Cello Professor

Interview date: Friday 19 July 2024

Hourly rate: £56.40

Founded in 1882, The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a world leading music conservatoire with a prestigious history and contemporary outlook. Our excellence was recognised by the 2024 QS World University Rankings, in which we were ranked as the global top institution for Music and the Performing Arts.

To cope with growing demand and our increasingly global perspective, the Royal College of Music is seeking to engage a distinguished Cello professor to join its international team. We are looking for candidates with the following attributes:

• You should be a widely recognised and highly respected practitioner, either as a performer or teacher.
• You will be teaching, to an exceptionally high level of technical and musical proficiency, students at undergraduate, postgraduate and, in some cases, doctoral level, so relevant teaching experience at this level is required.
• You should have a global perspective and significant international contacts.
• You should understand the particular demands of the music profession whilst striving to help each student reach the fullness of their own potential.

The Strings Faculty consists of a team of outstanding professors, many of whom combine careers as eminent performers and orchestral players with a passion and dedication for teaching. One-to-one lessons are at the very heart of every RCM student's learning experience, and in addition to these our students enjoy regular performance and ensemble classes, unlimited chamber coaching, orchestral classes, and masterclasses with distinguished international musicians.

The College is committed to advancing equality and inclusive practice in all areas including staff and student recruitment, our teaching and artistic programme, research activity, and our working environment. We especially welcome female applicants and those from Black and ethnically diverse backgrounds who are currently underrepresented at this level within the College.

This post is offered on a permanent, part-time basis and is available from September 2024.

For full details of this position please read the Applicant Information Pack, available to download from the RCM website:

To apply, please complete our:

1. Application form and
2. Equal Opportunities form (available to download from the RCM website);

and submit in Word or PDF format by email to

CVs without an application form will not be accepted. Please ensure that you include the Job Reference Number when submitting your application.

The RCM is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment for all our staff, students and visitors.

From £56 per hour