Assistant Professor in Bands

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Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess equivalent qualifications based on professional experience. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

The University of Florida School of Music in the College of the Arts invites applications for a full-time, 9-month Assistant Professor in the Bands area with an appointment starting August 16, 2027. We seek an accomplished pedagogue who will contribute to the continued success and growth of a comprehensive band program. The successful candidate will instruct concert and athletic ensembles, bringing a dynamic personality and enthusiasm for teaching to our existing community of outstanding scholars and musicians.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker.

We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here .

• Collaborate with the Director of Bands and Associate Director of Bands in the day-to-day operations of the band program, ensuring effective rehearsals, performances, and administrative coordination.
• Assist with the planning, preparation, and execution of performances, including concerts, athletic events, tours, and special programs.
• Conduct and rehearse assigned concert bands, athletic bands, and related ensembles in support of the artistic and educational mission of the band program.
• Teach undergraduate conducting courses.
• Collaborate with band faculty and staff on scheduling, equipment coordination, and ensemble logistics.
• Support recruitment, retention, and outreach activities for the band program and School of Music.
• Participate in service activities appropriate to a tenure-accruing faculty appointment, including faculty meetings and School of Music events.
• Perform additional duties as assigned in support of the mission and goals of the band program and School of Music.

• Beginning on the first day of each Summer B session and continuing through the start of Fall classes, assist with planning and preparations for the band program.

Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College's Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.S., B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology.

Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

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