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Music Director - Fall Production

Walnut Hill School for the Arts

Natick, MA, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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Natick, Massachusetts, Walnut Hill School for the Arts is seeking an immediate Music Director to work with the Director on all musical aspects of the School’s production of Peter and the Starcatcher, part of the School’s Walnut Hill in Boston series. The production will take place at the Virginia Wimberly Theatre at The Calderwood Pavilion in Boston. Rehearsals will take place at Walnut Hill in Natick, MA, with tech week beginning November 1 in Boston.

Compensation: $2,700 for the production paid through W-2

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include music directing the production, attending applicable rehearsals and tech week, playing during the show, and working collaboratively with all students and creative staff for the duration of the production.

The successful candidate must be a competent pianist, music director, and vocal coach and have a well-rounded knowledge of musical theater repertoire. They must also have strong communication and organizational skills, work effectively with professionals, and be passionate about working with high school students in a fast-paced pre-professional school environment. Background checks are required.

Standard Rehearsal Schedule at Walnut Hill in Natick:

Monday – Thursday: 7:00 -10:00 PM

Friday: 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Saturday: 10:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Specific Needs for This Production:

September 21–October 23: 1–3 days per week

Saturday, October 24: 10:30 AM–5:30 PM

Week of October 26: Ideally present at every rehearsal.

No rehearsal Saturday, October 31.

Week of November 1: Tech week begins.

Monday, November 2: Rehearsals move to Boston. Evening rehearsal.

Tuesday, November 3–Friday, November 6: 1:00 PM–10:00 PM

Performances:

Friday, November 6 at 8:00 PM

Saturday, November 7 at 8:00 PM

Sunday, November 8 at 2:00 PM

To Apply: Submit resume and cover letter through the Walnut Hill School for the Arts online Career Center.

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Natick, MA, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

Natick, MA, USA is evaluated with current MA 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

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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

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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 2026-08-20.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.