Assistant or Associate Professor/ Director of Choirs (Tenure-Track)

Posting Details

Posting Details

Posting Number 0801836 Classification Title Assistant or Associate Professor/ Director of Choirs (Tenure-Track) Working Title Department Communications and Visual Arts Department Contact Email jcruz@centralstate.edu Job Summary/Basic Function

The Department of Fine & Performing Arts is seeking a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of Music. The successful candidate will also serve as Director of Choirs. Primary responsibilities include: conducting the choir, recruiting music majors, and contributing to student retention. The choir director will conduct all chorus performances including those at major university functions including, but not limited to, Commencement, Charter Day, and Academic Recognition Convocation. The choir director organizes and directs the annual spring tour, special performances on weekends, recording sessions, and guest appearances at churches and schools.

Depending on the needs of the department and the skills of the candidate, responsibilities may include conducting and/or voice-related classes including, but not limited to: Conducting Fundamentals, Advanced Instrumental Conducting, Choral Methods, Choral Lit. and Arranging, Diction for Singers, Vocal Pedagogy, Principal Applied lessons, Opera Workshop, et cetera. The successful candidate must serve on committees, advise students, and hold office hours.

Minimum Qualifications

• Have earned Master of Music (M.M.) in Choral Conducting or Voice
• Evidence of a developing career as a choral canon as well a African-American choral and vocal traditions
• Awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals and needs of diverse learners
• Commitment to teach basic musicianship skills in all courses and rehearsals

Preferred Qualifications

• Have earned Doctor of Musical Art (D.M.A.) in Choral Conducting
• Evidence of an extensive professional conducting career
• Teaching experience at the university level
• Knowledge of the choral cannon as well as African-American choral and vocal traditions
• Awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals and needs of diverse learners
• Commitment to teach basic musicianship skills in all courses and rehearsals

Posting Date 06/30/2026 Closing Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants Position Category Staff - Monthly (Exempt) Budgeted Annual Salary Commensurate with experience

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• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Unofficial Transcripts

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