The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Music invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Trombone. This is a tenure-track position to begin August 16, 2023.
Responsibilities
- Teach undergraduate and graduate trombone students in all degree and diploma programs, including weekly lessons for each student, a weekly trombone studio class, and graduate-level trombone literature and pedagogy classes.
- Additional teaching responsibilities will be based on the candidate’s other area(s) of expertise.
- Maintain a professional career as an artist/teacher and/or pursue music research appropriate to a Research I university.
- Pursue an active recruiting program that includes building relationships with universities, national organizations, and schools and private teachers statewide.
- Work with the Wind, Brass, and Percussion faculty to expand engagement opportunities in Illinois school systems to nurture young performers and assist with School recruiting efforts.
- Actively participate in all events and programs where the visibility of the University of Illinois faculty can serve as an asset for recruiting and/or student success and morale.
- Service responsibilities include committee work and other activities that benefit the School and its students.
Success in teaching and recruitment, professional creative activity and/or research, and service will be evaluated as part of the tenure process.
Required Qualifications:
- Artist/Teacher with an emerging or established national reputation as a performer and/or pedagogue.
- Successful teaching experience at the university level.
- Knowledge of pathways by which students discover the instrument and demonstrated experience attracting, recruiting, and retaining undergraduate and graduate students, particularly those from underrepresented populations.
- Evidence of clearly defined secondary area(s) of expertise, such as music entrepreneurship, community engagement, pedagogy, musicianship, chamber music, health and wellness, or music history.
- History of engagement with diverse audiences, collaborators, knowledges, and traditions with respect to race, gender, and class.
- History of engagement with works by BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women composers, including new pieces from living composers.
- Experience performing and teaching multiple musical styles, including both classical and jazz.
- Master’s degree in music or commensurate experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Orchestral experience.
- Chamber coaching experience.
- Classroom teaching experience at the university level.
- Demonstrated record of student placement and success.
- Facility with new technologies and platforms for recording, creating, and distributing music.
- Evidence of an innovative research profile that engages with performance.
- Doctoral degree in music.
Application Procedures:
Interested candidates should submit an online application here. Application materials should include:
- Letter of interest, including a section that provides 3-5 hyperlinks or URLs for representative online audio or audio/video files of recent live or recorded performances (please do not include links to entire websites or collections of videos).
- Curriculum Vitae.
- Diversity and inclusion statement, including relevant experience reaching underserved communities and vision for the social role of music in the 21st century.
- Names and contact information of three references.
Screening of candidate applications will begin on January 20, 2023, and will continue until suitable candidates are identified for the position. Please direct any questions to Prof. Jim Pugh, Search Committee Chair or Jennifer Steiling, Sr. Human Resource Associate. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. For questions regarding the application process, please contact 217-333-2137.