Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Music and Director of Choral Activities
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Music and Director of Choral Activities
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Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a fulltime tenure track faculty appointment as Assistant Professor in Music and Director of Choral Activities. The department seeks an active Director/Performer/Scholar with documentation of engaging and critically informed choral rehearsal techniques and artistically distinctive choral performances the ability to develop choral tone and blend in ensembles comprising current music majors/minors current nonmajors alumni and community members a breadth of knowledge of choral repertoire that supports practical application of performance practice in all style periods and evidence of potential to develop a national reputation through creative activities and scholarly research. Join our faculty.
Position Qualifications
Qualified applicants must have a completed DMA or PhD in Choral Conducting Choral Music or Sacred Music. ABD applicants will be considered with expectation that all degree requirements will be completed by December 15 2024. The position will begin on August 15 2025.
Responsibilities include: conducting two or three auditioned choirs (the Consort Singers a 2030 voice mixed chamber choir the Concert Choir a 5060 voice choir and the Oriana Vocal Ensemble a treble choir of 1520 voices); teaching undergraduate courses related to the choral discipline (conducting choral rehearsal methods etc.; overseeing organizational planning for all choral undertakings (concerts retreats tours etc.; offering additional courses commensurate with the applicants skills or research interests. Such experience in related musical fields is desirable. The ideal candidate will be active in recruitment for the Department of Music in general as well as in attracting new members to the choral ensembles. Applicants must be able to add to and complement the work of the current Music faculty in areas such as departmental administration student performance evaluation collaborations and auditions.
The Music program offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. The music faculty consists of six fulltime tenuretrack/tenured positions two fulltime clinical positions and 20 parttime faculty. This faculty is dedicated to supporting a liberal arts curriculum and excellent undergraduate training in Music. A strong candidate will be culturally sensitive to the ideals of diversity equity and inclusion and will value the universitys mission and its commitment to the dialogue between faith and culture.
Application Details and Process
All interested applicants must apply online to be considered. A complete application comprises 1 a cover letter of application; 2 current curriculum vitae; 3 statement of teaching and choral philosophy; 4 statement of research interests and goals; 5 statement of commitment to the university mission and the highest standards of facultystudent relations; 6 uptodate official academic transcripts. In addition please have three references email confidential letters of recommendation directly to Dr. Mark Saya Chair of Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Search Committee:
Following preliminary review select applicants will be asked to submit recorded examples of rehearsal and performance.
Review of applications will begin on November 20 2024 and continue until the position is filled.
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Faculty RegularReasonable expected salary: $81000.00Loyola Marymount University a Carnegie classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education seeks outstanding applicants who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence the education of the whole person and the building of a just society. LMU is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing an environment free from discrimination and harassment as defined by federal state and local law. We invite all persons in the full diversity of their being life experience and beliefs to apply. (Visit for more information.Required Experience:
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