Job Description
SCHOOL/COLLEGE: Visual and Performing Arts
DEPARTMENT: Music
TENURE STATUS: Tenure Track
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-time, 10 months
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Seton Hill University invites applications for an Assistant/ Associate Professor and Coordinator of Commercial Music beginning August 2027. We are a small, Catholic liberal arts college with a NASM accredited department, and an All-Steinway School designation, in a sizable school of Visual and Performing Arts, looking for an individual who supports the four pillars of our university: Learning, Welcoming, Serving, and Celebrating. The arts are a core part of Seton Hill's identity. We are an all Steinway school.
The successful candidate will teach courses in Music Business, Songwriting, direct the program's Commercial Music Ensemble, and coordinate student practicum experiences. Additional duties will be determined based on the successful candidate's area(s) of expertise. The candidate should have demonstrated excellence or potential excellence in teaching, scholarship and/or creative activity in the field. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and organizational skills with a vision to develop and maintain course offerings aligned with present practices and current trends in the music industry. We are looking for an engaged and collaborative colleague with a commitment to a liberal arts education who will be an active recruiter for the department. This is a tenure track position.
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:
SCHOOL/COLLEGE: Visual and Performing Arts
DEPARTMENT: Music
TENURE STATUS: Tenure Track
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full-time, 10 months
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Seton Hill University invites applications for an Assistant/ Associate Professor and Coordinator of Commercial Music beginning August 2027. We are a small, Catholic liberal arts college with a NASM accredited department, and an All-Steinway School designation, in a sizable school of Visual and Performing Arts, looking for an individual who supports the four pillars of our university: Learning, Welcoming, Serving, and Celebrating. The arts are a core part of Seton Hill's identity. We are an all Steinway school.
The successful candidate will teach courses in Music Business, Songwriting, direct the program's Commercial Music Ensemble, and coordinate student practicum experiences. Additional duties will be determined based on the successful candidate's area(s) of expertise. The candidate should have demonstrated excellence or potential excellence in teaching, scholarship and/or creative activity in the field. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and organizational skills with a vision to develop and maintain course offerings aligned with present practices and current trends in the music industry. We are looking for an engaged and collaborative colleague with a commitment to a liberal arts education who will be an active recruiter for the department. This is a tenure track position.
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:
- Teaches 12 instructional units per semester and advises students.
- Oversees performance curriculum requirements and methods of assessment for Commercial Music majors