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Tenure Track Faculty Positions 2008-2009
Music
Macalester College Music Department seeks a choral conductor as Director of Choral Activities, a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of assistant or associate professor. The successful candidate will have a completed doctorate or equivalent experience, and should be an active conductor. Conducting and teaching experience at the college level are required. The position includes benefits and salary commensurate with experience.
The Music Department offers a general music major, including courses in theory/composition, historical musicology, and ethnomusicology. Students study performance and participate in ensembles including Symphony Orchestra, Band, MacJazz, Choirs, Early Music, Pipe Band and African Music Ensemble. The person we seek will have the ability to lead a thriving choral program, to inspire students and to foster artistic and academic excellence in music. He/she will help to coordinate instruction in the studio voice program. The position will include some teaching within the music curriculum. We seek applicants who can contribute to the broader intellectual life of the College, which may include involvement in such activities as First Year courses or faculty seminars. Successful applicants may also contribute to the advancement of one or more of the College’s interdisciplinary programs.
Candidates should submit a letter of interest, detailed curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and, if possible, a video of representative work. Applications received by November 1 will receive first consideration. Finalists will be asked to audition on campus in January.
Please send all materials to:
Carleton Macy, Chair, Music Search Committee
Music Department
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Macalester College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college in the vibrant Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, with a population of approximately three million people and home to numerous colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota. Macalester’s diverse student body comprises over 1800 undergraduates from 50 states and the District of Columbia and over 90 countries. The College is proud of its long-standing, mission-driven commitment to outstanding academic excellence with a special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society. We are especially interested in applicants dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research/creative activity within a liberal arts college community. As an Equal Opportunity employer supportive of affirmative efforts to achieve diversity among its faculty, Macalester College strongly encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups.
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