Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Jazz (2023-2024) Job at University of Hartford
Position Information
Job Title
Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Jazz (2023-2024)
Rank
Assistant Professor
Salary Range
62352 - 65000
Tenure Information
Tenure Track
Job Description
The Hartt School, a conservatory of Music, Dance, and Theatre at the University of Hartford, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies.
Responsibilities
The successful applicant will teach undergraduate and graduate-level courses in jazz improvisation, jazz arranging, jazz applied lessons and, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and interest, jazz history and jazz theory. There will also be opportunities to teach in our innovative University Interdisciplinary Studies program. Other responsibilities may include overseeing jazz ensembles and programs. Additional responsibilities include curricula and program development and administration; participating in student recruitment, retention, and advising to enroll and maintain a strong, inclusive, and diverse student body; engaging in active, peer-reviewed creative/scholarly activities; serving on division, School, and/or University committees; maintaining office hours; and working collaboratively and productively with colleagues. Positive tenure and promotion decisions require excellent teaching; an active and successful program of creative/scholarly activity in the jazz discipline; and strong leadership contributions to the School, University, and external professional organizations that serve the broader jazz community.
Required Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Terminal degree (MM, MFA, DMA, Ph.D.) in jazz performance, jazz studies, or other jazz music discipline at the time of appointment. A Bachelor of Music (BM) in jazz performance with significant, national, professional performing credits and experience will be considered.
Ongoing record of professional experience, artistic achievement, and creative activities in the candidate’s relevant jazz music discipline.
Evidence of, or potential for, successful university and/or conservatory-level teaching of applied lessons in jazz music disciplines and leading jazz ensembles at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Evidence of leadership, communication, organizational, and management skills as demonstrated through successful student recruitment and outreach efforts.
Ability to collaborate effectively with a wide, and culturally diverse, range of students, faculty, staff, and administration including evidence of successful mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds.
Preferred Qualifications:
Evidence of successful teaching and mentorship experience at a university, college, or conservatory for three (3) or more years.
Evidence of successful college-level teaching in the areas of either jazz music history or jazz music theory and/or developing courses or curricula in African American music history.
A notable record of professional practice and artistic accomplishment in a professional jazz setting as a performer, conductor, and/or arranger/composer. The record will document significant, creative activities in the public sphere and evidence of growing recognition in the field.
Evidence and experience working collaboratively and across disciplines.
Terminal degree (MM, MFA, DMA, Ph.D.) in jazz performance, jazz studies, or other jazz music discipline at the time of appointment. A Bachelor of Music (BM) in jazz performance with significant, national, professional performing credits and experience will be considered.
Ongoing record of professional experience, artistic achievement, and creative activities in the candidate’s relevant jazz music discipline.
Evidence of, or potential for, successful university and/or conservatory-level teaching of applied lessons in jazz music disciplines and leading jazz ensembles at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Evidence of leadership, communication, organizational, and management skills as demonstrated through successful student recruitment and outreach efforts.
Ability to collaborate effectively with a wide, and culturally diverse, range of students, faculty, staff, and administration including evidence of successful mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds.
Preferred Qualifications:
Evidence of successful teaching and mentorship experience at a university, college, or conservatory for three (3) or more years.
Evidence of successful college-level teaching in the areas of either jazz music history or jazz music theory and/or developing courses or curricula in African American music history.
A notable record of professional practice and artistic accomplishment in a professional jazz setting as a performer, conductor, and/or arranger/composer. The record will document significant, creative activities in the public sphere and evidence of growing recognition in the field.
Evidence and experience working collaboratively and across disciplines.
Preferred Qualifications
Diversity Statement
The University of Hartford is an open and welcoming community, which values diversity in all its forms. In addition, the University aspires to have its faculty and staff reflect the rich diversity of its student body and the Hartford region. Candidates committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural issues are encouraged to apply. The University of Hartford is committed to anti-racist values and actions; candidates should provide examples of their anti-racist values and actions.
The University of Hartford is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, Male/Female/Disabled/Veteran. Women and members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/M/F/D/V.
