Job Description / Duties

Applied voice teacher, performer (tenor preferred), and director of Opera Workshop. Must maintain teaching, scholarship/creative activity, and service activities, and must be committed to student recruitment and maintaining communication between the Hayes School of Music and high school choral directors and voice teachers throughout the state and region. Additional teaching and non-teaching duties will be assigned as needed by the voice area and the Hayes School of Music. Performance with the faculty vocal ensemble APPropos! is likely.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Evidence of experience in opera direction and/or production, evidence of accomplishment as a professional performer and university-level teacher, and completed master’s degree required. Doctorate completed by September 15, 2014 required for appointment to tenure track. Other applicants will be considered for appointment at the rank of Lecturer or Instructor.

Additional Information

A complete application will include a letter of interest; a current vita; the names and contact information of at least five references; DVD or electronic links that include the following:
15-20 minutes of live performance by the applicant as a soloist, and 20-25 minutes of the applicant teaching a private voice lesson; and a two- to three-page, 6-8 week, rehearsal and production schedule for an opera, including details related to musical and staging preparation. Send applications to:

Chair, Voice Search Committee
Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608-2096

Email applications will not be accepted. Materials will not be returned. Individual search committee members' reviews of files will begin on January 20, 2014, with identification of a semi-finalist pool to occur after February 3, 2014. The position will remain open until filled.

Salary: commensurate with experience and educational preparation.

Contact Information

Chair, Voice Search Committee
Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608-2096

Employer Profile

Appalachian State University is a member institution of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina System. Located in Boone, North Carolina, the University enrolls approximately 17,000 students. The Hayes School of Music consists of 470 majors, 42 full-time faculty, more than 20 part-time instructors, and 20 graduate assistants, and offers undergraduate degrees in music education, music performance, music therapy, music theory/composition, sacred music, and music industry studies, and graduate degrees in music performance, composition, music education, and music therapy. The Hayes School of Music is generously supported by the Hayes Endowment for Musical Excellence, and the
University is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Additional information is located at <www.music.appstate.edu>.