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Associate Professor/Professor and Director of Bands & Director of Wind Symphony

Nine-month appointment, with nine-month and summer stipends for Director of Bands administrative role

Date of Expected Hire:  August , 6

Salary:  Faculty salary and additional compensation for the role of Director of Bands could bring initial total compensation to $,

The University of Florida School of Music seeks a highly qualified individual to fulfill the position of Director of Bands and Director of the Wind Symphony. We seek an inspiring and visionary leader to uphold and elevate the excellence of a distinguished collegiate band program that serves students across a range of academic and musical stages. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of wind band traditions, a commitment to creative programming, and a keen awareness of contemporary developments in the field, including stylistically diverse repertoire. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Duties include programming, rehearsing and performing a fall and spring-semester series of wind symphony concerts annually, overseeing all operations of the band area, coordinating band personnel in collaboration with performance-area faculty, teaching courses in wind conducting and other related subjects, recruiting talented students at the graduate and undergraduate level, collaborating with other departments, and actively engaging in the cultural life at the University of Florida and the broader Gainesville community. Additional duties include committee service as appropriate.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here .

Academic Responsibilities:

· Serve as Musical Director and Conductor of the Wind Symphony

· Oversee Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in wind band conducting

· Teach related coursework, including graduate conducting and wind literature for conducting majors

· Maintain an active national and international creative research profile in areas of specialization, consistent with expectations of tenure and promotion

· Active participation in our learning community, finding innovative ways to connect the arts to critical discourses in other disciplines

· Participate in shared governance through service to the School, College, and University

Responsibilities as Director of Bands:

· Provide musical and administrative vision to a comprehensive university bands program

· Oversee all operations of the Band Area, including budget development and management, scholarship allocation, staff appointment, personnel management, and broad oversight of the operations of multiple concert and athletic bands

· Represent the Band Area within College of the Arts, University of Florida, and Alumni relations and activities

SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some graduate and undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit .

THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1, students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.

The University of Florida: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation, and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural, and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than , students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida.

In addition to salary, the University of Florida (UF) offers low cost plans, a number of Dental plans to fit you and your family’s needs, and Vision. Domestic partner coverage through GatorCare is also available. Optional plans such as life, disability, legal and accident insurance are also available.

UF provides a variety of leave programs including vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, personal leave days, and family medical leave. 9-month faculty employees accrue sick days annually. UF also provides you the flexibility to deal with life’s challenges by offering paid family leave, eight full weeks of leave over a -month period.

Build a retirement roadmap with competitive pension plans, investment accounts and a host of voluntary add-ons, such as deferred compensation and (b) plans.

UF Employees are also eligible for the , which provides big savings at various business and retailers!

Explore UF’s plethora of benefit options here: Expected Salary: Faculty salary and additional compensation for the role of Director of Bands could bring initial total compensation to $, Required Qualifications: Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:

· Terminal degree in Music required with commensurate record of professional and academic achievement

· Distinguished record of achievement in the field at a national or international level

· Evidence of skill in designing and facilitating academic work that advances curiosity, respect, open intellectual discourse, and the welcome incorporation and well-being of all in an environment of complex differences.

· Well versed in existing wind band traditions, demonstrate a commitment to creative programming, and show awareness of current trends

· Evidence of the commitment for the advancement of new music, including commissions and world premieres Preferred Applicants will meet some of the following:

· Teaching experience of 5- years at the rank of assistant professor or higher at the university level

· Demonstrated record of effective mentoring and recruitment of MM and DMA graduate student conductors

· Strong organizational, management and communication skills

· Evidence of success in negotiation and collaboration toward creative and administrative goals

· Demonstrated record of outstanding musicianship, technical conducting skills, and strong, educational, student-focused rehearsals