Coastal Carolina University
Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Conway, SC
Job Type: Faculty
Job Number: PFAC202400429
Division: College of Humanities & Fine Arts
Department: Music
Opening Date: 12/17/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Job Details
Assistant Professor of Music/Voice
The Department of Music at Coastal Carolina University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Music (Voice). This is a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track appointment beginning in August 2025.
We are primarily seeking an accomplished and excellent applied voice teacher able to effectively train pre-professional singers in functional, industry-viable voice technique and performance across contemporary (commercial and jazz) and musical theatre singing genres. The selected candidate must have an understanding of industry expectations and current trends in commercial music and jazz and musical theatre singing.
Responsibilities will primarily include teaching undergraduate applied voice lessons to students in our BA Commercial Music and Jazz and BFA Musical Theatre programs, leading a weekly studio class, and preparing students for degree capstone experiences (recitals, projects, etc.). Experience teaching vocal improvisation in commercial music and jazz styles highly preferred. The successful candidate will be able to work collaboratively with the Commercial Music and Jazz faculty to strengthen curriculum and develop sustainable recruitment strategies. The ideal candidate will maintain an active professional life in performing, recording, and/or scholarly and creative activity.
Additional duties may include leading commercial and/or jazz ensembles and teaching other undergraduate music coursework based on the candidate's expertise. University-level teaching experience greatly preferred. This position also requires service activities to the department, college, university, community, and profession.
Required Qualifications: Applicants must have earned a terminal degree in music or a related discipline, or have significant commensurate professional experience.
Located in Conway, South Carolina, just 9 miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach, this highly collaborative department offers students and faculty numerous performance opportunities throughout the year both on and off campus. Department faculty maintain professional careers in their respective disciplines. Degree offerings include Bachelor of Arts in Music (Commercial Music & Jazz, Performance and General Studies), Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Arts in Music Technology.
The Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse community of scholars who will serve as mentors for our diverse student body and who have a demonstrated commitment to underrepresented and underserved communities as well as the academic success of all our students.
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,800 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master's degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other "protected veteran," as defined by law.
Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and selective master's degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in educational leadership, and Ph.D. degrees in Marine Science and Education.
Interested candidates should electronically submit at 1) a letter of application, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) applied voice teaching philosophy, 4) creative activity/research statement, 5) names and contact information for three professional references, and 6) unofficial transcripts. The committee may request audio/video recordings of performance(s) and applied voice teaching at a later date.
Review of applications will begin on January 16, 2025 and continue until the position has been filled.
We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave. To learn more details, visit our benefits page.
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Did you earned a terminal degree in music or a related discipline, or have significant commensurate professional experience?
Required Question
Location : Conway, SC
Job Type: Faculty
Job Number: PFAC202400429
Division: College of Humanities & Fine Arts
Department: Music
Opening Date: 12/17/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Job Details
Assistant Professor of Music/Voice
The Department of Music at Coastal Carolina University invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Music (Voice). This is a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track appointment beginning in August 2025.
We are primarily seeking an accomplished and excellent applied voice teacher able to effectively train pre-professional singers in functional, industry-viable voice technique and performance across contemporary (commercial and jazz) and musical theatre singing genres. The selected candidate must have an understanding of industry expectations and current trends in commercial music and jazz and musical theatre singing.
Responsibilities will primarily include teaching undergraduate applied voice lessons to students in our BA Commercial Music and Jazz and BFA Musical Theatre programs, leading a weekly studio class, and preparing students for degree capstone experiences (recitals, projects, etc.). Experience teaching vocal improvisation in commercial music and jazz styles highly preferred. The successful candidate will be able to work collaboratively with the Commercial Music and Jazz faculty to strengthen curriculum and develop sustainable recruitment strategies. The ideal candidate will maintain an active professional life in performing, recording, and/or scholarly and creative activity.
Additional duties may include leading commercial and/or jazz ensembles and teaching other undergraduate music coursework based on the candidate's expertise. University-level teaching experience greatly preferred. This position also requires service activities to the department, college, university, community, and profession.
Required Qualifications: Applicants must have earned a terminal degree in music or a related discipline, or have significant commensurate professional experience.
Located in Conway, South Carolina, just 9 miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach, this highly collaborative department offers students and faculty numerous performance opportunities throughout the year both on and off campus. Department faculty maintain professional careers in their respective disciplines. Degree offerings include Bachelor of Arts in Music (Commercial Music & Jazz, Performance and General Studies), Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Arts in Music Technology.
The Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Coastal Carolina University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse community of scholars who will serve as mentors for our diverse student body and who have a demonstrated commitment to underrepresented and underserved communities as well as the academic success of all our students.
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,800 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master's degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other "protected veteran," as defined by law.
Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.
The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the baccalaureate and selective master's degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in educational leadership, and Ph.D. degrees in Marine Science and Education.
Interested candidates should electronically submit at 1) a letter of application, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) applied voice teaching philosophy, 4) creative activity/research statement, 5) names and contact information for three professional references, and 6) unofficial transcripts. The committee may request audio/video recordings of performance(s) and applied voice teaching at a later date.
Review of applications will begin on January 16, 2025 and continue until the position has been filled.
We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave. To learn more details, visit our benefits page.
01
Did you earned a terminal degree in music or a related discipline, or have significant commensurate professional experience?
- Yes
- No
Required Question