| Position Title: |
Instructor/One Year Term/Vocalist |
| Department: |
Music |
| Term of Assignment: |
One Year Term |
| Term End Date, If Applicable: |
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| FLSA Status: |
Exempt = not eligible for overtime |
| Work Schedule: |
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| Salary: |
Competitive |
| Travel: |
Less than 10% |
| Brief Statement of Duties |
| Brief Statement of Duties: |
The Department of Music at Northern Michigan University seeks a one-year term faculty full time, 9-month, specializing in vocal instruction. Opportunity to collaborate with other faculty on curriculum development and creative projects. This position will start August, 2024. This is a campus based position.
Duties each semester include a 12-credit hour teaching load per semester, baseline scholarship and service. The ideal candidate will teach applied voice and voice-related courses, which may include diction and class voice. Candidates will work to recruit, develop, and retain high-quality students and engage in meaningful creative and professional activity. The teaching assignment will be dependent upon the successful candidate's qualifications and interests and the needs of the Music Department. |
| Minimum Qualifications |
| Required Education: |
Master's Degree |
| Discipline / Degree Area: |
Voice |
| Required Specialized Training/Certifications: |
-Master's Degree in Vocal Performance and/or Vocal Pedagogy.
-Successful experience in college-level teaching and research.
-Demonstrated professional excellence in vocal performance in solo and/or chamber settings.
-Strong vocal pedagogy background. |
| Required Minimum Work Experience: |
-Five years of private adult voice instruction.
-Two years of college-level teaching (full-time teaching preferred, but graduate assistantships will be credited toward college-level experience). |
| Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, or Attributes Required for Satisfactory Performance of the Position Duties: |
-Strong communication and interpersonal skills, such as the ability to interact with others with respect, empathy, and cultural humility.
-Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. This could include experience using inclusive teaching practices; research relating to minoritized populations or social inequality; community-based outreach to minoritized and underserved communities; and other forms of DEI-infused teaching, scholarship, and/or service. |
| Additional Desirable Qualifications |
| Additional Desirable Qualifications: |
-Doctorate in Vocal Performance or Vocal Pedagogy (ABD will be strongly considered)
-Demonstrated ability to recruit vocal students for an undergraduate program.
-Potential for success in research and professional development, and service. |
| Other |
Special Instructions to Applicants:
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Application materials will include a faculty application, CV, cover letter, and unofficial transcripts. |
Contact Information:
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Erin Colwitz - Search Chair, ecolwitz@nmu.edu |
| Equal Employment Opportunity: |
NMU is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of its employees. |