Music Community Ambassador | First Chair Programme

Help shape the future of music teaching in London

Are you part of London’s music community and passionate about teaching? Join First Chair, Matchspace Music’s founding ambassador programme, and help bring Europe’s leading platform for music educators to musicians across London.

We’re selecting six musicians to help launch Matchspace Music in the UK. You’ll connect with fellow musicians across the city, share what you’re hearing on the ground, and help us understand what independent music teachers need to build and grow their teaching practice.

You won’t be handed a script to promote. You’ll help shape how we arrive in London, from the very first week.

About Matchspace Music

Matchspace Music is Europe’s leading platform for music educators. We help independent music teachers build a professional online presence, get discovered by students, manage their lesson offers and get paid, all in one place.

Founded in Switzerland in 2020, we are home to more than 2,000 qualified teachers across over 100 instruments, with more than 2,100 international teachers registered ahead of our launch. We’re now bringing this to the UK, starting with London.

What you’ll do

As a First Chair ambassador, you’ll:

• Introduce Matchspace Music to musicians in your peer networks.

• Start conversations about teaching and the challenges of building an independent teaching practice.

• Share feedback from your community with the Matchspace Music team.

• Contribute your own perspective to help shape our UK launch.

• Work with the team to develop an approach that feels relevant and authentic to London’s music community.

This is a six-month freelance engagement, working remotely for four hours per week, starting immediately. Hours can be planned around your studies or other commitments.

What you’ll bring

We’d like to hear from musicians who:

• Are actively connected to London’s music community.

• Care about music teaching and want to help improve how it works.

• Enjoy meeting people and feel comfortable starting conversations.

• Can share thoughtful, constructive feedback.

• Want to help shape how we launch in London.

• Can commit four hours per week for six months.

A student or recent graduate of a London conservatoire, we’re starting conversations at RAM, RCM, Guildhall and Trinity Laban, and welcome ambitious musicians from across the city, in any discipline: strings, piano, voice, jazz, composition and beyond.

What you’ll get

• Paid participation: £25 per hour.

• Flexible scheduling around your studies or other commitments.

• Direct access to the founder and opportunities to contribute to product discussions.

• A voice in the UK launch, helping us understand and respond to musicians’ needs.

• Lasting recognition as a founding ambassador.

• A dedicated contact: Fanny Chelle, musician, teacher and Customer Success Specialist, who will welcome you and guide you through the programme.