Location: Granville, OH

Open Date: March 4, 2025

Description

The Music Theater program at Denison University is seeking an enthusiastic and committed instructor and musical theatre director for a tenure-track position to begin August 2025. The incoming faculty rank is open. The position will be a joint appointment in the Departments of Music and Theatre. The successful candidate should have substantial experience directing music theatre productions and working collaboratively with, motivating, and teaching undergraduate students.

Along with directing music theatre performances, teaching duties include foundational courses for the Music Theatre minor. Additional courses will be in areas of the candidate's expertise, which could include, but are not limited to: choreography, acting, devising, répétiteur, voice, musicology, music theory, composition/songwriting, and/or performance studies. Additional duties include advising, recruiting new students, and helping to grow the burgeoning Music Theatre minor. Earned terminal degree required.

The Arts at Denison are vibrant, masterful, and thought-provoking. Denison students collaborate and create as they learn from working artists and professional creators. More than 40 percent of Denison students take part in the arts that include music, theatre, dance, cinema, art history, visual arts, and creative writing. Students who come to Denison nurturing a passion often find they grow and develop new avenues of artistic pursuit. https://denison.edu/places/eisner-center/about

The departments of music, theatre, and dance are housed in the Michael D. Eisner Center for Performing Arts, a dynamic, interactive space where students and faculty collaborate across disciplines. Built in 2019, the building is named for Michael D. Eisner ‘64, a Life Trustee of Denison University, a former chairman and chief executive officer of the Walt Disney Company, and founder of the Tornante Company.

Applications must be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/163854. Applications received by March 22, 2025 will receive full consideration.

Contact Ching-chu Hu at hu@denison.edu with any additional questions.

Denison is a highly selective, residential liberal arts college enrolling approximately 2,400 students from across the nation and around the world. The college is located in the village of Granville, 30 minutes from Columbus, Ohio, the state capital, which hosts a wide range of cultural and artistic opportunities. Granville offers an excellent public school system and easy access to outdoor activities. A supportive environment for teacher-scholars who value both classroom and research excellence, Denison offers extensive support for its faculty, including start-up research funds, an annual professional development account, competitive professional development funding, and a one-semester research leave after a successful pre-tenure review. The college also offers opportunities for student-faculty research collaboration, stipends for supervising summer-research students, and a range of workshops and mentoring programs to develop our strengths as teacher-scholars. Denison offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including tuition benefits to attend Denison or other affiliated colleges and a generous retirement contribution.

Qualifications

The successful candidate should have substantial experience directing music theatre productions and working collaboratively with, motivating, and teaching undergraduate students.

Candidates are required to have a terminal degree (MFA, DMA, or PhD) by start date (ABD will be considered Instructor until Ph.D. is obtained).

Application Instructions

Applications must be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/163854. Applications received by March 22, 2025 will receive full consideration. Initial interviews will be conducted via video conference late March. Finalists will be invited for an on-campus interview in April. The position will remain open until filled.

Applications should include:

1. A letter of application that addresses their approach to teaching and directing within a liberal arts institution and their professional and scholarly trajectory.

2. A curriculum vitae.

3. Copies of academic transcripts

4. A list of three references (full name, phone number and email address).

Applicants may also include links to professional websites, production or excerpts from production and rehearsal videos (totaling no more than twenty minutes) or other supplements.

Contact Ching-chu Hu at hu@denison.edu with any additional questions.

Application Process

This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected classes.

Title IX Notice: Sex discrimination is prohibited by federal law through Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Denison does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education programs or activities that it operates including admissions and employment. For Denison's official Notice of Non-Discrimination, please visit https://denison.edu/forms/non-discrimination-notice. You can learn more about Title IX at Denison at https://denison.edu/campus/title-ix.

Job seekers who may need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should contact the Office of Human Resources at (740) 587-6299 or by email at HR@denison.edu.

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