The California State University is hiring: Assistant Professor of Music, Directo

Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Woodwind Studies

Job no: 543277
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Long Beach
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty - Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music (BCCM) seeks an innovative colleague to be Director of our outstanding Woodwind Department. The Woodwind area includes approximately 70 undergraduate and graduate students.

Required Qualifications:

• M.M. Degree in Woodwind Performance
• At least three years college-level teaching or graduate assistant experience
• Broad knowledge of woodwind pedagogical approaches
• Documented experience in a variety of musical performance styles, including solo, orchestral, band, jazz, or chamber music
• Demonstrated potential for inclusive teaching and sustaining a productive track record in research, scholarly and creative activities, and service
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students

Preferred Qualifications:

• DMA in Woodwind Performance. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the degree by August 1, 2025.
• Five to seven years of college-level music teaching experience
• Documented professional experience in a variety of musical performance styles, including, solo, orchestral, band, jazz, and chamber music
• Experience teaching, commissioning, and performing music by underrepresented composers
• Demonstrated record of peer-reviewed research, creative, or scholarly activities
• Demonstrated leadership and/or service at the college level
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Duties:

• Teach courses appropriate to the candidate’s specialty, education, and experience as well as department need. These may include but are not limited to private lessons; chamber music; music business; and theory or history.
• Recruit new woodwind students
• Mentor and supervise students in the woodwind program
• Engage in program-related service activities such as recruitment and evaluation of lecturers
• Develop and sustain currency in the field of music performance
• Develop and sustain research, scholarly and creative activities in the field leading to performance, presentations, and publications
• Participate in service to the department, college, university, and community

How to Apply - Required Documentation:

• An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced).
• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Video or sound recording of a solo performance
• Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the finalist stage)
• Finalists will be required to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions.

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

A background check (including a criminal record check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU.

The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.

CSULB is committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can learn, live, and work in an atmosphere of tolerance, civility and respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual, without regard to race or ethnicity (including color or ancestry), nationality, religion or religious creed, gender (or sex), gender identity (including transgender), gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, genetic information, age, veteran or military status.