Part-time teacher, baroque bass and g-violone

The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki is now opening the post of

part-time teacher of baroque bass and g-violone

for the Department of Early Music for a fixed period.  

Tasks

The main duty of the teacher is baroque bass and violone tuition. The students to be instructed are baroque bass and g-violone minors, and possibly also students from Junior Academy. In addition, the duties may include tasks related to the development of baroque bass and g-violone education and possible collaboration projects depending on the needs of the department and the selected candidate’s qualifications and expertise. Duties may also include jury work in exams and student admissions. Teaching and other tasks will be agreed together with the Head of Department at the start of each semester. Languages of tuition are Finnish and/or English.

The Sibelius Academy does not promise to provide teaching tasks, should there be no teaching needs during a semester, but if there is need for baroque bass and g-violone part-time teachers, we will offer work for the person who has been selected via this recruitment, too.

What we expect from You

• Teaching skills and experience
• Excellent command of the instrument
• Solid experience in orchestra performance, chamber music and performing as a soloist
• Willingness and ability to support students in their studies
• Good collaborative and interactive skills
• Good command of the English language
• Master of Music degree or an equivalent suitable university degree; a person with no master’s degree but considerable familiarity with the field in question may also be deemed qualified

Teaching demonstrations and interviews

We will call the most suitable applicants for a demonstration of proficiency, which will be conducted in English and take place on Tuesday 27th May 2025. The demonstration will include teaching and artistic samples and an interview. The teaching sample will include teaching baroque bass repertoire to a student of bachelor- or master-level studies. Teaching tasks will be announced later. In the artistic demonstration, duration of 8 minutes, the candidate plays a piece / pieces (or movements of pieces) of free choice on both instruments. Sibelius Academy will arrange a pianist, but it is also possible to bring an accompanist of one’s own.

How to apply

Please submit your application through our electronic recruitment system by 22nd of April  2025 23.59 (UTC +3). Please add into your application material a short motivation letter and your CV as PDF attachments.

The position requires living and working in Finland for the duration of the employment relationship.

The position may include teaching underage students. A criminal record extract must be presented to Uniarts before a contract of employment can be signed for the job in question. The Act on Checking the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children (504/2002) obliges Uniarts to ask persons working with people under 18 years of age to present an extract from their criminal record (when the employment lasts longer than three months).

Inquiries

If you have questions, please send us an e-mail, our email addresses are firstname.surname@uniarts.fi.

• For further details regarding the post: Annamari Pölhö, Head of Department, Early Music
• For further details concerning recruitment system and the application process: HR/Anne Kilpeläinen, tel. +358 50 348 4539