Visiting Assistant Professor, Percussion

Position Information

Job Title Visiting Assistant Professor, Percussion Department Music - 21500 Pay Grade 1 Job Category Faculty Job Summary

The Department of Music at East Tennessee State University seeks an outstanding percussion educator, performer, and scholar to head its percussion area. This is a one-year appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor, with the opportunity for renewal. This is a non-tenurable position.

Primary teaching responsibilities include applied lessons, percussion ensemble, percussion literature, percussion pedagogy, and percussion methods. Marching Band duties include front ensemble instruction and attendance at football games as appropriate.

Additional responsibilities will include the administration of percussion scholarships, coordinating all faculty in the percussion area, and recruiting and running the annual percussion ensemble festival. The chosen candidate will be expected to develop ongoing professional activity as a performer. The ETSU Department of Music is launching a new Master of Music program in the fall of 2024, and the successful candidate will be responsible for helping to craft the new graduate courses.

The successful candidate will be expected to cultivate positive alumni and community relationships, work effectively with faculty colleagues, serve as an academic advisor, participate in department and university committee work, and perform other departmental duties as assigned by the chair.

The value of employment at ETSU goes far beyond salary. Regular benefited ETSU employees enjoy a full range of benefits, services, and programs including paid time off & leave, paid holidays, health and life insurance, retirement, access to university facilities and services, and much more! Check out the ETSU Human Resources Benefits page for additional information. https://www.etsu.edu/human-resources/benefits/.

ETSU is committed to ensuring that our students, faculty, and staff are valued and work in an environment of openness and acceptance. ETSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Disclaimer: The Job Summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of work individuals perform in this classification.

It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require different tasks to be performed as assigned to reflect changes in the position. Employees must be able to perform the position's essential functions satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

This job requires the ability to move large percussion instruments, especially for marching band work, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Required Qualifications

• DMA in Percussion Performance or equivalent required (ABD considered but must have degree in hand by August 15, 2024),

• Collegiate-level teaching experience.

• Experience as a teacher of percussion, success as a performer, and a proven record of scholarship/creative activity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with marching bands and percussion front ensembles.

Salary Commensurate to candidate's experience.

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number F00801P Is this position subject to a criminal background check? No Is any part of the funding for this posting coming from a grant or outside funding source? No Open Date 04/02/2024 Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants

For the "Media File" submission, please send links to 1. minimum of ten minutes/maximum of twenty minutes of solo percussion performance. May include some chamber music if your performance is dominant; 2.

Demonstration of your teaching for a minimum of ten minutes/no max. Demonstration of both solo and percussion ensemble teaching is preferable, but will accept only one or the other if that is the only demonstration available.