Assistant Professor of Music, Choral Conductor (T/TE))

The University of Arizona School of Music invites applications for Assistant/Associate Professor of Music-Choral Conducting/Director of Choral Activities (full-time, 9-month, tenure track).

The successful candidate will be an artist as a choral conductor with a growing record of sustained excellence in choral performance, teaching, and scholarship, success providing leadership or administrative oversight within a choral program at the university level and ability to work collaboratively with faculty and staff, and who will recruit and teach outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, create/maintain an active national profile as a choral conductor, scholar, and pedagogue, teach graduate choral conducting, choral literature, weekly lessons and seminar for MM and DMA students, and related duties as assigned by the Director of the school.

The School of Music is accredited by NASM and is one of the country's top comprehensive music programs, home to approximately 60 innovative faculty members who are leaders in their fields as educators, scholars, and active performers, 300 undergraduate music majors, and 130 master's and doctoral students. An all-Steinway School, we provide multiple performance spaces, recording studio, and Yamaha digital keyboard lab. Recent faculty accolades include Leonard Bernstein Scholar-in-Residence at the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Sudler Award for the Pride of Arizona Marching Band, and Symphonic Choir's performance for the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Current students and alumni have won national and international competitions, presented and performed at the invitation of professional organizations, and earned awards for their research. Learn more by visiting https://music.arizona.edu.

The School of Music is part of the Arizona Arts division, which serves as a gateway to visual and performing arts experiences, programs, and assets at the University of Arizona (U of A). Arizona Arts offers the opportunity to work with people of many different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We foster opportunity and excellence in the arts with a commitment to success for every student, research that shapes the future, and community engagement. Learn more by visiting cfa.arizona.edu/about/arizona-arts.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Conduct Symphonic Choir, the premier choral ensemble of the School of Music.
• Teach graduate choral conducting, choral literature seminar, and related courses, including weekly lessons for MM and DMA students and a weekly seminar with the full conducting studio.
• Supervise the graduate degree program in choral conducting, including qualification, comprehensive, and dissertation examinations, and mentor students through degree completion and professional placement.
• Provide artistic and administrative leadership for the choral program and collaborate closely with other choral faculty in program planning, recruitment, outreach, experiential learning, research, scholarship and creative opportunities that benefit student learning outcomes and success.
• Maintain an active national profile as a choral conductor, scholar, and pedagogue.
• Work collaboratively with faculty and staff across the School of Music and the College of Fine Arts to advance performance, research, and service initiatives.
• Duties as assigned by the assigned by the Director of the School of Music.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs)

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, faculty, and community members from wide range of backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to foster and maintain positive professional relationships within an academic and artistic environment.
• Knowledge of the needs that impact the arc of success and thriving for choral students.
• Skills to create teaching environments that are welcoming and responsive to the varying needs , interests, and strengths of all students.
• Skills to encourage critical thinking and respectful dialogue.
• Ability to use new pedagogies and classroom strategies to advance comprehensive learning opportunities.
• Ability to foster a sense of belonging and opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Ability to create public engagement, partnership or outreach with a wide range of communities.
• Ability to show leadership or service within professional associations that work to remove barriers to access, opportunity, and belonging.
• Knowledge of how to address barriers in access, belonging, and success in the music professions and choral education.
• Ability to support the university's efforts to build and sustain a vibrant respectful workplace.

• DMA or PhD in Choral Conducting or a closely related field from an accredited institution of higher education, or commensurate professional experience.
• Evidence of effective choral conducting and teaching at the university or professional level.
• Minimum of three years of teaching experience with graduate students.
• Evidence of, or demonstrated potential for, scholarly, creative, and/or research activity appropriate to rank.

• Five or more years of successful collegiate-level experience as an artist, teacher, and scholar (required for appointment at Associate rank).
  
• Record of sustained excellence in choral performance, teaching, and scholarship.
  
• Evidence of leadership or administrative oversight within a choral program at the university, professional, or festival level.
  
• Demonstrated success attracting, retaining, and working with undergraduate and graduate students.
  
• Active engagement within professional organizations such as ACDA, NCCO, NAfME.
  
• Experience with community-based ensembles, festivals, or outreach initiative.