Business Manager, College of Fine Arts, School of Music
About The Position
The School of Music at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts seeks to hire an experienced collaborative piano teacher and performer as an associate professor. An appointment is sought to begin July 1, 2027. This position requires excellent applied teaching skills and a professional performance profile of national recognition. The successful candidate will lead an established collaborative piano degree program in the areas of instrumental and vocal music; teach lessons, mentor and advise MM and DMA collaborative piano students; oversee all collaborative piano curricula; organize graduate assistant collaborative partnership assignments; coach chamber ensembles; and teach courses in sonata repertoire and vocal coaching. The candidate will have a record of successful teaching at the collegiate-conservatory level, a nationally recognized performance profile, and the ability to recruit high-level collaborative piano majors at the MM and DMA levels. Refined skills in leadership, communication and organization are critical for a successful candidate who will work closely with staff and faculty colleagues to support collaborative piano majors as well as the students with whom they partner. Experience in successful interactions with faculty colleagues in opera, orchestra, wind ensemble, choral and all applied areas is essential. The Boston University School of Music was the first institution in the United States to grant a degree in music. Today, the School of Music trains musicians, educators, composers, and scholars in strong undergraduate and graduate programs. Each year the School of Music presents hundreds of public concerts, recitals, operas, and other performances, as part of the greater resources and vibrant scholarly community of Boston University as a whole, and the wider intellectual and musical offerings of the Boston metropolitan area. Boston University is an AAU institution with a rich tradition dedicated to inclusion and social justice. We are proud to be the first American university to award a Ph.D. to a woman, and we celebrate our record of and commitment to inclusiveness. The College of Fine Arts includes diversity as one of its core strategic goals. The successful applicant will enjoy working in an inclusive school that values cultural and ethnic diversity and will contribute to ongoing efforts to promote equity for all people.
Requirements
- Excellent applied teaching skills
- Professional performance profile of national recognition
- Record of successful teaching at the collegiate-conservatory level
- Ability to recruit high-level collaborative piano majors at the MM and DMA levels
- Refined skills in leadership, communication and organization
- Experience in successful interactions with faculty colleagues in opera, orchestra, wind ensemble, choral and all applied areas
- Terminal degree in music performance
Responsibilities
- Recruit and teach a studio of graduate students in collaborative piano
- Teach courses in vocal coaching and collaborative repertoire, vocal and instrumental
- Serve as academic advisor to all collaborative piano majors
- Facilitate collaborative piano assignments with faculty and students across all ensemble and applied areas of the School
- Maintain a national performance profile
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
