Summer music teacher jobs involve teaching music at summer school programs, music camps, and private music schools. As a summer music teacher, you can also offer private lessons to students. Your duties vary depending on where you work. During private lessons, you help students learn a specific instrument. In a school program, you can help students practice with one or many instruments, oversee a music group such as a choir or orchestra, or teach music theory and appreciation. Your responsibilities at a music camp include teaching students and organizing music-related activities such as field trips and performances.