Adjunct Faculty - Performance Studies

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

ID: 7190781 (Ref.No. 24N332236)
Posted: November 2, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Position Description

The Department of Performance Studies at Rider University seeks an adjunct instructor to teach private lessons to second-year Choral Conducting students for the Spring 2024 Semester beginning Monday, January 22, 2024. This position helps to prepare the students for their graduate recitals, and offers technical, musical and gestural instruction. Lessons are set up individually at the convenience of the instructor and students.

Position Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability and experience in building fundamental musical and choral ensemble skills
  • Demonstrated ability and experience preparing Major Symphonic Choral Works
  • Demonstrated  conducting/rehearsal technique
  • MM in Music
  • Experience working with graduate students in group classes and/or individual instruction

Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience

About Rider University

The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.

Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.

Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.

Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.

Rider University is consistently ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal and The Princeton Review. For more than a decade, Rider has also been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for its sustainability efforts.
 
Rider University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity. 

Special Instructions to Applicants

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