ROLE TITLE: Assistant Professor of Music
POSITION REPORTS TO: Music Department
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Summary of Position
The Department of Music at Allegheny College invites applications for a tenure-track Director of Instrumental Activities, beginning August 2025. The successful candidate will be a dynamic teacher and musician; they will conduct the symphonic band and facilitate all aspects of instrumental performance, including civic orchestra, jazz band, chamber groups, and individual lessons.
In addition to courses in Music, they will teach in Allegheny’s college-wide speaking and writing seminars and contribute to its holistic advising system. Qualifications include: a documented history of ensemble leadership and classroom teaching; ability to teach music theory at introductory and intermediate levels; and completion of a terminal degree in Music no later than August 2025.
Allegheny’s instrumental ensembles include undergraduate students and community members; the successful candidate will be able to foster community and musical excellence across participants with varied interests, abilities, and commitments. Applicants should highlight their ability to contribute subject courses to the music program and to a broad liberal arts curriculum as well as their understanding of how ensembles contribute to the educational and cultural life of a small, private college.
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YOUR FUTURE TEAM
Our faculty are active scholars and exemplary teachers, who receive strong institutional support for ongoing professional development, travel, and research. Allegheny College is dedicated to a balanced teacher-scholar model that lies at the core of Liberal Arts colleges.
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THE HIRING PROCESS
Send application materials including cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy, a diversity statement (describing how you have/could incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion into your work), CV, and list of three references as a single PDF file to the Office of Human Resources, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Meadville PA 16335 or by email to employment@allegheny.edu. Review of applications will begin January 2, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled.
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ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s most historic and innovative four-year colleges with the distinct requirement of completing a major and minor in different academic areas. This multidisciplinary learning celebrates students’ unusual combinations of interests and provides creative, independent thinkers with a path for educational depth and intellectual growth, preparing them for a successful launch after graduation and even for careers that may not yet exist. Located in western Pennsylvania, 1.5 hours equidistant from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo, Allegheny College is one of 40 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives” and recently ranked #4 by The Princeton Review in its Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact. In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s top 100 national liberal arts colleges, with special distinctions including one of the top 10 best for senior capstone experience and one of the top 25 best for undergraduate research and creative activities.
Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world. Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, hetero-sexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see Allegheny College Statement of Community).
Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. The College does not discriminate, and will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, creed, national/ethnic origin, ancestry, veterans, handicap or disability as those terms are defined under applicable law, or members of other underrepresented groups.
Allegheny College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Director of Human Resources
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posted 11/20/2024