Summer  Artists-in-Residence Application
1 June to mid-August

Application deadline:  March 15, 2008

Each summer we host a traditional musician in Columbia, Missouri to share authentic traditional Irish with our community through teaching and performance.  We provide a stipend, lodging with a host family, travel expenses and a very memorable summer experience in a culturally rich community with terrific, welcoming people.  This is an idea opportunity for a third or fourth year college student in traditional music education and performance, seeking some practical teaching and performance experience and a summer abroad.

As our artist-in-residence you are asked to

• teach a combination of Irish traditional music, dance and Irish language (depending on your skills) to children and adults in weekly classes for 8 weeks.

• teach some individual lessons

• perform music (alone or with local musicians) in public venues, sometimes as a community service and others as paid gigs, to increase the exposure of traditional music in our area

•  CMCAA will pay all travel costs and provide housing during your stay plus a $1500 stipend for teaching classes. Additional income generated by paid gigs and private music lessons is your own.  

Requirements

• At least a minimal amount of experience teaching children and adults

• Very proficient on a main melody instrument, which could be fiddle, flute, accordion, Uilleann pipes or harp

• Able to teach at least one additional (folk) instrument (fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki, bodhran)

• Great attitude and willingness to work with people of all ages, ability levels and learning styles.

At least one of these is also desirable, but not required:

• Able to teach set or sean nos dance

• Able to teach Irish language

• Able to teach traditional singing

If you would like to be considered for this position, please fill out the form below.  The more detail you can provide, the better we can evaluate the fit of your skills and our needs. 

Before you begin, please read this background information 

Application deadline is March 15, 2008 (we'll start contacting people as soon as we have their applications, so please don't delay)

We will ask top candidates for a few references whom we can contact by e-mail or phone.

Name:  

E-mail address:
                   Type carefully or we won't be able to respond to you!

College you attend (if applicable):

Year in school:   Course of study:

What instruments do you play, and for how long? Include all instruments that you are proficient enough with to teach absolute beginners:

Do you sing? If so, tell us about your singing background.

Do you do any traditional dancing well enough to either teach or assist with teaching a class? Step, set, ceili or sean nos? If so, tell us a bit about your background - how many years of study, have you taught dance?

Do you have any experience teaching beginning Irish language? Would you feel comfortable teaching it?

Give us some general information about your performing and teaching background.  

Is there anything else you'd like to tell us that you feel makes you qualified to be an Artist-in-Residence?

Have you spent time in the US before? If so, when and for how long? Were you on a visa or holiday? 

Do you have questions for us? Here's your chance!

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