Western Michigan University teaching position open
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 5:50 pm
http://www.wmich.edu/music/som_positions-available.html
MUSIC FACULTY VACANCY
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
POSITION
Tuba
RANK
Assistant Professor, full time, tenure track
SALARY
Commensurate with qualifications and experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Doctorate required. (Masters degree with significant progress toward the doctorate or professional experience equivalent to doctoral work will be considered); demonstrated excellence in solo and ensemble performance required; demonstrated success as a teacher required, preferably at the university level. The successful candidate will be expected to have strong interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills, as well as maintain an active career in his or her profession, fulfilling all expectations of faculty membership.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Teach studio tuba/euphonium, tuba methods, brass chamber music, and perform with the Western Brass Quintet, resident faculty quintet. Other duties as appropriate to the qualification of the candidate and the needs of the School. Recruitment, creative/scholarly activity, and service appropriate for a university faculty member
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
August, 2005
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
The School of Music, along with the Departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre is a part of the College of Fine Arts and has 39 full-time faculty and 12 staff, approximately 420 music majors, and NASM accreditation. Degree programs include Bachelor and Master of Music. Majors include performance, music education, composition, music therapy, and jazz studies.
UNIVERSITY
Western Michigan University, a Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive institution, enrolls approximately 28,000 students, with 25 percent at the graduate level, and has approximately 770 faculty. The University consists of six degree granting colleges, a graduate college, and a honors college. It is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a musically active metropolitan community of 250,000 located midway between Detroit and Chicago.
APPLICATION
Please send a letter of application, detailed curriculum vitae, three current letters of reference (placement file accepted provided letters are dated no earlier than 2002), transcripts, a cassette tape/CD of recent solo performances (excerpts from brass ensemble performances are recommended) (include a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope for the return of materials) to:
Richard N. O'Hearn, Director
School of Music
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-3831
DEADLINE
Review of files will begin February 25, 2005.
Western Michigan University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In addition, it has embarked upon a vigorous affirmative action program and encourages applications of women and members of minority groups who are qualified for this position.
MUSIC FACULTY VACANCY
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
POSITION
Tuba
RANK
Assistant Professor, full time, tenure track
SALARY
Commensurate with qualifications and experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Doctorate required. (Masters degree with significant progress toward the doctorate or professional experience equivalent to doctoral work will be considered); demonstrated excellence in solo and ensemble performance required; demonstrated success as a teacher required, preferably at the university level. The successful candidate will be expected to have strong interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills, as well as maintain an active career in his or her profession, fulfilling all expectations of faculty membership.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Teach studio tuba/euphonium, tuba methods, brass chamber music, and perform with the Western Brass Quintet, resident faculty quintet. Other duties as appropriate to the qualification of the candidate and the needs of the School. Recruitment, creative/scholarly activity, and service appropriate for a university faculty member
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
August, 2005
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
The School of Music, along with the Departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre is a part of the College of Fine Arts and has 39 full-time faculty and 12 staff, approximately 420 music majors, and NASM accreditation. Degree programs include Bachelor and Master of Music. Majors include performance, music education, composition, music therapy, and jazz studies.
UNIVERSITY
Western Michigan University, a Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive institution, enrolls approximately 28,000 students, with 25 percent at the graduate level, and has approximately 770 faculty. The University consists of six degree granting colleges, a graduate college, and a honors college. It is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a musically active metropolitan community of 250,000 located midway between Detroit and Chicago.
APPLICATION
Please send a letter of application, detailed curriculum vitae, three current letters of reference (placement file accepted provided letters are dated no earlier than 2002), transcripts, a cassette tape/CD of recent solo performances (excerpts from brass ensemble performances are recommended) (include a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope for the return of materials) to:
Richard N. O'Hearn, Director
School of Music
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-3831
DEADLINE
Review of files will begin February 25, 2005.
Western Michigan University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In addition, it has embarked upon a vigorous affirmative action program and encourages applications of women and members of minority groups who are qualified for this position.