Teaching Artist- Music

ECA Music Teaching Position

The ACES Educational Center for the Arts is seeking candidates to teach choral music classes for the 2025-26 school year.

 This part-time position begins in late August 2025.  Classes meet Mondays - Thursdays, between 1:00 - 4:10 pm. Specific schedules vary depending on the teaching assignment. Additional hours allotted for rehearsals and performances. Hourly rate based on experience and education. 

The ACES Educational Center for the Arts is a part-time, inter-district, magnet high school for the fine and performing arts nestled in the heart of New Haven’s Audubon Arts district. The ECA community believes in the capacity of the human spirit to create, transform, and connect. Through intensive study of music, dance, theater, writing and visual arts, ECA students learn side by side with peers and practicing artists as they discover their creative potential.  

Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in music/music education and have demonstrated success teaching music at the high school level. ECA teachers serve as mentors to young artists, grades 9-12, and cultivate learning environments rich with inquiry, dialogue, creative and intellectual challenge, and artistry. Responsibilities include the development of course syllabi and concert programs, ongoing feedback and assessment, attendance at faculty meetings, and evening performances (course dependent).