Music plays an integral part of life at Westminster, where pupils are encouraged to learn and participate as fully as possible in a weekly routine of rehearsals, recitals and concerts. Many internationally renowned musicians have been educated at the school including Henry Purcell, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Roger Norrington, Ian Bostridge, George Benjamin, Julian Anderson, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gavin Rossdale, Mika, Dido and members of the band Clean Bandit. Westminster musicians regularly attend the junior departments at the Royal Academy, Royal College and Guildhall, and a good number are members of the National Youth Orchestra, National Children’s Orchestra, National Youth Jazz Orchestra and National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Up to 15 Music Awards are awarded each year across 13+ and 16+.

The School’s Manoukian Music Centre is fully equipped with rehearsal / performing hall, recording studio, classrooms, practice rooms, rehearsal rooms and instrument storage. Around 30 Instrumental ensembles rehearse each week, including a symphony orchestra, concert band, string groups, brass groups, and numerous wind and percussion ensembles and jazz ensembles. There is an extensive chamber music programme with regular success in national competitions.

The role
Westminster School is looking for a clarinet teacher to teach approximately five hours per week as a Visiting Music Teacher (VMT).

The successful applicant will be an outstanding teacher, performer, and communicator with the ability to inspire the exceptionally talented and the less advanced in equal measure. They will hold a degree in Music or equivalent and a post-graduate qualification in musical performance for clarinet. The ideal candidate will have previously managed a music ensemble, and will have a proven track record of teaching at other establishments and of working in youth music.