Job Description / Duties

The University of Tennessee
School of Music

One-year Lecturer in Applied Voice (Bass or Baritone preferred)

Teach applied voice at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Maintain a strong voice studio. Additional responsibilities could include administration of the Knoxville Opera Studio and teaching voice-related classes as determined by the needs of the program and the qualifications and interests of the successful candidate.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Master’s minimum, doctorate or equivalent professional profile preferred. Demonstrated success in college-level voice teaching and/or master setting required. A consistent record of professional experience and visibility as a performer.

Additional Information

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is the state’s flagship research institution, a campus of choice for outstanding undergraduates, and a premier graduate institution. As a land-grant university, it is committed to excellence in learning, scholarship, and engagement with society. In all its activities, the university aims to advance the frontiers of human knowledge and enrich and elevate society. The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds, cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity, pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. The Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee is seeking candidates who have the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the diversity and intercultural goals of the University. The university intends that its graduates will promote the values and institutions of representative democracy, and be prepared to lead lives of personal integrity and civic responsibility. Knoxville’s cultural resources include a symphony orchestra, an opera company, theatrical productions, art galleries, and museums. Within an hour’s drive is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with its scenic beauty and wide variety of recreational activities, plants, and wildlife.

The School of Music is part of the College of Arts & Sciences and has a long and successful history of quality and commitment to excellence. The school offers a broad and comprehensive professional music program at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and is an accredited
institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The school has 55 faculty members and approximately 350 music majors. The vocal area is a nationally recognized program and includes among its offerings the UT Opera Theatre, which is one of the most successful program of its kind in the country. Featuring the School's top undergraduate and graduate singing actors, the Opera Theatre stages at least two full-scale productions each year. An additional and significant aspect of the program is the Knoxville Opera Studio, a collaboration between the University of Tennessee School of Music and the Knoxville Opera.

Deadline: March 22, 2021, or until position is filled.

Contact Information

Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, links to representative audio and video performances and at least three current (within last 12 months) letters of recommendation to musicjobs@utk.edu. Please put Voice Search in the subject line.

Employer Profile

The School of Music
117 Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
1741 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996