Contemporary Commercial Music

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**Contemporary Commercial Music & Singer/Songwriter Vocal Tutor**

**Reports to**:Study Leader (Contemporary)
**Location**:Gateshead
**Working hours**: 4-5 hours (Sundays)
**Salary**:SCP 56 - £35.71 per hour, inclusive of holiday pay.

Teaching begins Sept 14th, 2025.

**About The Glasshouse International Centre for Music**

We’re a place where you can hear rock legends or pop icons on the same night as folk trios or opera singers. Where new musicians are nurtured and showcased on the same stages as platinum
- selling performers. And where youth choirs and tambourine
- shaking toddlers practice in the same spaces as our acclaimed orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Whether you’re front of house, waiting in the wings or keeping things running behind the scenes you will be part of a team that means 2 million people enjoy top - notch gigs, concerts and classes in our own venue at Gateshead Quays, out in communities across the North East and through live
- streamed performances and digital lessons.

**About Make Music**

**Make Music** is the name for all of The Glasshouse’s music-making classes, groups, ensembles, and activities for schools and music educators. People of all ages, experience levels and backgrounds sing, play, and create with us. Whether starting from scratch or polishing some skills there’s a class, choir, band, or studio to suit everyone.

**Make Music: Young People** supports any young person aged 4 to 19 find their voice, learn a musical instrument, write, and produce their own songs, meet others to play and sing with, build their confidence, and take part in exciting performances. The Glasshouse runs a leading musical training that supports young musicians aged 4 - 19 to develop the skills and confidence to reach their musical potential. We encourage applicants from the most diverse backgrounds, making sure that everyone has the chance to study with us. Financial support is available through grants and bursaries.

The Glasshouse understands that people learn in different ways and have different musical interests. We have come up with ways of teaching music that support people’s personal development as well as musical, designed around the needs of the person learning. We have written this down in our Inclusive Music Making Guide and everything we do is based on that. Through all this we connect young people with visiting artists, and we work with Music Hubs and other partners to support young people to grow in the North East.

The Glasshouse **Centre for Advanced Training (CAT)** is a high-level music training programme for young people with exceptional potential and passion for music. It is part of the Department of Education Music and Dance Scheme network. Taking place on Sunday during term time, students receive tuition, ensemble training and classes in music theory, alongside individual guidance and development. There are exciting opportunities to compose music and work alongside inspirational visiting artists, as well as multiple performance opportunities. The CAT is open to a wide range of musical genres and instruments including voice.

**About you**

Are you self-motivated, happy working in a team environment and flexible enough to adapt to a changing environment? If this sounds like you, read on to find out how you can hit the ground running.

**Overall purpose of the job**

The Centre for Advanced Training Contemporary Commercial Music & Singer/Songwriter Vocal Tutor will be part of the CAT Vocal tutor team working within Make Music: Young People. The role will involve teaching young people, aged 10-18, both individually and, potentially, as part of an ensemble and in preparation for performances on Sundays during term time at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.

**It would be great if you had experience in**:

- Singing of Commercial Contemporary Music to an advanced, professional standard and in professional contexts
- Performance of own compositions in a professional context
- Experience in performing voice and accompaniment simultaneously with expert playing of a second instrument, particularly keyboard/piano or guitar
- Professional crafting of lyrics for songs
- Working with young people aged 10-18
- Valuing diversity in relation to styles of music and strive to champion and celebrate musical pioneers from a variety of musical styles.
- Performing at a professional level
- Ability to share passion for music and inspire students
- Being adaptable with students of different ages, levels of knowledge, and learning styles
- Using initiative and being resourceful and efficient
- Excellent communication skills, both with young people and with colleagues
- An inclusive approach to working with young people

**Skills and knowledge of**:

- Contemporary Commercial Music vocal technique with an underpinning of advanced knowledge of physiological approaches to singing teaching and technique
- A broad repertoire within your performance specialism
- A range of musi