What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lecturer/Assistant Director of Bands and Applied Low Brass position at Washburn University?
Position Title: Lecturer/Assistant Director of Bands and Applied Low Brass
Department: Music
Campus Location: Washburn University
Application Deadline: Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: April 16, 2025.
Position Summary: Washburn University’s Department of Music invites applications for the position of Assistant Director of Bands and Applied Low Brass. This position is a nine-month non-tenure-track appointment as Lecturer with the possibility of renewal. The position will begin August 1, 2025.
The selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.
Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.
- Fulfill teaching expectations associated with a non-tenure appointment. Teach 12- hours per semester (either in-person or online) or a full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.
- Teach and develop undergraduate applied trombone/euphonium or tuba majors, classes, and seminars as assigned and as dependent upon department needs, which may include brass techniques, chamber ensemble, low brass seminar, applied lessons, general education courses or some combination of classes consistent with the candidate’s training and interests.
- Serve as the Assistant Director of Bands for all aspects of a comprehensive band program. We are an NCAA Division II institution with two concert bands, marching band, and basketball bands.
- Recruitment and retention of music students.
- Fulfill service expectations associated with non-tenure-track appointment, including engaging in recruitment activities in the department, university, and profession. Responsibilities include school visits, clinics, networking with local music educators, and participation in on-campus recruitment events/festivals.
- Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.
- Doctorate in Music; ABD applicants will be considered with completion of doctorate by August 1, 2026.
- Experience in instrumental wind ensemble conducting at the College level.
- Experience directing university athletic bands, including drill writing and/or arranging.
- Experience teaching applied low brass at the collegiate level.
- Experience with classroom teaching at the collegiate level.
- Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners
- Official educational transcripts required at the time of hire.
- Experience designing and writing drills using Pyware.
- A successful record of recruiting and maintaining an applied studio at the collegiate level.
- Experience teaching applied trombone/euphonium at the collegiate level.
- Experience with directing and developing community youth programs.
- Experience teaching/coaching and performing in chamber ensembles.
- Experience performing in multiple musical styles, including contemporary music and other popular idioms.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
- Please upload the following items as a pdf to the “additional document” field via the electronic application: letter of application, links to teaching and performance videos completed within the last 5 years. Contact information for three current professional references will be collected as part of the application form.
- If you have any questions about the position, please email Dr. Von Hansen von.hansen@washburn.edu.
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