Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Voice

Job Description

The Hartt School, a conservatory of Music, Dance, and Theatre at the University of Hartford, invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position as Assistant Professor of Voice beginning August 2025. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience teaching tenor, countertenor, baritone, bass-baritone, and/or bass voice types. In addition to teaching applied voice, the position offers opportunities to teach courses within the undergraduate and graduate curricula.

Responsibilities

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 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.

Diversity Statement

The University of Hartford is an open and welcoming community, which values diversity in all its forms. In addition, the University aspires to have its faculty and staff reflect the rich diversity of its student body and the Hartford region. Candidates committed to working with diverse populations and conversant in multicultural issues are encouraged to apply. The University of Hartford is committed to anti-racist values and actions.

University Information

Students at the University of Hartford find success in a learning environment that both challenges and mentors them. Our academic mission is to engage students in acquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in, and contribute to, a pluralistic, complex world. At the University of Hartford, we are committed to community. We are an academic community that values integrity, curiosity, creativity, excellence, responsibility, and accomplishment. Enriched by our diversity and our engagement with one another, we take pride in our shared traditions and experiences. We are dedicated to building a culture that respects all of its members and celebrates their contributions as we work together to strengthen our community. The full text of our academic mission, vision, and values can be seen at www.hartford.edu. Opportunities for faculty development and support can be found at https://www.hartford.edu/about/campus-leadership/office-provost/faculty-development/and a listing of Affinity Networks can be found at https://www.hartford.edu/about/diversity-inclusion/affinity-groups.aspx. We are especially proud of our partnership with NorthStar Collective, a group of colleges and universities in the New England region who are committed to transforming their institutions and uplifting BIPOC faculty on their campuses.

College Information

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.

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