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Tenure-track: nine-month, full-time appointment beginning Fall Semester, August 1, 2025. Salary and fringe benefits are competitive and commensurate with rank and experience.

This position is a critical blend between choral conducting and choral music education. This faculty member will conduct choral ensembles, teach courses in choral music methods, literature and conducting, coordinate and supervise course-related field experiences, and supervise student teachers. The successful candidate will maintain an active schedule of recruitment and guest conducting, provide workshops and actively participate in professional choral and music education organizations, develop regional and national visibility as an ensemble director and educator, and develop and maintain positive relationships with secondary school choral directors. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a collaborative spirit and exhibit strategic innovation in the realm of choral music education, including inclusion of a wide diversity of choral repertoire, particularly from non-western and under-represented composers. The candidate will serve as the Associate Director of Choral Activities and assist the Director of Choral Activities in student recruitment and organizational aspects of the university choral program.

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The Natalie L. Haslam College of Music at the University of Tennessee has a long and successful history of quality and commitment to excellence. The College offers a broad and comprehensive professional music program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The College has approximately 60 faculty members and approximately 350 music majors and is housed in the magnificent Natalie L. Haslam Music Center.

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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state?s flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, it is committed to excellence in learning, scholarship, and engagement with society. In all its activities, the university aims to advance the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate society. The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility. Knoxville?s cultural resources include a symphony orchestra, an opera company, a professional jazz orchestra, theatrical productions, ballet and modern dance, art galleries, and museums. Within an hour?s drive is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with its scenic beauty and wide variety of recreational activities, plants, and wildlife. The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee encourages candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the access and engagement goals of the University.

Required: Doctorate or ABD. At least three years of successful public school experience and a commitment to teacher training. Ability to teach courses in choral music education. Demonstrated abilities in organization, and communicating and working effectively with faculty, students, and colleagues in the field. Commitment to preparing high-quality versatile and innovative music educators for careers in the twenty-first century within a vibrant, collaborative, and collegial teaching and learning environment. 

Preferred: Successful collegiate experience.  Evidence of successful communication and professional relationships with music educators at the high school level.

Review of applications will begin on October 30, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.  Applications received after this deadline may not receive full consideration.  To be considered for candidacy, submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three current (within the last 12 months) letters of recommendation, a secure link to an online source that includes a rehearsal segment, classroom teaching segment, as well as a performance segment representing diverse genres and musical styles.  Send any questions to czuber@utk.edu. 

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Requests for accommodations of a disability should be directed to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Accessibility, 1840 Melrose Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3560 or  eoa@utk.edu or (865)974-2498. Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color and national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), the ADA (disability), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Investigation & Resolution 216 Business Incubator Building 2450 EJ. Chapman Drive Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 or (865)974-0717 or  investigations@utk.edu .

About University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Our primary mission is to move forward the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate the citizens of the state of Tennessee, the nation, and the world. As the preeminent research-based, land-grant university in the state, UT embodies the spirit of excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, outreach, and engagement attained by the nation’s finest public research institutions.

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