in community based programs.
It is preferred that applicants:
  • are proficient in either/and: vocals (Hindustani or western); instrument (professional/formal music education is not mandatory, but is preferred).
  • have prior music teaching experience (employment or voluntary); work experience with at-risk children or youth / NGOs (employment or voluntary) or a keen interest in the same.
Compensation 
Selected teachers gain full scholarship and access to our 14-day Teacher-Training program through the year, as well as a paid teaching-placement to teach twice-a-week with a Delhi based low-income/government school or community based centre.

The ReSound teacher-training program begins with a 4-day orientation to prepare Teaching-Artists before they are placed in assigned classrooms or communities. Following this, monthly training sessions are held. The training program content includes: understanding life-skill oriented outcomes in the classroom; different approaches to music education and pedagogy; group teaching and classroom management; using other arts such as theatre or dance; Western and Hindustani music theory; workshops in rhythm, voice, ensemble and group singing; lesson planning with students and how to evaluate progress.
Application Deadline
1. Deadline for the submission of this application: 14th July, 2016
2. Interview dates*: 15th, 16th and 17th July, 2016
3. Audition dates**: 15th, 16th and 17th July, 2016
4. Announcement of selected Teaching-Artists***: 18th July, 2016

*Only applicants whose application forms are selected will be shortlisted and contacted for an interview on *one* of these dates. Please ensure you are available on these date(s) in case selected for an interview.

**Only applicants selected in the interview will be contacted for an audition on *one* of these dates. Please ensure you are available on these date(s) in case selected for an audition.

***Selected Teaching-Artists will be contacted individually by email and telephone.
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