"Non-Tenure Track Faculty"

9014BR

College of Liberal Arts

CLA-Dept of Performing Arts

Detailed Job Description

Lecturer in Music (Band Direction)

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) School of Performing Arts welcomes candidates with a combination of expertise, teaching experience, and interest in music to apply for a Lecturer of Music (non-tenure track) position to begin in the fall of 2024. Candidates will have experience in conducting Concert Band as well as other instrumental ensembles at the college-level and hold a minimum degree of MA or MM in music. We welcome an innovative and collaboratively-minded individual inspired by interdisciplinarity who is interested in contributing to a community dedicated to student-centeredness, creativity, collaboration and innovation. Responsibilities include leading several sections of Concert Band and smaller ensembles, as well as teaching courses in music. Additional responsibilities may include conducting private and group instrumental lessons, mentoring students and collaborating with faculty and students on theatrical and dance productions. This position may involve serving as a Performing Arts Scholar Guide which includes presenting at and attending admissions events, meeting with Performing Arts Scholars, reviewing and ranking audition videos, and collaboratively developing PAS programming such as workshop and enrichment activities.

Select to view links to RIT’s core values, honor code, and statement of diversity. The new faculty member will receive competitive salary and benefits, including medical, dental, paid family leave, tuition waiver, and retirement savings.

We are seeking an individual who has the ability and interest in contributing to a community committed to student-centeredness; professional development and scholarship; integrity and ethics; respect, diversity and pluralism; innovation and flexibility; and teamwork and collaboration. Select to view links to RIT’s core values, honor code, and statement of diversity.

Department/College Description

About the School of Performing Arts: As part of a recent RIT Presidential initiative, the School of Performing Arts was established in the of summer 2022. It is a cross-institute effort, unprecedented at any other institute of technology, to build an inclusive, representative, cutting edge and robust performing arts ecosystem on campus.

Recognizing that the performing arts cultivate skills that are intrinsic to a creative and successful life and career, the resoundingly successful Performing Arts Scholarship (PAS) program gives students who have a background in the performing arts the opportunity to remain actively engaged in their art, regardless of their degree program. These students are not only talented, engaged, and well-rounded individuals, but also goal-oriented, academic high-achievers, self-starters, and team players. Prospective scholars submit audition videos which are reviewed by faculty. Strong enthusiasm from incoming students has expanded enrollment well past the University’s projected benchmarks, growing from 126 scholars in year one to 556 in year six. By the Fall of 2024 there will be more than 2000 scholarship recipients pursuing degrees in all nine RIT colleges. Benefits of the program to students include a four-year renewable scholarship, faculty mentors with expertise in performing arts disciplines, and numerous enrichment opportunities.

RIT offers minors and immersions in music, theatre, theatre technology and dance, and many students fulfill their general education and elective requirements with performing arts courses. In addition to a number of musical ensembles, including the RIT Philharmonic Orchestra, RIT Singers, three RIT Jazz Ensembles, and two RIT Concert Bands, students perform in multiple theatrical and dance productions every semester. The ecosystem also includes over forty performing arts student clubs including Game Symphony Orchestra, Pep Band, A Capella, RIT Players, WADAIKO, Vis Viva Dance Company and many others.

About the College of Liberal Arts:

The College of Liberal Arts (COLA) is central to the university’s ability to provide excellent and well- rounded undergraduate and professionally oriented graduate education. Over the past decade, COLA has grown in research, development of creative new programs, and the recruitment of faculty who are excellent scholars and educators, and the college is poised to be a key player in the university’s ambitious plans for new creative programs, research growth, and increased public engagement while continuing to provide students an invaluable grounding in the liberal arts.

The college is home to two schools (Communication and Performing Arts); 9 departments (Criminal Justice, Economics, English, History, Modern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Psychology, Public Policy, and Sociology and Anthropology); and several interdisciplinary programs. COLA enrolls nearly 600 undergraduate majors across 16 programs and over 70 graduate students in five master’s programs and is responsible for over 20 percent of total credit hours taught and a quarter of the core curriculum classes on campus. The college is comprised of 170 full-time faculty, 130 adjunct faculty, and 49 staff. Home to several interdisciplinary research centers and institutes, sponsored research in the college totaled $2.9 million in fiscal year 2020. More information may be found here: https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Music
• A commitment to and experience in the undergraduate teaching of music.
• A firm foundation in conducting Concert Band.
• Ability to contribute, in meaningful ways, to the college’s continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences.

Required Minimum Education Level

Masters-Other, MS, MA

Faculty Type (Tenure Status)

Non-Tenure-Track Lecturer

Faculty Rank

Lecturer

Employment Category

Fulltime

Anticipated Start Date

14-Aug-2024

How To Apply

Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty; search openings, then Keyword Search 9014BR. Please submit your application, curriculum vitae, cover letter addressing the listed qualifications and upload the following attachments:

• A brief teaching philosophy

• The names, addresses and phone numbers for three references

• Contribution to Diversity Statement

You may contact Erica Haskell, Director of the School of Music, with questions on the position at: ejhspa@rit.edu

Applications and nominations will be accepted until the position is filled. However, for best consideration, please apply by July 22nd.

Salary Minimum

50000

Salary Maximum

55000