Assistant Professor of Bassoon

University of Wisconsin Madison•Madison, WI

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About The Position

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music seeks an artist-teacher for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Bassoon position. The successful candidate will build and lead a classical bassoon program; teach undergraduate and graduate lessons; mentor and advise MM and DMA students; conduct studio classes; and teach bassoon fundamentals courses for Music Education undergraduates. The candidate will also perform as a member of the Wingra Quintet, the resident faculty woodwind quintet, and contribute to the School’s strategic priorities in modern transformation and/or new musics through research and teaching. To achieve tenure, the successful candidate will maintain an active and visible performance and teaching profile, build professional relationships with artistic institutions, recruit and maintain a full studio, cultivate a welcoming and healthy learning environment, and contribute to service across the woodwind area, School of Music, College of Letters & Science, and University. The role advances the College’s educational mission through evidence-based, student-centered teaching and undergraduate mentoring, and contributes to a community where faculty, staff, students, and the broader community can engage and belong. The position is ongoing and renewable, with a nine-month appointment. The anticipated start date is August 23, 2027. Compensation is negotiable.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Music or a related subject.
Evidence of an emerging or established national or international career in bassoon performance and teaching, including performances involving a broad range of repertoire.
Evidence of successful teaching and coaching of undergraduate and graduate students and experience working with a wide variety of repertoire.
Ability to enhance the School’s educational mission and overall commitment to teaching and creative research.
Ability to foster a teaching, learning, mentoring, departmental, and research environment where all can thrive.

Nice To Haves

Doctoral degree.

Responsibilities

Recruit, build, maintain, and lead a classical bassoon program, including a studio of approximately 10–12 undergraduate and graduate bassoon majors.
Teach bassoon lessons to undergraduate and graduate students.
Conduct weekly studio classes.
Mentor and advise MM and DMA bassoon students and serve on graduate committees.
Teach bassoon fundamentals courses for Music Education undergraduates; may also teach chamber music, pedagogy, or other courses in areas of expertise.
Perform as the bassoonist in the Wingra Wind Quintet, which performs locally and nationally.
Maintain an active and visible performance and teaching profile and a record of creative scholarship appropriate to a tenure-track position.
Build professional relationships with local, regional, and national artistic institutions, and relationships across campus and the broader community.
Foster a welcoming, healthy, student-centered teaching, learning, mentoring, departmental, and research environment where all can thrive.
Demonstrate the School’s commitment to recognizing the gifts and needs of all students.
Contribute leadership, service, and shared governance within the woodwind area, Mead Witter School of Music, College of Letters & Science, and University.
Advance the College’s commitment to excellence in teaching, mentoring, research, and service.