Music and Performing Arts Full-Time Faculty Appointment (tenure track) - Director of String Activities and Conductor of the University Orchestras

• Full-time tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, conducting the Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestras and teaching Music Theory and other courses in the Department of Music & Performing Arts

• - Conduct the Bethel University Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble that includes music majors and non-majors from across the university
• Conduct the Bethel University Philharmonic Orchestra, a community ensemble
• Serve as the department’s director of String Activities
• Teach a variety of courses depending on candidate expertise and department need, with a strong preference for Music Theory; other possible courses include
• Introduction to Creative Arts, Instrumentation, Conducting, Music History, methods courses, and a January musical or opera
• Participate in departmental activities, including planning for the Festival of Christmas and various concerts in the fall and spring
• Recruit students to the University Orchestras regardless of major
• Recruit string majors to the department
• Travel with the ensemble on annual tours
• Evaluate applicants for music scholarships
• Actively support the University's commitment to its Christian values and to liberal arts education
• Contribute to an academic environment that seeks to advance inclusive excellence in the department and the discipline

• - Strong knowledge of string methods
• Ability to teach theory, or other auxiliary courses
• Exceptional conducting and concert programming skills
• Ability to assist in hiring and management of adjunct string music lessons faculty

• - Experience as primary conductor of an orchestra or similar ensemble required
• Experience teaching or serving as a teaching assistant of theory or other academic music class required

• - Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting or a related field is required; Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting or a related field is preferred

• Compensation: Salary and rank commensurate with qualifications and experience

Position open: August 2025

Additional Information:

Search committee will begin reviewing applications December 1, 2024

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• Bethel seeks to recruit, retain, support, and develop a diverse workforce that contributes to our educational and Christ-centered mission. Bethel encourages candidates to apply who can assist the University to develop a faculty that reflects the diversity of people in God’s kingdom through a variety of ethnicities, cultures, and lived experiences.

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