Job Description / Duties

The University of Missouri School of Music seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice to begin in August 2025. This is a full-time, non-tenure track position and will include teaching and service roles. Duties include teaching applied voice lessons, opera stage direction, and potentially teaching diction and/or literature classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate will participate in voice area activities and provide service to the School and the University, in keeping with expectations for visiting assistant professors. Our committee is especially interested in applicants with a DMA or equivalent professional experience. This is a one-year position with the possibility of annual renewals.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Minimum Qualifications: MM in Voice.

Candidates will be evaluated on:
Professional experience and accomplishment as a vocal performer and stage director.
Education and/or equivalent professional experience.
Evidence of successful teaching at the university level.
Experience teaching and advising graduate voice students.

Salary: TBD

Contact Information

Applicants may contact the Chair of the Search Committee, Dr. Judith Mabary (mabaryj@missouri.edu), with any questions about the job duties. Contact Human Resource Services (muhrs@missouri.edu) for any questions about the application process. Review of applications will begin March 7, 2025.

Employer Profile

Over 250 music majors and numerous music minors enjoy extensive interaction with the University of Missouri's School of Music’s distinguished faculty, comprising 35 full-time and 10 part-time members. Hundreds of non-music majors also participate in School of Music activities—everything from courses such as “Jazz, Pop, and Rock” to Marching Mizzou. The School of Music is also home to several community programs housed within Community Music @ Mizzou: private lesson opportunities, Missouri String Project, Experiencing Piano, Esterhazy Chamber Music Seminar, and several options for community ensembles.

The Sinquefield Music Center opened in January 2020 with 47,000 square feet of brand new, acoustically appropriate educational space. Included in this facility are two rehearsal spaces, one for choral and one for instrumental ensembles, a state-of-the-art recording studio, twenty new practice rooms, three classrooms, and 15 faculty studios.