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Assistant Professor in Classical Guitar
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Position Number: 2017251
Location: Gainesville, FL
Position Type: Fine and Applied Arts - Music

Assistant Professor in Classical Guitar

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Assistant Professor in Classical Guitar

Position: Full-time, 9 month, tenure accruing faculty position
Date of Expected Hire: August 16, 2021
Salary: Competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The School of Music at the University of Florida invites applicants for an Assistant Professor position in Classical Guitar. We seek an exceptionally accomplished guitarist with national and possible international visibility who will help grow our undergraduate and graduate guitar programs, including the new DMA program.

Duties include teaching guitar studio, coaching guitar ensembles, building and maintaining a guitar ensemble, teaching a course in the UF Quest series, and collaborating with other departments and actively participating in the cultural life at the University of Florida, in addition to serving in committees as appropriate. Additional responsibilities may include participating in Jacare Brazil and supporting the Brazilian Music Institute.

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 prepare students to access and unsettle centers of power in a radically changing world. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for equity on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty, seeking faculty of all races, ethnicities, genders, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree required

Applicant should be an outstanding and active professional guitarist with a strong record of teaching and recruiting at the collegiate level

Specialization in classical guitar with ability to teach other repertoires such as Flamenco, Latin, etc.

Ability to collaborate across disciplines in a Research I university

Capacity to participate in shared governance through service to the School, College and University

Distinguished record of achievement in the field at a national or international level

Evidence of success in promoting an environment that advances diversity, equity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications: The successful candidate will bring to the position:

Doctorate preferred

Teaching experience of 3 to 5 years beyond graduate assistantship at the university level

Evidence of a commitment to innovative and cross-disciplinary curricula

Demonstrated aptitude for working toward structural and strategic change, particularly in relationship to diversity, equity and inclusion

Demonstrated capacity for effective engagement in recruitment

Strong organizational, management and communication skills

Evidence of success in negotiation and collaboration toward creative and administrative goals

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until an applicant pool is established. To ensure full consideration, all application documents must be submitted by October 23, 2020. Applications received after this date may be considered at the discretion of the committee and/or hiring authority.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida's online application system at https://facultyjobs.hr.ufl.edu/posting/79257. Online applications must include the following: (1) a detailed letter of application that explains how you match the particular qualifications of this position and how your work and perspective will contribute to and enhance our transformative community; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) links to research, performance videos (three works in contrasting styles), and teaching samples; and (4) names and contact information of three professional references. The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time, including letters of reference.

Nominations and Inquiries may be sent to:
Kenneth Broadway Chair, Guitar Assistant Professor Search
kbroadway@arts.ufl.edu

The selected candidate will be required to provide an official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered official if a designation of Issued to Student is visible. Degrees earned from an educational institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at +1 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

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 43 full-time and seven adjunct faculty, serving some 100 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include 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.

COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. We achieve the university's mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 130 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, ranked one of the top six best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse 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, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.

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To apply, visit https://facultyjobs.hr.ufl.edu/posting/79257

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