Assistant Director of Bands
- Employer
- University of Colorado System Administration
- Location
- Boulder, CO
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Areas of Intereset: Art/Design
Department: College of Music
Requisition Number: 13367
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Employment Type: Faculty
Schedule: Full-Time
Job Summary
The University of Colorado Boulder College of Music invites applications for an Assistant Director of Bands. This position is a non-tenure track, three-year renewable appointment as an Instructor. This position requires expertise in concert bands, athletic bands, and music education. Appointment to commence in July 2019.
Who We Are
The College of Music offers degree program in Performance, Musicology, Composition, and Music Education from the Bachelor’s Degree through the Doctorate. There are 300 undergraduate and 250 graduate music majors within the College taught by 58 full-time and 23 part-time faculty.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
Duties include assisting the "Golden Buffalo" Marching Band in drill design, instruction, and organization; Direct the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Bands; Conduct the Concert Band; Teach a course in marching band techniques; Supervise student teachers; Advise undergraduate students in music education; other related courses as assigned. Opportunities for additional summer teaching and administration are possible.
What You Should Know
Full-time Instructor with a three-year renewable contract.
What We Can Offer
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Benefits
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.
Be Statements
Be Ambitious. Be Talented. Be Boulder.
What We Require
Master’s Degree. Demonstrated success teaching music at the university and secondary school levels as well as collegiate marching band drill design experience.
What We Would Like You To Have
A Doctorate is preferred.
Special Instructions
The following application materials are to be submitted online at https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/ posting 13367:
- Resume / Curriculum Vitae
- Cover Letter
- An online link to a video that includes conducting excerpts with concert ensembles.
- Contact information for three professional references who will be asked to upload confidential letters of recommendation at a later time.
Applications received by November 1, 2018 will receive full consideration. Position will be posted until filled.
For questions, please contact: Dr. Donald McKinney, Chair of the Search Committee.
Please prepare, but do not send at this time, drill design charts and a performance video that represents the submitted charts.
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: HRESmail@colorado.edu
The University of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer
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Organization
The University of Colorado is the third largest employer in the state of Colorado and plays a profound role in the lives of individuals, businesses and communities throughout the state, across the country and around the world. Nearly 500,000 alumni lead the way in business, science, the arts, health care and their communities, and they’re joined by some 15,000 more each year.
Founded in 1876, the University of Colorado now includes four campuses: CU Boulder, CU Denver, CU Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The University of Colorado is recognized as a national leader in teaching and research excellence, with campuses offering more than 300 unique degree programs.
University of Colorado campuses are consistently ranked nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges Rankings. A total of 14,479 degrees in were awarded in 2015-16 and the total enrollment among CU’s four campuses during the fall 2016 semester was 63,202.
In FY 2015-16, CU garnered $924 million in sponsored research awards, which support research related capital improvements, scientific equipment and salaries for research and support staff. In the past year alone, CU Technology Transfer registered 275 invention disclosures, 112 new patent filings and 193 follow-on filings. Five new companies were formed based on CU technology.
Our outstanding staff and faculty make us who we are. Notable honors and awards received include:
- Five Nobel Laureates
- One Pulitzer Prize recipient
- Nine MacArthur fellows
- Twenty-four recipients of the Hazel Barnes Prize
- Two Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year honorees
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