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Senior Member
POSITION: Director of Bands/Assistant-Associate Professor of Music
START DATE: July 1, 2012
DUTIES: Provide effective leadership, management, organization and artistic direction of a comprehensive
band program to include conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and the
University Marching Band (Sonic Boom of the South). Develop creative/scholarly and service
contributions within the Department of Music appropriate for assignment. Other teaching
responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate wind conducting, instrumental arranging,
instrumental methods and materials, and other teaching duties that match the candidate’s
qualifications, background and interests. The Director of Bands will work closely with Music
Department Chair to coordinate the recruitment efforts of the department.
QUALIFICATIONS: An earned Masters degree in music is required; an earned Doctorate in music is preferred.
Candidates should have a strong background in the study, performance and teaching of instrumental
music and proven ability in recruiting for, developing, and maintaining a high quality wind
band/instrumental music program. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to: design and
implement marching band drills with and/or without the computer, arrange music, conduct concert
ensembles, develop a wind band library of literature and manage a budget. Candidates with
secondary school teaching experience are preferred. College teaching experience is required.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: For full consideration, applications must be received by November 15, 2011. The search process will continue until the position is filled, but priority screening will begin on or shortly after November 15, 2011.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, transcripts, videos of five marching band drills accompanied by drill charts, three videos of concert band conducting accompanied by concert programs, five sample arrangements (in Finale, Sibelius or other notation software) sample music syllabi, five references with current phone numbers and email addresses, and three current letters of recommendation mailed directly to the committee
chair. Submitted materials will not be returned.
All application materials should be sent to:
Dowell Taylor, Chair, Search Committee for Director of Bands
Jackson State University
Department of Music
P.O. Box 17055
Jackson, MS 39217
Phone: 601-979-2141
http://www.jsums.edu/facultypositions/music/director_of_bands.pdf
START DATE: July 1, 2012
DUTIES: Provide effective leadership, management, organization and artistic direction of a comprehensive
band program to include conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and the
University Marching Band (Sonic Boom of the South). Develop creative/scholarly and service
contributions within the Department of Music appropriate for assignment. Other teaching
responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate wind conducting, instrumental arranging,
instrumental methods and materials, and other teaching duties that match the candidate’s
qualifications, background and interests. The Director of Bands will work closely with Music
Department Chair to coordinate the recruitment efforts of the department.
QUALIFICATIONS: An earned Masters degree in music is required; an earned Doctorate in music is preferred.
Candidates should have a strong background in the study, performance and teaching of instrumental
music and proven ability in recruiting for, developing, and maintaining a high quality wind
band/instrumental music program. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to: design and
implement marching band drills with and/or without the computer, arrange music, conduct concert
ensembles, develop a wind band library of literature and manage a budget. Candidates with
secondary school teaching experience are preferred. College teaching experience is required.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: For full consideration, applications must be received by November 15, 2011. The search process will continue until the position is filled, but priority screening will begin on or shortly after November 15, 2011.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, transcripts, videos of five marching band drills accompanied by drill charts, three videos of concert band conducting accompanied by concert programs, five sample arrangements (in Finale, Sibelius or other notation software) sample music syllabi, five references with current phone numbers and email addresses, and three current letters of recommendation mailed directly to the committee
chair. Submitted materials will not be returned.
All application materials should be sent to:
Dowell Taylor, Chair, Search Committee for Director of Bands
Jackson State University
Department of Music
P.O. Box 17055
Jackson, MS 39217
Phone: 601-979-2141
http://www.jsums.edu/facultypositions/music/director_of_bands.pdf
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