Assistant Professor of Music, Orchestra Conductor​/Director of Orchestral Activities; T​/TE

Assistant Professor of Music, Orchestra Conductor/Director of Orchestral Activities (T/TE)

University of Arizona School of Music – Tucson, AZ, USA.

The University of Arizona School of Music invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Music – Orchestra Conductor/Director of Orchestral Activities (full‑time, 9‑month, tenure‑track). The successful candidate will be an inspirational and dynamic visionary artist with a growing record of sustained excellence in musicianship through orchestra performance, teaching, and scholarship at the university level; demonstrated success providing leadership or administrative oversight within an orchestra program;

work collaboratively with faculty and students; recruit and teach outstanding undergraduate and graduate students; create and maintain an active national profile as a conductor, scholar, and pedagogue; teach graduate orchestral conducting and literature, weekly seminar and lessons for MM and DMA students; and related duties as assigned by the Director of the school.

The School of Music is accredited by the NAfME, houses approximately 300 undergraduate music majors and 130 master’s and doctoral students, and offers multiple performance spaces, a recording studio, and a Yamaha digital keyboard lab. It is an all‑Steinway School and provides a rich environment for teaching, performing, and scholarship.

• Conduct the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonic Orchestra, mentoring graduate teaching assistants for both ensembles.
• Conduct opera productions and collaborate on choral‑orchestral works.
• Teach graduate students in orchestral conducting, literature, and related courses, including weekly lessons for MM and DMA students and a weekly seminar with the full conducting studio.
• Supervise the graduate degree program in orchestral conducting, including qualification, comprehensive, and dissertation examinations, and mentor students through degree completion and professional placement.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to student success.
• Provide artistic and administrative leadership for the orchestral program and collaborate closely with other faculty in program planning, recruitment, and outreach.
• Maintain an active national profile as a conductor, scholar, and pedagogue.
• Work collaboratively with faculty and staff across the School of Music and the College of Fine Arts to advance performance, research, and service initiatives.
• Build and sustain partnerships and outreach with public and private schools, community organizations and professional musicians.
• Duties as assigned by the Director of the School of Music.

• Current knowledge of orchestral repertoire and performance practice.
• Effective rehearsal and conducting techniques and skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills that contribute to a respectful work environment.
• Ability to support the university's efforts to build and sustain a vibrant respectful workplace.
• Ability to create imaginative/innovative concert programs.
• Ability to develop strategies in defining and supporting the future direction of the orchestra program.
• Ability to utilize and implement new pedagogies and classroom strategies to advance comprehensive learning opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability or potential for scholarly, creative, and/or research activity appropriate to rank.

• Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA or PhD) in Orchestra Conducting or similar from an accredited institution of higher education or commensurate professional experience.
• Minimum of three years of successful collegiate experience as an artist, teacher, and scholar of orchestral music.
• Minimum of two years of leadership or administrative oversight within an orchestral program at the university, professional, or festival level.
• Minimum of two years of experience conducting choral ensembles and opera rehearsals and performances in support of collaborative performances.
• Experience in orchestral conducting, teaching, mentoring and graduating outstanding orchestra conducting students at the collegiate or professional level.

• Examples of success in recruiting, mentoring,…