Instructor of French Horn
About The Position
The Music Department at Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) invites applications for a part-time (.65 FTE), 3-year renewable fixed-term position in applied French Horn. The successful candidate will lead the horn studio (both music majors and non-majors), teach horn lessons, team-teach brass techniques for music educators, and direct horn choir. The successful candidate will collaborate with colleagues and assume an active role in the recruitment, advisement, and retention of music students. Expectations include maintaining consistent creative activity and contributing service to the college. Successful candidates will aspire to be part of a diverse community that affirms an abundance of identities, experiences, and perspectives to imagine, examine, and implement possibilities for individual and communal thriving both inside and outside the Department of Music. This includes promoting diversity and inclusive practices in programming, instruction, and recruitment. Concordia College is NASM accredited, and the Music Department enjoys a thriving and growing student population with nearly 200 music majors (music education, performance, and composition), due in part to its excellent reputation throughout the region. The department is the single largest on campus, with more than 30 faculty and over 1/4 of the entire student body participating in vocal and instrumental lessons and ensembles. Many graduates pursue careers in music education, where the post-graduation employment rate is extremely high, while others pursue graduate degrees at leading national institutions and/or careers in performing or creative activity. The instrumental music program includes three concert bands, two orchestras, three jazz bands and a combo, chamber ensembles, and a number of other opportunities for students to engage with music as part of their undergraduate experience. In addition to Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees, the department also offers a Master of Music in Music Education. Concordia College is a private, co-educational, baccalaureate liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America that prepares its students to become responsible leaders in the global society. It is located in the Moorhead (MN)/Fargo (ND) area, a growing metropolitan area of 235,000, consistently ranked among the nation’s most livable cities. Fargo/Moorhead’s thriving cultural scene is home to a variety of professional arts organizations including its own opera, ballet, and theatre companies, symphony orchestra, film festival, and art museums and galleries. Please visit our website at http://www.concordiacollege.edu for more information about the college and the music program.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in French horn performance
- Demonstrated excellence as a horn performer
- Demonstrated success in teaching applied French horn
- Evidence of strong interpersonal and collaborative skills as a performer, teacher, and colleague
Nice To Haves
- Experience leading a collegiate French horn studio
- Demonstrated success in the recruitment of music majors and non-majors to a collegiate music program and/or horn studio
Responsibilities
- lead the horn studio (both music majors and non-majors)
- teach horn lessons
- team-teach brass techniques for music educators
- direct horn choir
- collaborate with colleagues
- assume an active role in the recruitment, advisement, and retention of music students
- maintaining consistent creative activity
- contributing service to the college
- promoting diversity and inclusive practices in programming, instruction, and recruitment.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Preventative Chiropractic Program
- Retirement Plan
- Long-Term Disability Insurance (full-time only)
- Life Insurance (full-time only)
- Paid holidays including the time off between Christmas and New Year's
- Paid parental leave
- Up to 100% tuition with discounts and scholarships for yourself and dependents at Concordia College and Concordia Language Villages
- Up to 50% tuition discount for dependents with Oak Grove Lutheran Schools
- Up to 100% tuition discounts for dependents with participating partners: CIC-TEP, ELCA schools, and Tuition Exchange Inc.
- Extras: access to athletic facilities, library, fitness classes, athletic events, theatre events, purchase dining on campus, free MATbus rides
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Job Type
Part-time
