Assistant Professor, Applied Voice and Choral Conducting

Wilkes University invites applicants for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank in Applied Voice and Choral Conducting. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting the University Chorus and the Chamber Singers Ensemble as well as teaching private voice lessons and master classes to approximately twenty-five to thirty Musical Theatre majors and Music minors. An earned doctorate in Music is required. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated prior experience in directing, developing, recruiting, and maintaining a choral music program at the collegiate level. The candidate should also have college-level experience in applied voice instruction to include bel canto, musical theatre, and belt technique. The ideal candidate will have good skills as a pianist and solid knowledge of traditional and contemporary musicals. Additional responsibilities include adjudicating entrance auditions for B.F.A. musical theatre candidates. Candidates with experience providing vocal coaching or musical direction for musical theatre productions are especially encouraged to apply. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,350 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,350 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

To apply, visit https://wilkesuniversitycareers.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Please be sure to include a cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae and three letters of reference. Review of applications begins Dec. 5, 2021, and will continue until the position is filled.

Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.