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Assistant Professor in Voice (Mezzo Soprano or Tenor)
Position: Full-time, 9-month, tenure accruing faculty position
Date of Expected Hire: August 16, 2027
Salary: $61,000-$63,000 with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package
The School of Music in the College of the Arts invites applicants for a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in Voice. We seek an accomplished singer with national and/or international visibility who will contribute to the continued success and growth of our BM, BA, MM, and DMA programs in voice. The successful candidate will add their dynamic personality and enthusiasm for teaching to our School’s existing community of outstanding scholars and musicians. This position will be filled by a mezzo soprano or tenor.
The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.
This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.
Responsibilities:
- Recruit and teach undergraduate and graduate students in applied studio voice.
- Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in related voice subjects.
- Maintain an active national and international profile in performance, research, and/or other creative activities.
- Engage deeply in our learning community, finding innovative ways to connect the arts to discourses in other disciplines.
- Participate in shared governance through service to the School, College and University.
- Contribute to the development and teaching of UF Quest 1 courses, which form a part of the general education requirement in the Humanities. (https://quest.ufl.edu/)
- Other courses and service as needed and assigned by the unit director.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.S., B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/music.
THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The College of the Arts is an engine of transformation that generates paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond, while nurturing adaptability, innovation, and excellence. We foster an environment where novel creative practice, leading research, and experiential learning thrive. Our students, faculty, and staff interrogate and respond to the ever-changing relationship between technology and the human spirit. We prepare future leaders in artistic professions and creative industries, while developing student capacity for interdisciplinary scholarship that serves and engages local and global communities. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,600 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 150 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.
The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation. We are The Gator Nation, a community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida.
In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost State Health plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available.
UF provides a variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays, personal leave days, and family medical leave. Nine-month faculty employees accrue approximately 13 sick days annually, and 4 personal leave days, typically used during the holiday closing period (accruals based on full-time employment). UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period.
Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans.
UF Employees are also eligible for the GatorPerks discount program, can provide savings at various businesses and retailers!
Explore UF’s plethora of benefit options here: FACULTY Benefits
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| Special Instructions to Applicants: |
Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 2, 2026, and continue until an applicant pool is established. To ensure full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by November 1, 2026. Applications received after this date may be considered at the discretion of the committee and/or hiring authority.
Application Process: Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system. Online applications must include the following (1) a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) links to performance and teaching samples (Samples should be submitted online and be no longer than 15 minutes in length. Please note: No CDs will be accepted.). Candidates may also submit evidence of their research as appropriate. (4) names and contact information of three professional references. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time, including letters of reference.
Inquiries may be sent to:
Name: Megan M. Sheridan, PhD
Chair, Assistant Professor in Voice Search
Email: mmsheridan@ufl.edu
The search committee does not utilize AI or other software to provide any level of applicant assessment.
The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.
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