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Employment Opportunities
Assistant Professor of Piano
Job Area: Piano Performance
The College of Music at Michigan State University seeks an exceptional pianist and piano teacher to join the piano area. This full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor will begin in Fall 2024. The Keyboard Area at Michigan State University is committed to the highest level of teaching and performance and is an integral part of a dynamic and active College of Music. We seek a world-class performer, effective teacher and collaborative colleague to join our faculty and serve students in a number of different capacities.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate students in applied piano, piano chamber music literature, undergraduate collaborative piano, chamber music, and other courses as needed by the College of Music. The successful candidate will recruit high-level students at all degree levels and will maintain a nationally and internationally prominent performance and research career with a commitment to work that champions Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.
Required Qualifications:
- DMA in a piano related field or commensurate professional experience
- Demonstrated experience as a soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist
- Extensive knowledge of the piano chamber music literature
- Demonstrated successful teaching experience
- Evidence of a commitment to DEIB
Desired/Preferred Qualifications:
- Record of successful college-level teaching
- Record of success recruiting students at the undergraduate and graduate levels
- Record of sustained performance and research activity at the national and international levels
Deadline:
Review of materials will begin on December 15, 2023 and continue until the position is filled.
To apply:
Please visit the MSU job postings website: www.careers.msu.edu and select posting 907396.
Please provide (1) letter of application, (2) list of 3-5 references, (3) Curriculum Vitae, (4) list of links to live solo and chamber music recordings totaling a minimum of 60 minutes. (If links are not possible, please contact Shawn Mahorney at myrdasha@msu.edu to make other arrangements.)
With approximately 90 faculty members, the Michigan State University College of Music serves approximately 600 majors, including 285 graduate students, nd offers a comprehensive range of degree programs from baccalaureate through the doctorate.
Michigan State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans, and persons with disabilities and individuals from other underrepresented groups that can diversify the impact of data analytics across the university mission. Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
