Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Colgate University

The Department of Music at Colgate University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music to direct the Department's chamber music ensemble, the Colgate Chamber Players, and teach departmental courses beginning fall semester 2024. A DMA in performance, chamber music, piano accompanying, or a closely related field is required prior to or shortly after the date of hire.

We seek candidates with a commitment to and enthusiasm for teaching major and non-major students in an undergraduate liberal arts context, with intellectual curiosity to build new connections across Colgate's vibrant academic and cultural community, and scholarly and teaching interests that complement those of the current faculty. The candidate will join the Music Department as we embark on a revised undergraduate curriculum that offers enhanced flexibility and individualized focus and embraces stylistic diversity while maintaining a strong foundation in analysis, historical-cultural study, creation, and practice.

The successful candidate will teach our introductory course, The Musical Experience, as well as direct the Colgate Chamber Players, an ensemble that has traditionally been open to a range of instruments and a diversity of skill levels and repertoires. Other courses will be determined by the candidate's area of specialization, with the possibility of a new course in that area. We are especially interested in candidates whose research and teaching areas show promise for building interdisciplinary connections across Colgate's campus, including fields such as Africana and Latin American Studies, Women's Studies, LGBTQ Studies, languages, theater, dance, film, visual arts, Writing and Rhetoric, and cognition. The successful candidate may be exptected to participarte in all-university programs, including the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum.

The teaching load is the equivalent of five courses for the academic year, consisting of one course and ensemble directing in the fall semester and two courses and ensemble directing in the spring semester. A letter of application, CV, diversity/inclusivity statement and contact information for three refernces who can provide letters of reccomendation should be submitted to http://apply.interfolio.com/142253. Review of applications will begin March 18, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

Salary Range or Pay Grade

$68,900 (for pre-DMA candidates) to $72,900 (for candidate with DMA in hand)

Colgate strives to be a community supportive of diverse perspectives and identities, as reflected in the key goals of Colgate's DEI Plan. In the diversity/inclusivity statement, candidates should speak directly to their ability to work effectively with students across a wide range of identities and backgrounds.

Colgate is a vibrant liberal arts university of 3,200 students situated in central New York State. Colgate faculty are committed to excellence in both teaching and scholarship. Further information about the Department of Music can be found here. Applicants with dual-career considerations can find postings of other employment opportunities at Colgate and at other institutions of higher education in upstate New York at this website. Please note that Colgate will not sponsor any visa or work authorization for this position.

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