Associate or Ordinary Professor in Sacred Music, Program Area Head, and Director of Choral Studies
- Employer
- The Catholic University of America
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Dec 3, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Arts, Music, Humanities, Religion
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Benjamin T. Rome School of
Music, Drama, and Art
Associate or Ordinary Professor in Sacred Music, Program
Area Head,
and Director of Choral Studies
The Department of Music Performance in the Rome School of Music,
Drama, and Art at The Catholic
University of America seeks an experienced Choral Conductor as a
tenure-track Professor to head the
Sacred Music area in the Department of Music Performance. We seek
candidates who understand, are
enthusiastic about, and will make a significant contribution to the
mission of the University, which can be
found here: https://www.cua.edu/about-cua/mission-statement.cfm.
Responsibilities: As a research institution,
Catholic University expects its faculty to be productive in
teaching, research, and service. The primary responsibility of the
position involves managing all aspects
of the undergraduate and graduate degrees that reside in the sacred
music program, advising
undergraduate & graduate majors, teaching courses in the sacred
music curriculum including graduate
conducting courses, functioning as the director of the CUA choirs,
and working with the department chair
& staff to recruit students into the Sacred Music degrees. As a
pontifical University established by the
Bishops of the Catholic Church, the head of Sacred Music at
Catholic University is expected to maintain
preeminent programs in Sacred Music that engender attention at the
national and international level.
Qualifications: Qualified candidates will possess
a Ph.D/D.M.A. in music; a minimum of five years
collegiate teaching required; significant experience as a choral
conductor, expertise in the music of the
Catholic Liturgy, and demonstrated administrative abilities.
Preferred qualifications include experience
playing/teaching the Organ and experience leading a professional or
collegiate choral program.
Appointment: Full-time tenure track appointment at
the rank of Associate or Ordinary Professor begins
August 2022.
Application: To apply, please send the following
to Dean Leary Warsaw, learywarsaw@cua.edu
● Cover Letter
● A Curriculum Vitae
● Three letters of recommendation
● A Statement of Teaching Philosophy
● A one- to two-page personal statement indicating how your
research, teaching, and service will
make a distinctive contribution to our University’s mission and to
the vision of Catholic education
outlined in the Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Universities Ex
Corde Ecclesiae.
● A Statement of Diversity
● Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Application Deadline to submit is January 31st
2022
The University will perform background checks on all new faculty
hires prior to making the final offer of
employment. The Catholic University of America is the national
university of the Catholic Church and was
founded as a center of research and scholarship.
The Catholic University of America is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
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