The University of Hartford is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, Male/Female/Disabled/Veteran. Women and members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/M/F/D/V.
University Information
The University of Hartford offers the personal attention associated with a small college enhanced by the expertise, breadth and intellectual excitement of a university. Students at the University of Hartford find success in a learning environment that both challenges and mentors them. Our academic mission is to engage students in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in, and contribute to, a pluralistic, complex world. The full text of our academic mission can be seen at www.hartford.edu. The University of Hartford is located within the greater Hartford area, which is rich in cultural and recreational activities, and is a short drive from metropolitan Boston and New York.
College Information
Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz:
The Hartt School offers accredited undergraduate and graduate programs in music, dance, and theatre. The Hartt School is a school of performing arts within a mid-size university setting. The Hartt School has a total enrollment of approximately 445 undergraduate and 165 graduate students who are served by 235 artists, scholars, and teachers with an average 12:1 faculty to student ratio.
The Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz was founded by American jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean. As one of the nation’s premier jazz programs, Hartt strives to develop aspiring and skilled jazz musicians. Through the curriculum, there is historical analysis, perspective, narratives on improvisation, and dialogue concerning the expression of jazz music. Using these practices along with tutelage and cultivation, students will realize their choices to create an individual style.
The department offers a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music.
The University of Hartford is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information about Hartt Jazz, please visit: https://www.hartford.edu/academics/schools-colleges/hartt/academics/music/Jackie-mcLean-institute-of-jazz.aspx
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
F154P
Open Date
Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
The University of Hartford employs full-time faculty who bring significant skills, experience, knowledge and empathy to recruit, inspire, support and retain our diverse student body now and in the future. At least 34% of our undergraduate students are from minority groups who are U.S. citizens, an increasing number of these students are the first in their families to attend college, and all of our students need to be prepared to thrive in and contribute to a diverse society.
Candidates for faculty positions should include in their materials a diversity statement demonstrating that they are conversant with some of the literature on inclusive pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, and so on, and describing how their teaching practice could meet the needs of the diverse population of students at the University of Hartford, focusing, in particular, on pedagogical approaches that support student success for those who are new to college and/or whose cultural background includes experience with systemic oppression due to race, gender, or other factors. If relevant, candidates should also comment on research, scholarship, or creative activity that will contribute to the diversity, equity and inclusion goals to which the University of Hartford is committed. In addition, since the University is committed to anti-racism, candidates should demonstrate in their diversity statements knowledge of what it means to be anti-racist and, if possible, provide examples of their own anti-racist values and actions. It is recommended that candidates approach this statement thoughtfully and include specific examples to illustrate their experience. A review of applicant diversity statements will precede that of any other application materials.
In your cover letter, please relate your experience to the required and preferred qualifications and explain what your research agenda would include, in addition to highlighting what unique skills you would bring to The Hartt School.
Candidates for faculty positions should include in their materials a diversity statement demonstrating that they are conversant with some of the literature on inclusive pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, and so on, and describing how their teaching practice could meet the needs of the diverse population of students at the University of Hartford, focusing, in particular, on pedagogical approaches that support student success for those who are new to college and/or whose cultural background includes experience with systemic oppression due to race, gender, or other factors. If relevant, candidates should also comment on research, scholarship, or creative activity that will contribute to the diversity, equity and inclusion goals to which the University of Hartford is committed. In addition, since the University is committed to anti-racism, candidates should demonstrate in their diversity statements knowledge of what it means to be anti-racist and, if possible, provide examples of their own anti-racist values and actions. It is recommended that candidates approach this statement thoughtfully and include specific examples to illustrate their experience. A review of applicant diversity statements will precede that of any other application materials.
In your cover letter, please relate your experience to the required and preferred qualifications and explain what your research agenda would include, in addition to highlighting what unique skills you would bring to The Hartt School.
In your teaching philosophy, please summarize your teaching and inclusive pedagogy practices which you believe prepare students to be artists, scholars, and critical thinkers in the twenty-first century.
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