Assistant Professor of Clarinet

Employer: College of Music & Dramatic Arts

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Salary: $66,000

Date posted: Dec 11, 2025

Position Type: Faculty Positions, Music, Performing Arts

Employment Level: Assistant Professor

Employment Type: Full Time

Institution Type: Public Four-Year Institutions

Job Details

The Louisiana State University School of Music invites applications for a tenure-track position, Assistant Professor of Clarinet, with appointment to begin in fall 2026. We seek artist-performers and teachers with demonstrated ability to attract a large studio of students who value learning in an engaged, collaborative, and vibrant School culture.

Job Responsibilities:

• Teach applied clarinet at all levels and in all degree programs; teach woodwind specific courses, coach chamber music; advise graduate students, recruit promising student musicians;
• Build and maintain a national and international profile as performer and teacher; participate with the woodwind faculty in chamber music; and contribute broadly to the artistic and educational milieu of a major School of Music at a Research I, flagship university.
• Provide service and participate in faculty governance

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education Level: A doctorate in clarinet performance
• Degree Substitute: A doctorate in clarinet performance or equivalent professional experience
• Specific Experience: Distinguished record as an active performer; demonstrated excellence in and commitment to teaching a broad range of students with diverse skill sets; and commitment to contributing broadly to the culture of the School of Music.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education Level: A doctorate in clarinet performance
• Specific Experience: An additional area of expertise that extends one’s influence; evidence of dispositions that foster relationship-building, creative problem-solving, and innovative opportunities.

LSU’s College of Music and Dramatic Arts is a performing arts community that trains, cultivates, prepares, and rewards excellent artists, educators, scholars, and performers, fostering passion for the arts, collaboration, and the creation of new works. We engage with our community, heightening our collective ability to communicate with expressive power and purpose. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is a national flagship institution with world-class intellectual and creative resources. Located in a dynamic city situated on the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge represents the best of Louisiana's vibrant and evocative culture. The state capital, Baton Rouge is a thriving city that is home to both LSU and Southern University and numerous businesses and industrial facilities, with a metropolitan area population of over 700,000.

The LSU School of Music offers a comprehensive music program with nearly 500 majors. It has over 50 faculty, 10 professional staff, and 75 graduate assistants. It sponsors nearly 300 recitals, concerts, operas, and lectures each academic year. Degrees offered include the Ph.D. (with concentrations in composition, experimental music and digital media, music education, musicology, and music theory), DMA (concentrations in music performance and choral, orchestral, and wind conducting,), MM, BM, BME, and BA (Liberal Arts). LSU has a vibrant and collaborative media arts community. The Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) supports LSU’s Cultural Computing Focus area, and includes Experimental Music & Digital Media, Digital Media Arts & Engineering, and Digital Arts, offering opportunities to compose for video games, digital animations, and film.