Assistant Professor of Tuba

Job Information

Title: Assistant Professor of Tuba

Employee Classification: Asst Professor

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-College of Music

Department: UNT-Instrumental Studies-134320

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

The University of North Texas (UNT) College of Music is America’s largest public‑university music program and one of its most respected. UNT offers fully accredited degrees from the bachelor to doctoral levels and is home to the world’s first jazz studies degree program. Faculty include internationally acclaimed artists and scholars in commercial music, composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music business, music education, music history, music theory, and performance.

The college presents more than 1,000 concerts and recitals annually. UNT music alumni can be found around the globe in impressive, award‑winning careers across a wide range of music professions. For more information about the UNT College of Music, please see (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Teaching:
Recruit, retain, and teach an outstanding enrollment of undergraduate and graduate tuba students. Supervise graduate‑degree requirements, including graduate committees and doctoral projects/documents. Other duties as assigned including, but not limited to coaching tuba‑euphonium ensemble, chamber‑music coaching, tuba pedagogy and literature classes.
Research/creative activities:
Establish/maintain a national/international profile as a performing artist (soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, etc.).
Service:
Participate fully in academic and professional activities, including service assignments, across the campus and the profession.
Other:
Other duties as assigned.

Earned Master's degree in Music with extensive professional performance experience required. Demonstrated success teaching at the college/university level with a proven record of attracting, developing, and retaining outstanding students. Artist‑level performer of solo and chamber repertoire.
Employees in this job may be responsible for conducting research on, working on, or having the ability to access critical organizational infrastructure and they must be able to maintain the security and integrity of the infrastructure related to this role.

Earned doctorate in music strongly preferred. An established record of professional tuba performance experience. Professional experience as a soloist, chamber musician, and/or orchestral musician. Performance expertise across repertoire including and beyond the European canon. Experience and enthusiasm for commissioning/premiering/recording new works for tuba.

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted. Please upload the following documents with application:
1) a listing of links to videos featuring 2 representative teaching samples (i.e. live or virtual masterclasses and/or private lessons
2) a listing of links to websites or videos featuring a minimum 5 representative recordings of solo and chamber performances, some of which must be live performances. Please upload the listing of teaching and performance links in the media files section of the application.

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