Lecturer - Music and Director of Bands

Position Summary

Title:

Lecturer – Music and Director of Bands (100% Special Faculty/Lecturer) Department:
Fine and Performing Arts, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Location:

Cheney, WA Anticipated

Start Date:

Mid-September 2026 Academic Year: 2026‑2027 Salary: $53,629
Benefits include health, life, disability, retirement, tuition waiver, sports tickets, campus fitness access, and bus transportation.

Typical workload: 45 credits per academic year. Release time for service is negotiable.

• Direct the EWU Wind Ensemble
• Direct the EWU Marching Band (additional stipend)
• Direct Code Red (athletic pep band)
• Teach courses in music theory, counterpoint, advanced analysis, conducting, instrumental methods, and applied lessons as appropriate
• Meet all scheduled classes, plan and inform students of course content, schedule office hours, and submit grades per guidelines
• Facilitate the annual EWU Band Invitational Clinic
• Coordinate wind/brass/percussion auditions
• Lead the WMEA chapter and related activities
• Support recruitment initiatives with regional high‑school band programs, festivals, and events

• Community engagement and contribution to the department’s academic mission through teaching, mentorship, and creative scholarship

• Master’s degree in music education, band conducting, or a related field
• Evidence of successful experience directing advanced band programs and a commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education
• Demonstrated expertise in teaching instrumental methods, conducting, music theory, and applied teaching
• Experience directing marching band and athletic pep bands
• Evidence of excellence in communication, leadership, and organizational skills
• Commitment to fostering a positive, supportive, and inclusive learning environment
• Demonstrated ability to apply a responsive and flexible approach that supports the universal access needs of students, faculty, staff, and the public

• Doctorate in Music (ABD considered)
• Three or more years of collegiate band instruction experience
• Evidence of recruiting/building a program
• Collegiate instruction experience in trombone, trumpet, tuba/euphonium, jazz guitar, jazz bass, or French horn
• Willingness to host on‑campus high school band competitions/clinics and camps

Required start date:
September 16, 2026. Applicants must be able to start no later than mid‑September 2026. The offer is contingent upon a successful background check and proof of immunization to MMR. The institution does not sponsor visas. All new employees must complete required training via Canvas and may be invited to participate in workplace belonging training.

Walking, arm movement. Hearing protection, cold‑weather clothing may be required. University, local, regional, and state mandates for public and personal protection should be followed as needed.

EWU does not discriminate in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, age, marital status, families with children, protected veteran or military status, HIV or hepatitis C, status as a mother breastfeeding her child, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal.

All employment decisions are made impartially and in accordance with state and federal laws.

Applications open until recruitment is closed. Screening begins on March 1, 2026 and continues until recruitment closes. All materials will be held in strict confidence; references will not be contacted until candidates have been notified.

• Cover Letter: describe how you meet each required and preferred qualification
• Curriculum Vitae
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness: evaluations, summaries, syllabi for the most recent two years
• Statement of recruiting activities
• Mission Statement Response: how you would contribute to EWU’s mission of inclusive, equitable, transformative learning
• List of at least three professional references with contact details and connection to you

• DD214 Form
• Other Document #1, #2, #3 (including audio file of technical/creative work)

Submit applications through the online faculty portal: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). If unable to submit online, contact Human Resources at (509) 359‑2381.