Music and Performing Arts Full-Time Faculty Appointment (tenure track) - Director of String Activities and Conductor of the University Orchestras - Bethel University

Job Summary

Full-time tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, conducting the Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras and teaching Music Theory and other courses in the Department of Music & Performing Arts. We are hiring an Assistant Professor for this position, with a pay range of $55,599 - $70,043.

Responsibilities

• Conduct the Bethel University Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble that includes music majors and non-majors from across the university
• Conduct the Bethel University Philharmonic Orchestra, a community ensemble
• Serve as the department’s director of String Activities
• Teach a variety of courses depending on candidate expertise and department need, with a strong preference for Music Theory; other possible courses include
• Introduction to Creative Arts, Instrumentation, Conducting, Music History, methods courses, and 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 University Orchestras regardless of major
• Recruit string 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 to liberal arts education
• Contribute to an academic environment that seeks to advance inclusive excellence in the department and the discipline

Skills

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

Experience

• Experience as primary conductor of an orchestra or similar ensemble required 
• Experience teaching or serving as a teaching assistant of theory or other academic music class required

Education

• Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting or a related field is required; Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting or a related field is preferred 

Additional Information

Compensation: The range for an Assistant Professor is $55,599 - $70,043

Position open: August 2025

Additional Information:

Search committee will begin reviewing applications December 1, 2024
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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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