Lecturer - Applied Flute (Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track)

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The School of Music at Georgia State University in Atlanta seeks to hire a non-tenure track Lecturer in Applied Flute to begin in the 2025-26 academic year. This position is a full-time, benefits-eligible, continuing appointment, subject to a third-year review in accordance with promotion policies and is eligible for full health and retirement benefits (see GSU Benefits).

As a Lecturer in Applied Flute at Georgia State University, the successful candidate will play a vital role as the School of Music collaborates to transform its curriculum and pedagogy to foreground experiential, interdisciplinary, and technologically enhanced learning furthering Georgia State's strategic goal of demonstrating that students can achieve academic and career success at high rates. Opportunities for growth and support in this position include university-level teaching fellowships and grants through the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Online Education, leadership in instructional innovation through our active learning classroom program, and successive promotion to the ranks of Senior Lecturer and Principal Lecturer.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching excellence; create an innovative curriculum in line with Georgia State University's commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching; and will teach the equivalent of four three-credit-hour courses per academic semester (approximately 20 applied lessons per week).

The selected candidate can expect to:

The candidate will be expected to attract, recruit, and retain talented students, especially in performance and instrumental music education, while maintaining a visible profile as an educator. Active recruitment of flute students from the state of Georgia and beyond via outreach and recruitment events, including interaction with pre-collegiate students and high school music programs, is essential.

Recruitment activities may involve the following:

A criminal background check is required.

Robert Ambrose, robertambrose@gsu.edu

Stuart Gerber, swgerber@gsu.edu

To apply, please submit:

1) A letter of application addressing the essential and preferred qualifications as well as your teaching philosophy and how your teaching will connect with the students at Georgia State University;

2) A current curriculum vitae;

3) MEDIA FILE: One link that is accessible to multiple performance videos (not to exceed 20 minutes); OR
4) OTHER DOCUMENT 1: List of links to the individual performance videos

5) Names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and titles of three professional references who will be contacted directly for a letter of recommendation at the time the application is submitted.

Letters of recommendation will be requested based on the information submitted with the application and should be uploaded by the recommender directly to the link provided to them. Questions concerning the search may be directed to the committee chair, Dr. Robert Ambrose, Professor, Director of Bands at robertambrose@gsu.edu.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To ensure consideration, please submit all materials by January 24, 2025. Should you be recommended for a position, an offer of employment will be conditional on background verification.

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