Instructor/Assistant Professor

Job Description: Tennessee State University Department of Music invites applications for the position of
Instructor/Assistant Professor – Choral Music Education/Choir Director for August 2024.
This is a 9-month tenure track appointment with the fulltime faculty member teaching primarily in the Music Education area while also serving as University Choir Director and directing other vocal ensembles as assigned. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses including applied voice instruction, vocal techniques, voice class for non-majors, choral methods and materials, vocal diction, and choral conducting. Prepare and supervise vocal music education majors for student teaching. Assist in facilitating on-campus service and community outreach opportunities for local schools. Recruit music students and assist in facilitating a smooth operation of the vocal/choral music program. Ability to (piano) accompany choral rehearsals highly desirable. Ability to teach music history, music theory, commercial music, music technology, jazz education, and/or general music education is desirable. Additional duties as assigned.
The successful candidate will assist in ongoing program assessment, revision, and enhancement, as well as developing and maintaining relationships with local and regional school teachers, development of choral music curriculum and the maintaining of NASM standards for music education, and serve on departmental, college and university committees.
About Tennessee State University
Tennessee State University is committed to excellence and has been consistently listed in the U.S. News & World Report's "Guide to America's Best Colleges" for more than a decade. Founded in 1912, TSU is a comprehensive, urban, co-educational, land-grant institution in Nashville, Tennessee. The university has been served by seven presidents, including Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, who is currently serving as our eighth president.TWO CAMPUSESOur Nashville home offers two locations—the 500-acre main campus nestles in a beautiful residential neighborhood along the Cumberland River, and the downtown Avon Williams campus sits near the center of Nashville's business and government district.
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