What are the responsibilities and job description for the Music and Performing Arts full-time Faculty Appointment (tenure track) - Directo position at Bethel University?
Music and Performing Arts full-time Faculty Appointment (tenure track) - Director of Instrumental Activities and Wind Symphony Conductor
ID: 2024-2060
Category: Music Dept.
Type: Full-Time
FLSA Status:
Benefit Eligible: Benefit Eligible
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Office Location: 3900
Job Summary
Full-time tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, conducting the Wind Symphony and teaching a variety of courses in the Department of Music & Performing Arts. We are hiring an Assistant Professor for this position, with a pay range of $55,599 - $70,043.
Responsibilities
- Conduct the Bethel University Wind Symphony, an ensemble that includes music majors and non-majors from across the university
- Serve as the department's Director of Instrumental Activities
- Teach a variety of courses depending on the candidate's expertise and department needs, which may include Music Theory, Introduction to Creative Arts,
- Instrumentation, Conducting, Music History, methods courses, and/or a January musical or opera
- Participate in departmental activities, including planning for the Festival of Christmas and various concerts in the fall and spring
- Recruit students to the Wind Symphony regardless of major
- Recruit instrumental majors to the department
- Travel with the ensemble on annual tours
- Evaluate applicants for music scholarships
- Actively support the University's commitment to its Christian values and liberal arts education
- Contribute to an academic environment that seeks to advance inclusive excellence in the department and the discipline
Skills
- Strong knowledge of wind, brass, and percussion methods
- Ability to teach history, theory, or other auxiliary courses
- Exceptional conducting and concert programming skills
- Ability to assist in hiring and management of adjunct instrumental music lessons faculty
Experience
- Experience as primary conductor of a concert wind or similar ensemble required
- Experience teaching or serving as a teaching assistant of a history, theory, music appreciation, or other academic music class required
Education
- Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting, Music Education, or a related field is required; Doctorate in Instrumental Conducting, Music Education, or a related field is preferred.
Additional Information
- The range for an Assistant Professor is $55,599 - $70,043
- Search committee will begin reviewing applications December 1, 2024
- Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Questions?
Academic Affairs
College of Arts & Sciences
Bethel University
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112
651.638.6804
cas-academic-affairs@bethel.edu
Benefits
Bethel is committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees including health insurance, retirement plans, and a generous time off package. Learn more about these offerings here.
Learn more about our commitment to diversity in hiring.
Bethel University is a leader in Christ-centered higher education with approximately 4,700 students from 50 states and 32 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bethel offers bachelor's and advanced degrees in nearly 100 fields. Educationally excellent classroom-based and online programs equip graduates to make exceptional contributions in life-long service to God and the world.
Bethel University's Christ-centered mission includes a commitment to equal educational opportunity and equal employment opportunity. Bethel does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, familial status, or age in its admissions, educational programs, or employment practices.
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Bethel seeks to recruit, retain, develop, and support a diverse workforce who contributes to our educational and Christ-centered mission. Bethel encourages candidates to apply who can assist the University to develop a faculty that reflects the diversity of people in God’s kingdom through a variety of ethnicities, cultures, and lived experiences.
Learn more about our commitment to diversity in hiring .
Bethel University is a leader in Christ-centered higher education with approximately 6,300 students from 48 states and 32 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bethel offers bachelor's and advanced degrees in nearly 100 fields. Educationally excellent classroom-based and online programs equip graduates to make exceptional contributions in life-long service to God and the world.
Bethel employs qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, familial status, and status with regard to public assistance. Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
Salary : $55,599 - $70,043
