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Music Teaching Jobs in Columbus, OH

Do you LOVE music? Are you PASSIONATE about teaching and working with children?
Come teach with one of Columbus, Ohio's largest private music schools, Foundations Music Academy. With locations in Powell, Dublin, Hilliard and Lewis Center, we are home to over 1,100 weekly private lesson students. We cater mainly to children. About 90% of our students are between 4 and 18 years old. We realize that most of our students will not become professional musicians. We strive to provide a fun but educational environment with well organized administration and first rate equipment and facilities.
Large Student Base — Over 1,100 students across four Columbus locations.
Four convenient Columbus, Ohio locations — Powell, Dublin, Hilliard and Lewis Center
Flexible Hours — Teach one day a week or five! Our Teachers set their own hours and availability.
1,100+
Weekly Students
Since 2008
Serving Columbus
75+
Faculty Members
4
Columbus Locations

About our Schools

School Background
We are a privately-held company with schools in Powell, Dublin, Lewis Center, and Hilliard, Ohio. Our first store, the Powell Academy of Music, opened in 2008 and our second location, the Lewis Center Music Academy, opened in June, 2017. Our third location opened in Hilliard in June of 2020. In 2022 we purchased First Choice Music Studio in Dublin, Ohio and then rebranded all four locations under the name Foundations Music Academy. We are the largest private music school in Columbus, OH and one of the fastest growing in the midwest. As a company that is locally owned and operated by music professionals, we understand the obstacles, frustrations, rewards, and challenges that teachers face every day when striving to provide top-notch educational services to their students.

In nearly 20 years in music education, we have built a set of systems that keep our faculty's time on teaching instead of paperwork, and we keep developing them.
Exterior storefront of a Foundations Music Academy music lesson studio
Studio lobby interior featuring an inspirational mural wall
Our Mission
We are a mission-driven organization. We believe so strongly in our mission that we decided to display, and make it the primary focus in our waiting rooms.

We Aspire To Inspire.
To Change Lives Through Music.
To Foster Creativity, Confidence & Grit
In Students of All Ages.
We Believe In The Power Of Music Education,
The Benefits It Brings and The Life-Long Skills It Develops.
Music Is Our Passion,
Our Community, Our Purpose,
Our Vehicle To Self-Discipline, Mastery & Joy.
Dream Big - Work Hard - Play Music.
About Our Director
Citing his family as his biggest musical influence, and coming from 4 generations of professional musicians, Chad started his musical education at 3 years old. He began his college training at the age of 16, in Jazz Studies as a Pianist and has also studied under Jazz legend Tony Monaco. In addition to his training in Jazz piano he has studied classical technique in the Taubman Method and is one of only a handful of pianists in Ohio that teach the technique. He is the author of The Music Parent's Handbook (a guide for parents of music students). As a member of the National Piano Guild and the Music Teachers National Association he is dedicated to providing high quality music education in a fun environment.
Male music instructor headshot in front of a Foundations Music Academy sign

Why Teach With Us?

Teaching on your own has a real upside: you keep everything you charge. No rent, no front desk, no advertising budget to fund. The downside is everything else.

Filling a schedule is slow and expensive. Referrals take time even when you are good, ads cost money, and driving between students eats hours you could have spent teaching. Then there is collections. Chasing payments is nobody's idea of a good evening, and enforcing an attendance policy on your own is harder still. A family leaves for Disney World for two weeks, you cannot fill that slot on short notice, and you either have the awkward conversation or you eat the loss. A couple of times a month and it adds up.

Teaching at a school trades a lower rate per student for a schedule that stays full. Ten or eleven students a day at our rate beats a half-full week at yours, and our teachers keep their studios through the summer instead of losing half of them in June. You get a professional room with no doorbells, no TV and nobody wandering through. You teach, we handle the rest.

A full schedule, year-round

Students move and quit all year, and that leaves holes in a teacher's schedule. Most schools only advertise in late August and September. We advertise year-round and spend six figures a year on it, across search, social, direct mail and community publications. That is why we are still enrolling in May and June, when everyone else has gone quiet.

You only have to teach

Every location has full-time front desk staff on site from 9:00am to 9:00pm. They handle scheduling, billing, fee collection, accompanists and recital planning. You will never reschedule a lesson, chase a payment or book a venue. You teach. They handle the rest.

You get paid either way

You are paid for every late cancel, trial lesson and no-show. If a family stops paying or the debt is uncollectible, you are still paid. Your teaching day is yours.

Recitals and Performances

Two student recitals a year. We do the planning and cover every cost, from the printed programs to the sound system at the venue.

What our teachers are saying

“I love the support I feel from the management and the friendship and encouragement I receive from the other teachers. I not only have a job that I love, I have a community around me that helps me be the best teacher and musician I can be.”
Katrina Cortes · Piano Teacher
“This is an outstanding place to teach. The combination of a positive work environment and a commitment to education gives teachers the ability to provide students with the education that they deserve.”
Matthew West · Guitar Teacher

Current Teaching Opportunities

We are growing and accepting resumes on all instruments.
You will need a four-year degree in music and at least one year of teaching experience. We contact suitable applicants directly, so please do not call.

Relocating to Columbus? No problem! Just contact us, even if you won’t be in town for a couple months.
Powell
Mon to Thu, 3:00 to 9:00 PM · Fri, 3:00 to 7:00 PM · Sat, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Lewis Center
Mon to Thu, 3:00 to 9:00 PM · Fri, 3:00 to 7:00 PM · Sat, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Dublin
Mon to Thu, 3:00 to 9:00 PM · Fri, 3:00 to 7:00 PM · Sat, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Hilliard
Mon to Thu, 3:00 to 9:00 PM · Fri, 3:00 to 7:00 PM
Teach With Us
Music Teacher
Application

Love music and helping students grow? We're always looking for inspiring teachers to join our faculty. Fill out the form below and we'll be in touch.

Powell  ·  Lewis Center  ·  Dublin  ·  Hilliard
01 — Contact Information
02 — Teaching Experience
Please include styles and levels (e.g. Classical Piano — Beginner to Advanced)
Please include how many years you have been teaching and the approximate ages (grade school, middle school, high school, adults) and levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) of the students you have taught.
03 — Education
Please list the specific degree (e.g. Bachelor of Music in Music Education or Master of Music in Piano Performance) AND the institution. If your degree is in progress, please indicate by listing "in progress."
04 — Fit & Commitment
Our Animal Adventures program is the perfect way for young students to learn the fundamentals of music and prepare them for private lessons when they are older.
This is your chance to really share with us who you are and why you feel you would be a great addition to our faculty. Don't be shy!
05 — Location & Availability
Please select all that you have interest in.
Please check any or all days and times below that you would be completely available to teach on a weekly basis.
If you clicked OTHER above, please share your specific availability here. If you did NOT click OTHER, please skip this field.
Such as gigs, recording commitments, business trips, etc.
06 — Compensation
Given that we provide all the support necessary for teachers to be able to just come in and teach, our starting hourly rate is from $30–$38 per hour, depending on experience, demand and a number of factors.
07 — Resume
We review all applications and will reach out within 3–5 business days if there's a fit.
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