Job Description / Duties

- Develop individualized lesson plans and customized vocal warm-up routines tailored to each student’s age, voice, goals, and experience level
- Teach contemporary vocal styles including pop, jazz, rock, R&B, indie, and musical theatre
- Instruct and reinforce healthy vocal technique, musicianship, ear training, rhythm, note literacy, and foundational vocal skills
- Balance technical vocal development with contemporary stylistic interpretation and artistic expression
- Prepare students for auditions, performances, recitals, and special events
- Be able to, or willing to learn how to, edit accompaniment tracks and create lead sheets to support student preparation and performance needs
- Be able to, or willing to learn how to, administer studio recordings
Prepare students for large-scale recitals performed with full live band accompaniment
- Maintain timely lesson notes, student records, and progress updates with students and parents
- Potentially teach studio intensive programs and summer camps as needed

Qualifications / Required Skills

Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Voice, Vocal Performance, Musical Theatre, or related field
- Minimum 5 years of teaching experience
- Experience teaching private lessons to children, teens, and adults
- Warm, caring, and engaging personality with a genuine passion for teaching and mentoring students
- Exceptionally patient and adaptable with students of varying ages, learning styles, and experience levels
- Reliable, professional, and emotionally consistent, with the ability to contribute positively to a stable and collaborative work environment
- Strong communication, organization, and interpersonal skills

Preferred Experience, but not required:
- Proficiency in Logic Pro is a plus
- Experience working with neurodivergent students
- Performance and/or industry experience strongly valued
- Elementary Piano

Additional Information

Please check out our website and socials for more information about studio:
www.thewondernote.com
www.instagram.com/thewondernote

Salary: $36-$40/hr (with 3 hr minimum each teaching session)

Contact Information

Hana Kim
(310) 650 - 3968
thewondernote@gmail.com

Employer Profile

The Wonder Note is a music education and recording studio dedicated to providing high-quality, personalized music instruction in a welcoming and creative environment. Our purpose is to help students of all ages build confidence, creativity, and a lifelong appreciation for music through engaging, student-centered learning experiences.

We serve students of all ages and experience levels, from young learners to adults and retirees. Our students have gone on to sign with record labels, attend prestigious music schools, pursue professional careers in the arts, or simply enjoy music as a meaningful lifelong recreational activity.

At the core of our teaching philosophy is a strong emphasis on technical foundation and musicianship. We believe note literacy, proper technique, rhythm, ear training, and musical fundamentals are essential to long-term growth and confidence as a musician. At the same time, we balance these fundamentals with practical and creative application through improvisation, songwriting, performance, collaboration, and contemporary music-making experiences.

We value inclusivity, excellence, collaboration, and community. Our culture is supportive, encouraging, and relationship-driven, with instructors who are passionate educators and working music professionals. We strive to create an environment where students feel inspired to grow both musically and personally through performance, creativity, and artistic expression.