Orchestra Conductor/Violin and Viola Instructor
The Department of Fine Arts at Berry College invites applications for a full-time combined position in orchestral conducting and applied violin/viola (non-tenure-track).
Duties will include conducting the college orchestra (approximately 50 players), teaching weekly individual violin/viola lessons (about 15 students per semester) and teaching classes in the music curriculum. The position requires documented success in teaching, performing and conducting; a completed DMA/PhD or equivalent professional experience; and the ability to work with students, faculty, and the college community in a residential liberal arts environment. Active recruiting of players is expected.
Application materials should include a letter of application, curriculum vitae and a teaching statement detailing how the candidate sees herself/himself as contributing to a NASM accredited music curriculum in a liberal arts setting.
CD/DVD or hyperlinks with representative examples of the candidate's playing/conducting are encouraged. All written application materials may be submitted as pdf documents and sent by email to: jdavis@berry.edu with the candidate's last name in the subject line. (The pdf file itself should also begin with the candidate's last name.) Transcripts and three confidential letters of recommendation in pdf format should be sent directly to the same email address.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Questions about the position or submission process should be directed to: Dr. Stan Pethel, Chair of Fine Arts, Berry College spethel@berry.edu 706-290-2652
Berry College, located on 26,500 acres near Rome, Georgia, is an independent coeducational college with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college's mission stresses academic excellence, practical work experience, and an interdenominational religion-in-life program. It is the ongoing policy of Berry College to afford equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, physical or mental handicap, veteran status, and/or whether or not they are disabled veterans; and to conform to applicable laws and regulations. For more information about the Berry College, please visit the Berry Web site: www.berry.edu
