Art Music Theatre Dance LEAP

Employment

Position: Special Assistant Professor of Trombone

Colorado State University: This is a full-time adjunct position, nine-month appointment, beginning August 16, 2013, and is renewable from year to year.

Required Qualifications: Master’s degree; Evidence of successful teaching experience at the college level; Evidence of successful recruiting in the trombone studio; Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively.

Preferred Qualifications: We are interested in candidates who can teach in a secondary area, including Music Appreciation and/or Jazz.

Responsibilities: Teach trombone studio to undergraduate and graduate music majors.Teach Music Appreciation in large classroom setting. Teach / coach chamber music. Perform as active member of faculty brass ensemble. Recruit and retain quality undergraduate and graduate music majors. Participate in departmental governance and appropriate public events. Maintain visibility as a performing artist. Other duties in jazz may be assigned based on expertise.

Application procedures and deadlines: All application materials should be submitted electronically to Tom.Krebs@colostate.edu. Please send a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, a hyperlink to streaming video or audio of recent representative performance(s), and three recent letters of recommendation. Unofficial copies of transcripts are acceptable. Recommendation letters should be signed and sent via a .pdf attachment. Online links should be accessible by direct link (e.g., no further registration is required), through domains such as YouTube or Vimeo. Applications and nominations will be accepted until these positions are filled; however, to ensure full consideration applications should be submitted by April 10, 2013. For routine questions, please send an e-mail to Tom Krebs: Tom.Krebs@colostate.edu or call (970) 491-5529. Application materials of semifinalist candidates, including letters of reference, will be made available for review by the entire faculty of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance. Click here for a complete position description and application procedure.

CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on final candidates.

Position: Assistant or Associate Professor of Arts Leadership and Administration

Colorado State University invites applications and nominations for a professor in Arts Leadership and Administration. The position will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, depending on the candidate’s experience. This is a tenure-track, nine-month appointment, beginning August 16, 2013.

Qualifications
Required qualifications are a terminal degree in arts management or arts-related field, or equivalent professional experience. Highly desirable qualifications are effective teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, especially, but not limited to, courses in arts leadership, public policy, producing, cultural branding, law and the arts, grantsmanship; evidence of scholarship, research, and/or professional experience in arts management; strong commitment to work in an interdisciplinary environment; experience with arts non-profits; evidence of arts advocacy; a strong commitment to arts entrepreneurship; evidence of strong administrative experience; and a strong commitment to work with community partners.

Responsibilities
This position will teach primarily graduate students in the newly approved Master of Arts Leadership and Administration (MALA). Courses will include Leadership in the Arts, Arts and the Law, Arts Policy and Advocacy, Arts Events Management and Arts Collaboration and the Community. Teaching responsibilities include five courses per year. This position will also work with the Director of the LEAP Institute to help coordinate the internship program with the Arts Incubator of the Rockies, continue to develop new and innovative coursework, advise graduate students, and share in administrative duties within the LEAP Institute.

Salary will be commensurate with background and experience.

Applications and nominations will be accepted until this position is filled; however, to ensure full consideration applications should be submitted by March 22, 2013. For a complete position description and application procedure, click here. CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on final candidates.