Created/Revised: 05/06/08
Sam Houston State University
School of Music
Position:
Assistant Professor- Tenure Track
Degree Requirements:
Doctorate or ABD preferred- Masters degree required. Candidates without the DMA must have extensive (a minimum of 5 years) professional performance background/experience.
Experience Requirements:
Extensive experience in jazz performance at the professional level;experience teaching/directing jazz ensembles; experience teaching improvisation or other related areas.
Environment:
Sam Houston State is located in historic Huntsville, one quarter of the way from Houston to Dallas, at the boundary between the Piney Woods region of East Texas and the Prairies and Lakes region of Central Texas. The university has an enrollment of approximately 16,400 students and a faculty of 650.
Usual Duties:
Direct two jazz ensembles and/ or combos; teach courses in improvisation, private studio instruction, history of jazz/ contemporary music, or arranging/ composition.
Salary:
Open
Beginning Date:
September 1, 2008
Requisition:
5064
Contact:
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan &
Smoke/Drug Free Institution