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Adjunct Professor of Saxophone | Duquesne University - Military Veterans

at HERC- Ohio/W. PA/ W. VA

Position Number: 800401 The Mary Pappert School of Music invites applications for a part ? time, non ? tenure track position in saxophone, beginning August 2025. Primary responsibilitoes include teaching undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a variety of degrees; teaching the saxophone ensembles; and, actively engaging in recruitment and outreach activities. Other important factors may include, but are not limited to a record of active community engagement and a record of successful artistic activities such as public performances, recitals, master classes, adjudications, and collaborative music ? making. A master?s degree in the candidate?s field is required from an accredited institution. A doctoral degree is preferred from an accredited institution. Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes commitment to the University?s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University?s Mission. Additionally, applicants must have demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others). The successful candidate will: ? Demonstrate a passion for teaching. ? Possess the ability to teach students of diverse backgrounds and in diverse degree programs. ? Have knowledge of diverse levels of repertoire, including a diversity of genres of music beyond the western classical canon. ? Demonstrate a commitment to collegial problem solving. ? Demonstrate a commitment to DEI. ? Parcipate in regional and national professional associaitons. ? Parcipate in recruitment activies. Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.  This includes c ommitment to the University?s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University?s Mission.  Additionally, applicants must have demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others). Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community. Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University.  The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community. Duquesne University uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applica?ons electronically. Complete materials include a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, a 1?2 page statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of successful teaching with advanced students, a recording of the candidate?s performance on the saxophone, and contact information (e ? mail addresses and phone numbers) for at least three current professional references. Application deadline is January 15, 2024. Duquesne University is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse faculty that reflects contemporary society, serves our academic mission and enriches our campus community. As a charter member of the Ohio, Western PA and West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), we encourage applicants from members of underrepresented groups, and support dual-career couples. Founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Its Mission Statement commits the University to ?serving God by serving students through commitment to excellence in liberal and professional education, through a profound concern for moral and spiritual values, through the maintenance of an ecumenical atmosphere open to diversity, and through service to the Church, the community, the nation and the world. Applicants for this position should describe how they might support and contribute to the mission. Motivated by its Catholic and Spiritan identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer. Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Motivated by its Catholic identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.

Pittsburgh, PA

HERC- Ohio/W. PA/ W. VA

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