Music and Performing Arts full-time Faculty Appointment (tenure track) - Director of Instrumental Activities and Wind Symphony Conductor - Bethel University

Job Summary

Full-time tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, conducting the Wind Symphony and teaching a variety of courses in the Department of Music & Performing Arts

Responsibilities

• Conduct the Bethel University Wind Symphony, an ensemble that includes music majors and non-majors from across the university
• Serve as the department’s Director of Instrumental Activities
• Teach a variety of courses depending on the candidate’s expertise and department needs, which may include Music Theory, Introduction to Creative Arts,
• Instrumentation, Conducting, Music History, methods courses, and/or a January musical or opera
• Participate in departmental activities, including planning for the Festival of Christmas and various concerts in the fall and spring
• Recruit students to the Wind Symphony regardless of major
• Recruit instrumental majors to the department
• Travel with the ensemble on annual tours 
• Evaluate applicants for music scholarships
• Actively support the University's commitment to its Christian values and liberal arts education
• Contribute to an academic environment that seeks to advance inclusive excellence in the department and the discipline

Skills

• Strong knowledge of wind, brass, and percussion methods
• Ability to teach history, theory, or other auxiliary courses 
• Exceptional conducting and concert programming skills 
• Ability to assist in hiring and management of adjunct instrumental music lessons faculty 

Experience

• Experience as primary conductor of a concert wind or similar ensemble required
• Experience teaching or serving as a teaching assistant of a history, theory, music appreciation, or other academic music class required

Education

• Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting, Music Education, or a related field is required; Doctorate in Instrumental Conducting, Music Education, or a related field is preferred. 

Additional Information

• Search committee will begin reviewing applications December 1, 2024
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Questions?
Academic Affairs
College of Arts & Sciences
Bethel University
3900 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, MN 55112
651.638.6804
cas-academic-affairs@bethel.edu 

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Bethel University is a leader in Christ-centered higher education with approximately 5,000 students from 48 states and 32 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bethel offers bachelor's and advanced degrees in nearly 100 fields. Educationally excellent classroom-based and online programs equip graduates to make exceptional contributions in life-long service to God and the world.

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