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Music: Director of Choral Ensembles

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track  

Qualifications: Masters degree required.  Doctorate or equivalent professional experience preferred. Demonstrated musical and organizational skills appropriate to organize, recruit for and to conduct choral ensembles.

Responsibilities:  Conduct Chorale and Chamber Singers.  Teach choral conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels: additional teaching responsibilities depend on candidate’s areas of expertise and may include choral literature courses and/or choral methods. Coordinate choral recruitment activities with the applied faculty.  Recruiting to include guest conducting, offering workshops, adjudicating, and participating in music education activities.  Maintain regional and national visibility as an ensemble conductor as part of professional development.  Create summer high school choral program through Continuing Education. Advise undergraduate and graduate students, serve on committees and perform other university and professional service, as appropriate. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Position begins September 1, 2009.  Applications should consist of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three current letters of recommendation with reference contact information and a CD/DVD that illustrates conducting and musicianship.  Additional supporting materials may be requested from finalists.  Send materials to: 

Choral Conductor Search Committee

Department of Music and Dance

Fine Arts Center

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA   01003-9274 

Review of applications will begin October 16, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.

Music: Director of Wind Studies/Conductor of Wind Ensembles

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track

Director of Wind Studies/Conductor of Wind Ensembles.  Assistant Professor, Tenure track.  Masters degree required.  Doctorate or equivalent professional experience preferred. Demonstrated musical and organizational skills appropriate to organize, recruit for and to conduct wind ensembles. Conduct Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band.  Teach instrumental conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Additional teaching responsibilities depend on candidate’s areas of expertise and may include wind literature courses and/or instrumental methods. Assist in coordinating instrumental recruitment activities with the applied faculty, the orchestra director, and the Director of Marching and Athletic Bands.  Recruiting to include guest conducting, offering workshops, adjudicating, and participating in music education activities. Create summer high school wind ensemble program through Continuing Education.  Maintain regional and national visibility as an ensemble conductor as part of professional development.  Advise undergraduate and graduate students, serve on committees and perform other university and professional service, as appropriate. Salary: $55,240 -$60,000.  Position begins September 1, 2009. Applications should consist of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three current letters of recommendation with reference contact information and a CD/DVD that illustrates conducting and musicianship.  Additional supporting materials may be requested from finalists.  Send to:

Wind Ensembles Conductor Search Committee

Department of Music and Dance

151 President’s Drive

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA 01003-9274  

Review of applications will begin October 16, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.

Music: Piano

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track

Qualifications: Masters degree required. Doctorate or equivalent professional experience preferred. Demonstrated ability as a performer and teacher.  Successful candidate will demonstrate high potential for recruiting as well as becoming a nationally recognized performer/teacher of piano.

Responsibilities:  Teach applied piano lessons to undergraduate and graduate music majors and minors. Maintain regional and national visibility, including appearances at national and international venues, as a performing pianist as part of professional development. Additional duties are dependent on qualifications, the interests of the applicant and the needs of the department.  Activities may include visits to secondary schools, offering workshops, participating in the summer program, adjudicating and actively participating in the on-campus faculty performance series. Applicant must be willing and available to address responsibilities during regular work week, advise undergraduate and graduate students, participate in auditions and actively recruit, serve on committees and perform other university and professional service, as appropriate. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Position begins September 1, 2009.  Applications should consist of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three current letters of recommendation with reference contact information and a CD/DVD that illustrates performing ability.  Additional supporting materials may be requested from finalists.  Please note: application materials will not be returned.  Send materials to:

Prof. Nadine Shank, Chair

Piano Search Committee

Department of Music and Dance

Fine Arts Center

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA   01003-9274

Review of applications will begin October 16, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.

Music: Jazz Studies

Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track 

Teach jazz undergraduate and graduate music majors and minors.  Demonstrated ability as a performer and teacher.   Masters degree required.  Additional teaching  responsibilities depend on candidate’s areas of expertise and may include large and small jazz ensembles, improvisation, jazz theory, jazz history, applied lessons and jazz composition/arranging. Perform with jazz faculty and with student ensembles as guest artist.  Participate in auditions and recruitment activities, may include visits to secondary schools, offering workshops, adjudicating and actively participating in the on-campus performance series. Opportunity to participate in summer Jazz in July program.  Maintain regional and national visibility as a performing artist and educator as part of professional development. Applicant must be willing and available to address responsibilities during regular work week, advise undergraduate and graduate students, serve on committees and perform other university and professional service, as appropriate. Position begins September 1, 2009.  Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Applications should consist of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three current letters of recommendation with reference contact information and a CD/DVD that illustrates performing ability.  Additional supporting materials may be requested from finalists.  Please note:  application materials will not be returned.  Send materials to:

                Professor Jeffrey W. Holmes, Chair

Jazz Studies Search Committee

Dept. of Music and Dance

Fine Arts Center

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA   01003-9274

Review of applications will begin October 16, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.