Applied Clarinet; Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor

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Chair, Clarinet Search Committee

School of Music

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI 48859

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Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number F-1063

Position Title

Position Title Applied Clarinet (Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor)

College/Unit

College/Unit College of the Arts & Media

Home Department

Home Department School of Music

Employee Group

Employee Group Tenure-Track Faculty - Academic Year

Employment Status

Employment Status Full-Time

Position Type

Position Type 9 month (Academic Year)

Position Classification

Position Begin Date

Position Begin Date 08/23/2027

Position End Date

• Recruit and retain high-quality applied clarinet students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Pursue scholarly and creative activity that meets CMU standards for tenure and promotion.
• Teach courses in clarinet techniques, coach chamber ensembles, clarinet repertoire, and other courses relevant to qualifications.
• Perform with the faculty Woodwind Quintet, the “Powers Quintet.”
• Serve on departmental, collegiate, and professional committees.
• Additional duties may be assigned in accordance with areas of expertise and in consultation with the Director of the School of Music.

• Doctorate in clarinet performance ( ABD candidates may be considered, provided the degree is conferred by the start date of the appointment), or commensurate professional experience.
• Outstanding performance skills as soloist and chamber musician.
• Successful college teaching experience.
• Ability to teach and collaborate within the field of Woodwind Pedagogy.
• Ability to teach courses in clarinet techniques for music education majors, Music Theory, or general education survey courses of varying genres.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

The School of Music is located in a state-of-the-art 119,000 square foot facility with a 500-seat concert hall housing a 61-rank Casavant organ, a 100-seat recital hall, recording facilities, and 79 practice rooms. The School of Music has 38 full- and part-time faculty and an enrollment of over 300 undergraduate and graduate majors and minors.

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also…