Visiting Assistant Professor in Voice

University of Florida•Gainesville, FL

2d•$60,000

About The Position

Visiting Assistant Professor in Voice Position: Full-time, 9 month, non-tenure accruing faculty position Date of Expected Hire: August 16, 2026 Salary: $60,000 with a comprehensive and highly competitive leave and benefits package The University of Florida School of Music in the College of the Arts invites applications for a full-time, 9-month Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice. We seek an accomplished singer and pedagogue who will contribute to the continued success and growth of our BM, BA, MM, and DMA programs in voice. The successful candidate will teach a studio of applied voice students, Quest 1, and Vocal Pedagogy, bringing a dynamic personality and enthusiasm for teaching to our existing community of outstanding scholars and musicians. The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution. This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/ [https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/]. “UF Quest is a signature and transformational undergraduate core education program designed to engage students in interdisciplinary inquiry, civic responsibility, critical thinking, and real-world engagement. It is grounded in the Gallup-Purdue “Big Six” college experiences that correlate to lifelong well-being and career success (faculty mentorship, long-term projects, applied learning, extracurricular connection, deep engagement, and experiential education). Quest is transforming the core curriculum, elevating UF’s national leadership in undergraduate education and serves as a model for how core education can prepare students to meet the grand challenges of our time.” https://quest.ufl.edu [https://quest.ufl.edu] SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.S., B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit www.arts.ufl.edu/music [http://www.arts.ufl.edu/music]. THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The College of the Arts is an engine of transformation that generates paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond, while nurturing adaptability, innovation, and excellence. We foster an environment where novel creative practice, leading research, and experiential learning thrive. Our students, faculty, and staff interrogate and respond to the ever-changing relationship between technology and the human spirit. We prepare future leaders in artistic professions and creative industries, while developing student capacity for interdisciplinary scholarship that serves and engages local and global communities. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,600 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 150 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami. The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation. We are The Gator Nation, a community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida. In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost State Health [https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/health/health_insurance_plans] plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available. UF provides a variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, 11 paid holidays, personal leave days, and family medical leave. Faculty employees accrue approximately 13 sick days annually, and 4 personal leave days, typically used during the holiday closing period. UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a 24-month period. Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as 457 deferred compensation and 403(b) plans. UF Employees are also eligible for the GatorPerks discount program [https://benefits.hr.ufl.edu/gatorperks/], which provides big savings at various business and retailers! 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Requirements

DMA or ABD in Music - Vocal Performance
Evidence of success in teaching applied voice
Emerging record of achievement with potential for developing a national or international profile in the field
Experience contributing to common Voice Area courses, including Diction, Literature, and Pedagogy
Evidence of successful collaboration and collegiality with faculty, students, and staff
Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, respect, open intellectual discourse, and the welcome incorporation and well-being of all in an environment of complex differences.

Nice To Haves

DMA in Music- Vocal Performance
3–5 years of university-level teaching experience beyond the graduate assistantship
Demonstrated record of teaching and/or programming stylistically varied repertoire
Ability to teach across various vocal styles including classical, commercial music and musical theater.
Record of success in teaching Vocal Pedagogy
Evidence of a commitment to innovative and cross-disciplinary curricula
Demonstrated capacity for effective engagement in recruitment
Organizational, management, and communication experience within higher education

Responsibilities

Teach an applied voice studio of approximately 10 undergraduate voice students
Teach Vocal Pedagogy
Teach Quest 1 or other Voice Area courses
Recruit and teach undergraduate and graduate students in applied studio voice.
Maintain an active profile in performance, research, and/or other creative activities
Engage deeply in our learning community, finding innovative ways to connect the arts to
critical discourses in other disciplines.
Participate in shared governance through service to the School, College and University