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Vocal Music Director

Black Rock Middle School

Villanova, PA, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Vocal Music Director – Black Rock Middle School Musical

Black Rock Middle School is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Vocal Music Director to teach and rehearse the vocal music for our spring musical.

The Vocal Music Director will be responsible for teaching the cast the musical score, including soloists, small groups, and large ensemble numbers, and helping students develop strong vocal technique, musicality, harmonies, and confidence as performers.

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching vocal parts, harmonies, and musical numbers to students in the cast

• Working individually with soloists to develop their vocal performances

• Leading rehearsals with a large middle school ensemble

• Helping students develop musical confidence, expression, and performance skills

• Collaborating with the show's director and production team to prepare the cast for performances

Schedule:

Rehearsals are held after school from 2:35–4:30 p.m., beginning in mid-November and continuing through early March. Music teaching days are flexible as we create our schedule.

Ideal candidate:

• Has experience teaching or directing vocal music

• Has experience working with middle school or adolescent students

• Is comfortable managing and motivating a large group of young performers

• Has strong knowledge of vocal music, harmony, and musical theater

• Is enthusiastic, patient, collaborative, and enjoys working with young performers

This position is focused specifically on vocal music and cast preparation and does not include responsibility for directing the orchestra.

Application Materials required are;

• Complete application through Talent Ed

• Clearances (updated or proof of getting updated clearacnes). All clearances must be less than 1 year old.

• References available upon request

**You can find the clearance links on our employment page. Required clearances; FBI, PA Criminal and Child Abuse.

If interested, please complete a full application on Talent Ed.

The Lower Merion School District has a firm commitment to equal opportunity in the workplace.  We seek a talented workforce that reflects a diverse representation of sociocultural identities including, but not limited to, race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, sexual orientation, including gender expression identity or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability.

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Villanova, PA, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-26

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Opportunity and Market

Villanova, PA, USA is evaluated with current PA labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The Census API city profile could not be acquired in this run; the report uses current state labor-market observations and labels their scope explicitly. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

HUD Fair Market Rent resources are provided for a housing comparison using the verified worksite or its county. No city rent is asserted when it was not acquired. [5]

Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

Verify worksite-level housing, commute, taxes, utilities, benefits, contract length and any remote-work restrictions before relocating. [5] [4]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-26.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-26.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-26.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-26; retrieved 2026-08-26.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-26; retrieved 2026-08-26.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-26; retrieved 2026-08-26.