Department of Music
Announces the Position of Assistant Professor/Wind Symphony Director
Vacancy #10F017
Position #5514
Tenure track Assistant Professor position to begin August 2010. Salary is commensurate with Assistant Professor rank.
Qualifications: Doctorate required (ABD considered). Demonstrated musical and organizational skills appropriate to organize, recruit for and conduct wind/band ensembles. A music education background or evidence of success as a director/teacher with public school and/or collegiate experience is preferred.
Responsibilities: Duties include directing the Wind Symphony and applied teaching (brass or woodwind preferred). Additional duties depend on the candidate’s area of expertise and department needs and may include Pep Band (with stipend), instrumental pedagogy, conducting class, or basic studies classes. An active performer with outstanding ability to teach and play classical and jazz styles is desirable. Recruiting is essential and should include guest conducting, workshops and summer camps, adjudicating, and participating in state, regional and national activities. Maintain regional and national visibility as an ensemble conductor as part of professional development. Advise under-graduate students, perform with faculty brass/woodwind ensemble, serve on departmental committees and perform other university and professional service as appropriate.
Application: Please complete the online application process available at http://consensus.uncw.edu. A letter of application including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching philosophy, and contact information for three professional references should be attached to the online application not e-mailed, mailed or faxed. Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachments are specifically preferred. Please send 3 letters of reference, transcripts (official copies will be requested of finalists), and a DVD illustrating conducting and musicianship as well as an audio or video (CD/DVD) recording of applied performance and teaching to: Wind Symphony Search Committee, Department of Music, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5950. Application materials will not be returned.
Review of applications will begin November 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. For questions regarding the online application process, please contact Sue Faber, Administrative Assistant at (910) 962-3390. For other questions regarding the position contact Dr. Daniel C. Johnson, Search Committee Chair at johnsond@uncw.edu.
Institution: UNCW, ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top ten public master’s universities in the South, is located on a beautiful 640-acre campus in an historic port city five miles from the Atlantic Ocean. UNCW is a community of scholars dedicated to excellence in teaching, learning, research, artistic achievement, and service to local and global communities. It is an evolving comprehensive university of moderate size (approximately 12,000 students) that values close, professional relationships among students, faculty, and staff in a diverse, supportive, and challenging intellectual environment. As an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Department of Music is committed to the highest standards of excellence in teaching and training students who will become the artists and teachers of the future.
UNC Wilmington actively fosters a diverse and inclusive working and learning environment and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified men and women from all racial, ethnic, or other minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
