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Employment/Volunteer Opportunities

Join the BHMA staff!

Berkshire Hills Music Academy frequently has openings for professional music instructors, residential life skills staff and other special education teachers.  For more information or to apply for a position, contact Jenna Motyka, Personnel Administrator at 413-540-9720 x203

 

Application for Employment

Cori Request Form

Berkshire Hills Music Academy is an Equal Opportunities, Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from women, minorities and persons with disabilities.

Be a BHMA volunteer!

By sharing their skills, volunteers add variety and enrichment to the Academy's programs and help our students reach their full potential as independent adults. Our volunteers include community members, college students, retirees, local musicians, teachers and parents. The Academy also participates in the Best Buddies Program, UMASS' Boltwood Project and Mount Holyoke's Second Saturday program. Here are some of the ways you can help:

  • Work as a teaching assistant/aide or tutor in our academic program.
  • Lead informal activities, such as games, musical jam sessions, art and cooking projects.
  • Help residential staff facilitate cooking, laundry, room maintenance, banking and other life skills.
  • Serve as a mentor and companion for individual or small group exercise, such as walking, fitness room, biking and outdoor games. Supervise students at Kendall Pool at Mount Holyoke College.
  • Bring your own musical or dance group to perform for our students.
  • Perform as an accompanist for special performances, rehearsals and individual practice sessions.
  • Assist students in our computer lab with basic computer skills, exploring the internet, email, etc.
  • Help individual students to focus during independent practice sessions ( no formal music training necessary ).
  • Assist the front office staff with such administrative tasks as answering phones, photocopying, stuffing envelopes, etc.
  • Or tell us how you can use your talents to help us grow!

For additional information, please contact Elizabeth Hart at 413.540.9720 x202.

The Berkshire Hills Music Academy admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs. The Berkshire Hills Music Academy is an equal opportunity employer.

Lisa Walsh :

Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Lisa graduated in 2004 and is now taking music lessons at McGill University and volunteering three days a week in a nursing home as an aide, working in a group with a music therapist. Since completing her studies, Lisa has collaborated with a pianist in her hometown area to perform at a senior center, an outdoor art show, a retired teachers' association, and at conferences. She is preparing for a guest appearance with the group, “Red Hot Mamas,” in June and is singing with the West Island Chorus of Sweet Adeline International Church Choir. She has also recently been offered a part time teaching assistant position for one-sixth graders and has been asked to do a jazz performance for the elementary school.

“The staff at BHMA were the best. They helped me decide to make music my career.”