Pool for Part-time Instruction, Department of Music

Department of Music

 

Music Faculty Employment Opportunity - Lecturer

The University

Sonoma State University’s beautiful 274-acre campus is located in Sonoma County’s wine country, an hour north of San Francisco. The campus offers the ideal setting for teaching and learning and access to a community of rich cultural, environmental, and recreational opportunities. Founded in 1960, SSU is one of the 22 campuses of the California State University System. As members of the largest public higher education system in the nation, we provide accessible, high-quality education.

The Department

Sonoma State University is part of the California State University, the nation’s largest and most affordable public four-year university system. Our campus sits in the heart of Sonoma County’s wine country, nestled between gently sloping hills and rocky mountain peaks, between bustling towns and serene countryside.

The SSU Department of Music is housed within the Green Music Center, a hub of musical, artistic and cultural activity. Embracing its mission of providing access to diverse experiences that educate, connect, and inspire, the Green Music Center is home to two magnificent performing venues, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall, a spectacular concert hall modeled after Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, and acoustically designed to replicate the Vienna’s Musikverein, and Schroeder Hall, an intimate 240-seat cathedral-like recital hall designed specifically to accentuate instruments, organ, and voice.

At Sonoma State University, developing artists cultivate their individuality in an environment that emphasizes personalized instruction. Academic music classes are typically small, enabling students to engage with faculty members in an intimate setting. Studio faculty, many of whom are professional artists with prominent ensembles throughout the Bay Area and beyond, are approachable, accessible, and committed to student success. 

As the largest public institution in the nation, the CSU proudly recruits students from all corners of the diverse population of California. Sonoma State University values equity, diversity, and inclusion, and works to build equity in our community by creating an inclusive, welcome learning environment. Many of our graduates have gone on to successful careers as performers, music educators, recording artists, composers, and more.

The Department offers the following degree programs:

• Bachelor of Music degree in Instrumental Performance
• Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance
• Bachelor of Music degree in Music Teacher Preparation
• Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies
• Bachelor of Music degree Music Composition 
• Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, Liberal Studies concentration
• Minor in Music, Liberal Arts
• Minor in Music, Jazz Studies

Prospective applicants are encouraged to see the department’s web page at: https://music.sonoma.edu/.

Duties of the Position

Teach private instruction to students in the classical bass studio in the Bachelor of Music Performance, BM Music Teacher Preparation, and Bachelor of Arts programs. Potential exists for teaching additional courses such as strings methods classes, and coach sectional rehearsals as assigned by the Department. We seek a dynamic artist-educator willing to be actively involved in recruitment activities necessary to build and maintain a classical bass studio.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Orchestral Activities and with other faculty in the strings area, participate in department events such as audition and jury panels, department performances and recruiting/outreach performances.

We are interested in candidates with a track record of professional performance experience who are committed to teaching students at all levels of experience.

Required Qualifications

Candidates for activity courses and private instruction must have college-level education in music or extensive professional performing and teaching experience. Candidates for lecture classes must have at least a master’s degree in music.

Rank and Salary

Full-time is a 15-unit workload per semester. Actual salary is dependent upon the number of units assigned, educational preparation, and availability of funds subject to any CSU system faculty contract salary increases.

• Salary commensurate with degree level and experience.
• Anticipated Hiring Salary Range: $5,507 - $6,677 per full-time month.
• The full-time (15 units per semester) monthly base salary range indicated above is prorated to the number of units