Job Description
Salary: $28.96 Hourly
Location : Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Casual Part Time (Less than 20 hours/week)
Job Number: 2025-00061
Department: Music Lessons
Opening Date: 01/29/2025
Description of Position HIRING RATE: $28.96 Piano accompanists may play for choral ensembles, musical productions, and private vocal and instrumental music students.
- Accompanist duties include playing during regular class sessions, rehearsals, recitals, private lessons, and performances; some performances may be off campus
- Works under the close supervision of music directors and instructors
- Other related duties as assigned
This is a temporary part-time position working 0 -19 hours per week as scheduled. Minimum Expectations & Requirements - At least one year of experience in playing piano as an accompanist with individuals or groups
- Ability to play in a wide variety of musical styles, such as classical, jazz, pop and Broadway
- Basic knowledge of music theory including notation, musical symbols, scales, chords, terminology, harmony and rhythm
- Ability to listen closely and follow oral instructions
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships
Preferred Skills & Abilities - Experience playing piano in front of audiences
- Ability to play difficult music at an advanced level
- Ability to adjust playing style to match differing student/ensemble levels
- Work experience in a community college/higher education environment
Essential Functions To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and competencies listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Regular attendance as scheduled is an essential job function as it demonstrates dependability towards the performance of job duties.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment can be moderately loud.
Yavapai College offers its employees a comprehensive benefit package:
- Other Insurance Coverage: Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)
- Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits if covered wages meet requirements
- Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s).
- Additional Benefits and Services: Local community discounts to faculty and staff, mail and notary service.
Job Tags
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