Assistant Professor of Music

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The Department of Music at King University seeks to appoint an assistant professor of Music starting in August 2025. The successful candidate will have significant experience in choral direction and will prioritize student recruitment, ensemble participation, expansion of the program, and the cultivation of an environment where students feel that they belong and can thrive. King is a Christian liberal arts institution located in the picturesque foothills of East Tennessee and values free expression and respectful dialogue in a spirit of Christian love and inclusiveness. King maintains a collegial faculty from a cross-section of Christian traditions, and students and faculty members often develop deep connections with one another. The integration of faith and learning is central to King’s mission, and applicants should be professing Christians who can articulate their faith and its influence on the vocation of teaching the discipline.
Minimum Qualifications:
A master's degree in Music with an established record of teaching excellence, successful choral instruction, and professional accomplishment; appreciation of the value of diversity in all its dimensions across students, colleagues, audiences, and those in the community; the ability to develop sustainable and equitable partnerships and/or collaborations with others within and outside of the university community; successful recruitment strategies for choral programs.
Preferred Qualifications:
The terminal degree in Music; versatile performance ability; proven success as a teacher at the collegiate level; expertise in choral instruction and in one or more of the following areas: individual performance experience, experience teaching a wide variety of courses, experience with digital media and teaching technologies, community and K-12 school engagement and outreach, engagement in research, creative activity, and/or service.
Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities for courses in subjects of graduate preparation, including music theory, music history, music technologies, and instrumental and vocal techniques. Program administration, possibly including budget, scholarship awards and oversight, inventory, auditions, and ensemble placements and scheduling; advisement of undergraduate students; recruitment of talented undergraduate music students; ability to work collaboratively and enthusiastically in a variety of academic and community settings; regular participation in Chapel; excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills; and academic and professional characteristics consistent with the teaching and service missions of the University and the Department of Music.
Language:
Multilingual/Bilingual Candidates Preferred
Campus:
Bristol

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