Job Description / Duties

The primary responsibility of this position is teaching private voice lessons at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Other potential courses to be taught could include any of the following: lyric diction, vocal pedagogy, vocal literature, acting for singers, and special topics seminars in oratorio, song, and/or contemporary techniques.

Additionally, a candidate may serve as a director for operatic scenes or productions.

The successful candidate will be actively engaged in student recruitment and retention as well as curriculum development and assessment.

Full-time duties also include adjudicating auditions and juries, advising students, attending faculty meetings, and serving on departmental, school, and university committees.

The ideal candidate will be expected to remain active in performance, pedagogical, or other creative/scholarly pursuits, seeking peer reviews, as appropriate—all as expected for the successful pursuit of tenure and promotion.

Qualifications / Required Skills

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

A Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance at the time of appointment.

An active profile as an established, professional vocalist with experience in opera, oratorio, and/or recital repertoire.

A documented minimum of three (3) years successful teaching experience in the area of vocal performance in a college or university classroom, collegiate-level masterclass, and/or professional festival/young artist program setting.

Demonstrated collaborative, organizational, and communication skills.

The commitment and ability to recruit new undergraduate and graduate students.

Knowledge of, and commitment to working with, diverse student populations.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Engagement in social justice, equity, and/or diversity issues.

Ability to lead in social justice issues in educational settings.

Ability to contribute to the cultural competence of the campus community.

Professional activity associated with nationally and/or internationally recognized ensembles and organizations.

Three (3) years successful teaching experience in the area of vocal performance as teacher of record in a college or university classroom.

Experience teaching lyric diction, vocal pedagogy, vocal literature, acting for singers, and/or special topics seminars in oratorio, song, and/or contemporary techniques.

Demonstrated experience teaching tenor, countertenor, baritone, bass-baritone, and/or bass voice types.

Additional Information

For further information and details for applying go to: https://hartford.peopleadmin.com/postings/6936.

Salary: $64000

Contact Information

For further information and details for applying go to: https://hartford.peopleadmin.com/postings/6936.

Employer Profile

The Hartt School offers accredited undergraduate and graduate programs in music, dance, and theatre. The Hartt School is a school of performing arts within a mid-size university setting. Hartt students benefit from a diverse array of master classes, artist residencies, internships, and partnerships with leading professional performing arts organizations that help them achieve mastery in their discipline, find personal fulfillment, and transition successfully from college to career. The Hartt School has a total enrollment of 400 undergraduate and 115 graduate students served by 46 full-time and 105 part-time faculty with a 12:1 faculty to student ratio.

Hartt’s Music Vocal Performance offers courses of study in private voice lessons, coachings, vocal pedagogy, language and diction study, opera stagecraft, and an invigorating core music curriculum. At Hartt, growth in technique and musicianship, guided by distinguished faculty, is the focus of vocal study. The Music Vocal Performance department offers a Bachelor of Music and Undergraduate Diploma. Graduate degrees are Master of Music in Vocal Performance, Master of Music in Choral Conducting, Graduate Professional Diploma, Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance, Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting, and Artist Diploma. For more information about Hartt Music Vocal Performance, please visit: Music Vocal Performance - University of Hartford. The University of Hartford is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.