Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Jazz Studies

Title
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Jazz Studies

Employee Classification
Senior Lecturer (Continuing)

Campus
Denton

Division
UNT-Provost

SubDivision-Department
UNT-College of Music

Department
UNT-Jazz Studies-134330

Job Location
Denton

Salary
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate's qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE
1.00

Retirement Eligibility
ORP Eligible

Department Summary
The University of North Texas (UNT) College of Music is the largest public‑university music program in the United States, and one of its most respected colleges of music. UNT offers fully accredited degrees from the bachelor to doctoral levels and is home to the world's first jazz‑studies degree program. Faculty include internationally acclaimed artists and scholars in commercial music, composition, conducting, ethnomusicology, music education, music entrepreneurship, music history, music theory, and performance. The college presents more than 1,000 concerts and recitals annually. UNT music alumni can be found around the globe in impressive, award‑winning careers across a wide range of music professions.

Position Overview
Teaching:

Recruit, retain, and teach an outstanding enrollment of undergraduate and graduate jazz students.

Supervise graduate‑degree requirements, including graduate committees and doctoral projects/documents.

Primary instructional foci include music business, jazz improvisation, and jazz musicianship. Applied instruction and other teaching assignments will align with the successful candidate's qualifications and expertise.

Other duties as assigned including coaching jazz, combo coaching, jazz pedagogy, literature, etc.

Service:

Participate fully in academic and professional activities, including service assignments, across the campus and the profession.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in music.

Artist‑level qualifications in saxophone, trombone, or trumpet.

Successful teaching experience in music business, jazz improvisation, and jazz musicianship.

Success in, and enthusiasm for, recruiting/retaining a robust cohort of undergraduate and graduate students.

Professional, collegial, and respectful interactions with all colleagues and students.

Terminal degree in the assigned discipline or related field required for teaching graduate level courses.

Additional consideration may be given for equivalent applied experience in accordance with faculty credentialing guidelines.

Meets criteria outlined in UNT Policy 06.005.

Preferred Qualifications

Earned doctorate in music.

Open to instrumentalists; preference for saxophone, trombone, or trumpet.

Demonstrated expertise and innovative approaches to teaching music business, jazz improvisation, and jazz theory/aural skills at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Excellence in applied instruction.

Encouraged to remain professionally active as a jazz performer and educator.

Stylistic fluency across a broad range of jazz traditions, contemporary practices, and commercial styles.

History of engaging students with diverse musical interests.

Physical Requirements
Communicating with others to exchange information.

Environmental Hazards
No adverse environmental conditions expected.

Work Schedule
Varies based on assignment.

Security Sensitive
This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions
Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.

Applicants must submit names and contact information for three professional references as part of their application.

Submit the following documents:

A cover letter speaking to the required and preferred qualifications of the position.

At least two links to contrasting video excerpts, each no more than 20 minutes, demonstrating teaching in improvisation, theory, aural skills, other musicianship, and/or applied lessons.

At least four links (video preferred, audio accepted) to representative unedited recordings/performances on the candidate's instrument, with a preference for at least two live excerpts.

EEO Statement
The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit -and takes actions to prevent - discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.

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