Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Kabarak University is a private Chartered institution of higher learning that provides holistic Christian-based quality education, training, research and outreach activities for the service of God and humanity.

Responsibilities or duties

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and conduct rehearsals and performances across African and Western music ensembles
• Curate, arrange, and prepare repertoire that reflects both the African musical heritage and the Western classical and contemporary canon
• Coordinate and supervise sectional rehearsals to address technical and stylistic challenges specific to African ensemble performance as well as Western instrumental performance
• Develop and implement performance frameworks that allow students to engage meaningfully with both traditions, fostering cross-cultural musicianship without compromising the integrity of either

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Qualifications and skills

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Music or related from a recognized university.
• Must have strong knowledge of and demonstrated ability to proficiently play a wide variety of Western and African musical instruments.
• Must be a registered member of a recognized professional body such as the Music Copyright Society of Kenya or any other relevant professional association in Kenya.
• Must possess relevant professional qualifications and demonstrated competence in performance and instruction of Western and African musical instruments

Experience needed

• Must have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in performing and teaching a variety of Western and African musical instruments.

• Lead and conduct rehearsals and performances across African and Western music ensembles
• Curate, arrange, and prepare repertoire that reflects both the African musical heritage and the Western classical and contemporary canon
• Coordinate and supervise sectional rehearsals to address technical and stylistic challenges specific to African ensemble performance as well as Western instrumental performance
• Develop and implement performance frameworks that allow students to engage meaningfully with both traditions, fostering cross-cultural musicianship without compromising the integrity of either

• Strong knowledge of and demonstrated ability to proficiently play a wide variety of Western and African musical instruments.
• Demonstrated competence in performance and instruction of Western and African musical instruments

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Music or related from a recognized university.
• Must be a registered member of a recognized professional body such as the Music Copyright Society of Kenya or any other relevant professional association in Kenya.