Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Jazz Studies

Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Jazz Studies

Employee Classification: Senior Lecturer (Continuing)

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

SubDivision-Department: UNT-College of Music

Department: UNT-Jazz Studies-134330

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

About Us - Values Overview

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and University of North Texas Health at Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.   We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence, curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an environment of respect, belonging, and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities. We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning, creating, discovering, and innovating, and are encouraged to learn from failure. Show Your Fire by joining our team and exhibiting your passion and pride in your work as part of our UNT System team.   Learn more about the UNT System and how we live our values at www.UNTSystem.edu.  

Department Summary

The University of North Texas (UNT) College of Music is the largest public-university music program in the United States, and one of its most respected colleges of music. UNT offers fully accredited degrees from the bachelor to doctoral levels and is home to the world’s first jazz-studies degree program. Faculty include internationally acclaimed artists and scholars in commercial music, composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music education, music entrepreneurship, music history, music theory, and performance. The college presents more than 1,000 concerts and recitals annually. UNT music alumni can be found around the globe in impressive, award-winning careers across a wide range of music professions. For more information about the UNT College of Music, please see https://music.unt.edu/.

UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Position Overview

Teaching:
Recruit, retain, and teach an outstanding enrollment of undergraduate and graduate jazz students. Supervise graduate-degree requirements, including graduate committees and doctoral projects/documents. The primary instructional foci of this position will include music business, jazz improvisation, and jazz musicianship. Applied instruction and other teaching assignments will align with the successful candidate’s qualifications and expertise. Other duties as assigned including, but not limited to coaching jazz, combo coaching, jazz pedagogy, literature, etc.

Service:
Participate fully in academic and professional activities, including service assignments, across the campus and the profession.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in music; artist-level qualifications in saxophone, trombone, or trumpet; successful teaching experience in music business, jazz improvisation, and jazz musicianship; success in, and enthusiasm for, recruiting/retaining a robust cohort of undergraduate and graduate students. The successful candidate is professional, collegial, and respectful in their interactions with all colleagues and students. A terminal degree in the assigned discipline or related field is required for teaching graduate level courses. Additional consideration may be given for equivalent applied experience in accordance with faculty credentialing g