Pool for Part-time Instruction, Department of Music
Job no: 557369
Work type: Instructional Faculty
Location:
Sonoma
Categories:
Unit 3
- CFA•California Faculty Association, Faculty•Letters/Humanities, Temporary, Part Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)
Department of Music
Music Faculty Employment Opportunity•Lecturer
The University
Sonoma State University's beautiful 274-acre campus is located in Sonoma County's wine country, an hour north of San Francisco.
The campus offers the ideal setting for teaching and learning and access to a community of rich cultural, environmental, and recreational opportunities. Founded in 1960, SSU is one of the 22 campuses of the California State University System. As members of the largest public higher education system in the nation, we provide accessible, high-quality education.
The Department
Sonoma State University is part of the California State University, the nation's largest and most affordable public four-year university system. Our campus sits in the heart of Sonoma County's wine country, nestled between gently sloping hills and rocky mountain peaks, between bustling towns and serene countryside.
The SSU Department of Music is housed within the Green Music Center, a hub of musical, artistic and cultural activity. Embracing its mission of providing access to diverse experiences that educate, connect, and inspire, the Green Music Center is home to two magnificent performing venues, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall, a spectacular concert hall modeled after Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, and acoustically designed to replicate the Vienna's Musikverein, and Schroeder Hall, an intimate 240-seat cathedral-like recital hall designed specifically to accentuate instruments, organ, and voice.
At Sonoma State University, developing artists cultivate their individuality in an environment that emphasizes personalized instruction. Academic music classes are typically small, enabling students to engage with faculty members in an intimate setting. Studio faculty, many of whom are professional artists with prominent ensembles throughout the Bay Area and beyond, are approachable, accessible, and committed to student success. As the largest public institution in the nation, the CSU proudly recruits students from all corners of the diverse population of California. Sonoma State University values equity, diversity, and inclusion, and works to build equity in our community by creating an inclusive, welcome learning environment. Many of our graduates have gone on to successful careers as performers, music educators, recording artists, composers, and more.
The Department offers the following degree programs:
Bachelor of Music degree in Instrumental Performance
Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance
Bachelor of Music degree in Music Teacher Preparation
Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies
Bachelor of Music degree Music Composition Bachelor of Arts degree in Music, Liberal Studies concentration
Minor in Music, Liberal Arts
Minor in Music, Jazz Studies
Prospective applicants are encouraged to see the department's web page at: https://music.sonoma/.
Duties of the Position
Teach private instruction to students in the classical bass studio in the Bachelor of Music Performance, BM Music Teacher Preparation, and Bachelor of Arts programs. Potential exists for teaching additional courses such as strings methods classes, and coach sectional rehearsals as assigned by the Department. We seek a dynamic artist-educator willing to be actively involved in recruitment activities necessary to build and maintain a classical bass studio.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Director of Orchestral Activities and with other faculty in the strings area, participate in department events such as audition and jury panels, department performances and recruiting/outreach performances.
We are interested in candidates with a track record of professional performance experience who are committed to teaching students at all levels of experience.
Required Qualifications
Candidates for activity courses and private instruction must have college-level education in music or extensive professional performing and teaching experience. Candidates for lecture classes must have at least a master's degree in music.
Rank and Salary
Full-time is a 15-unit workload per semester. Actual salary is dependent upon the number of units assigned, educational preparation, and availability of funds subject to any CSU system faculty contract salary increases.
Salary commensurate with degree level and experience.
Anticipated Hiring Salary Range:
$5,507
- $6,677 per full-time month.
The full-time (15 units per semester) monthly base salary range indicated above is prorated to the number of units worked and are paid in six monthly payments for each full semester.
Selection as a candidate in the applicant pool, does not guarantee employment. Temporary Faculty appointments are made on a part-time, temporary basis and contingent upon department needs and funding.
Temporary Faculty appointments are made on a semester-by-semester basis.
Relocation expenses will not be provided for temporary faculty appointments.
Expenses incurred to attend an interview for temporary faculty positions are not reimbursed by the University.
Required Application Materials
Cover letter stating interest in the position and teaching philosophy
Curriculum vitae
Contact Information for 3 references
URLs to performance recordings of solo or ensemble work
Application procedures for temporary faculty already teaching in the department:
Temporary Faculty with three-year appointments do not need to reapply.
Temporary Faculty who had a paid appointment during the prior academic year with your department (either one or both semesters); this includes Lecturers on the Re-Employment list are not required to apply through the Recruitment Pool unless they would like to be evaluated to teach additional courses, not currently designated as qualified to teach.
