Posting Summary
The Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University New Brunswick, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in music education (Choral) at the rank of Assistant Professor.
The Music Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts prepares students for fulfilling lives in music, promoting exceptional creative work and cutting-edge research and contributing to the cultural life of our community.
In alignment with this mission, the music education program serves undergraduate preservice and graduate in-service students, preparing them to be reflective practitioners and critical pedagogues capable of engaging and challenging diverse students in all existing and future forms of PreK 12 music education.
We seek an innovative scholar and conductor-teacher with a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion, student success, and working with diverse communities.
Candidates should possess a high potential for scholarly and creative achievement, as exemplified by presentations, publications, and choral conducting experiences.
We invite candidates with emphases in any approach to research in music education, including historical, philosophical, qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods.
The successful candidate will teach existing undergraduate choral music education academic courses, conduct a choral ensemble, and teach and supervise master’s and doctoral students in the Music Education program.
Other responsibilities may include teaching general music methods and courses in the candidate’s area of research expertise, as well as engaging with local K 12 schools.
Service on department, school, and / or university committees and maintaining an active research and publication agenda is expected.
The appointment carries a full-time, ten-month contract to commence September 1, 2025. Position Status Full Time Posting Number 24FA0968 Posting Open Date 09 / 25 / 2024 Posting Close Date 12 / 31 / 2024 Qualifications Minimum Education and Experience A doctorate in music education or a related field is required (ABD will be considered;
degree conferral required by September 1, 2025). Experience teaching music in K 12 schools full-time (with certification) is required.
Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching at the undergraduate level is highly desirable. Knowledge of the certification process and strong skills in organization and data management are preferred.
Certifications / Licenses Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Equipment Utilized Physical Demands and Work Environment Overview Housed in one of the leading public research universities on the East Coast, The Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts includes approximately 450 students and 100 total faculty, offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees (DMA and PhD) as well as an artist diploma across a comprehensive range of areas in performance, composition, conducting, jazz studies, music education, music theory, and musicology.
Students perform, teach, refine their skills, and forge new paths in the arts through their scholastic and creative endeavors, engaging with faculty who are among the world’s leaders in their respective fields, including several who are drawn from the nearby New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra.
Students benefit from proximity to these two cultural hubs, with ensembles regularly performing in such venues as the Blue Note Jazz Club, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall.
Mason Gross School of the Arts, a vibrant community of artists and scholars with academic programs in music, theater, dance, filmmaking, and art & design, is committed to pursuing excellence, innovation, and inclusivity.
Its 1200 students reflect the diversity of New Jersey, the fourth most diverse state in the nation. In addition to its professional arts training programs, Mason Gross provides the larger community an opportunity to embrace the creative arts through its divisions of Rutgers Arts Online and Rutgers Community Arts.
The school is housed within Rutgers New Brunswick, a premier Big Ten research university that serves some 44,000 students and is the flagship campus of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
The nation’s eighth oldest institution of higher learning, Rutgers is less than an hour by train or car to New York City and the beautiful beaches of the Jersey Shore and just over an hour to Philadelphia.
Additional information is available at the school website : Statement Mason Gross School of the Arts is deeply committed to the pursuit of equity, diversity, inclusion, and access and especially encourages applications from women, underrepresented minorities, and other individuals who belong to groups that have been historically underrepresented or marginalized within higher education and the arts.
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