Nick Rail Music – Private Music Instructor
Nick Rail Music is seeking EXPERIENCED INSTRUMENT MUSIC TEACHERS to teach private music lessons.
Nick Rail Music is a Santa Barbara original and has served local musicians since 1986. We are looking for teachers for a variety of instruments in all instrument families: orchestral strings, woodwind, percussion, brass, fretted strings, etc.
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES
Nick Rail Music is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides fair and equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws. All employment decisions are based on valid job-related requirements.
Other Info:
Pay: $20-45/hour depending on experience
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Hours: Teachers will submit their available schedule and the Lesson Coordinator will work to fill all available time slots. It is understood that teachers will be held to a strict attendance policy.
Requirements
- Must be authorized to work in the United States - we are an e-verify compliant company
- Must be fluent in English
- Must be over the age of 18
- Must have reliable transportation
Nick Rail Music reserves the right to perform background checks in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its students and staff members.

Nick Rail Music, established in Santa Barbara, California in 1986, is first and foremost a band and orchestral dealer, catering to both the school market and the private or professional musician. Our second store, Nick Rail Music/Agoura Hills opened in 1998, followed by stores in Santa Clarita, Redlands, San Diego and Bakersfield. Our most recent store addition was in 2020 in Camarillo, an exclusive orchestral strings shop: Penrose Strings by Nick Rail Music. We are the largest Yamaha band instrument dealer in the state, with franchises for virtually all other major name brands. Our percussion department covers concert, marching and drum set; we also carry acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses, portable keyboards, sound reinforcement, and related products. Our stores offer accessories for all departments; our sheet music department specializes in instrument methods and jazz. Our 7 repair shops expertly service thousands of instruments annually for school districts, individual customers and professional players alike.
Nick Rail Music provides service as needed to school music programs throughout southern California; representatives visit band directors and band students weekly in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties.
Our rental program is geared toward the beginning student at the elementary or junior high school level. We rent new or used major name-brand instruments, and support students from their first to their final instruments.
All Nick Rail Music stores feature teaching studios where over 1000 students are instructed on a weekly basis by many of the finest brass, woodwind and string teachers in southern California.