Faculty Piano Instructor

Who we are Brownsville Piano Studio is a growing music school with one conviction at its center: a child who loves music will outlast a child who only fears the teacher. Teach private lessons (30, 45, and 60 minutes) and weekly group classes, inheriting an established roster of students from day one — you start with a studio, not an empty bookMonday–Friday schedule: mornings 10:00–1:00 and evenings 4:00–8:30 (Mon–Thu), with your midday break genuinely yours; approximately 34.5 scheduled hours per weekMornings blend teaching with the studio's inner life: administrative duties, program building, and your part in a clear, visionary plan for how this studio grows — this is a creative position, not just a teaching oneYour ideas are valid here. Every full-time instructor carries a Studio Portfolio: one named area of studio responsibility matched to your strengths (recruiting, events, festivals and competitions, family experience, and more), with real ownership behind it — we build roles around people, not people into slotsA studio year of two 17-week semesters plus recital weeks, an 8-week summer session, and roughly 6 weeks of paid studio closure annually — we built rest into the year on purposeWhat we offer $40,000–$45,000 starting salary, commensurate with experience, with raises guaranteed in writing every year — no negotiating for what you've earnedYour own designated teaching studio and office with a well-maintained Yamaha or Baldwin uprightTwo weeks of paid temporary housing if you're relocating, while you find your own placeAnnual professional development fund ($350 for conference attendance; $500 if you present)Paid referrals for university accompanying work, and performance opportunities through our ClassiCulture Concert Series — if you want to keep performing, we'll keep you performingMonthly faculty seminar where our teachers teach each otherNo state income tax, in one of the most affordable cities in the country — this salary genuinely stretches hereInternational musicians on OPT or CPT are encouraged to apply — for faculty who grow with us, work-visa sponsorship may be considered on a case-by-case basis.What we ask