Details
Posted: 31-Aug-22
Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Salary: Open
Requisition Number: 22A300461
Position Overview:
Westminster Conservatory, the community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University, seeks part-time Conservatory teaching, accompanying, and conducting positions for 2022-2023 academic year in the following areas:
· Saxophone and clarinet (traditional and jazz)
· Violin/Viola (traditional and/or Suzuki)
· Cello (traditional and/or Suzuki)
· Theory
Position Requirements:
Minimum of a bachelor's degree in music with a concentration in the area of instruction. Must have demonstrated experience teaching and/or working with children from ages 6 through high school in order to be considered. As a part-time teaching position, candidates must be willing to offer teaching hours within the following time frames (weekdays from 3:30pm on and/or Saturday from 9am – 4pm). Candidates will be asked to offer in-person instruction on the main campus in Princeton, NJ and/or at an extension site. Remote teaching is optional.
Position Preferred Qualifications/Experience:
Should have a strong pedagogical background in their area of instruction, extensive knowledge of teaching methods, supplementary repertoire, and methodology for developing necessary technical skills. Prefer candidates with experience as performers (solo, chamber, ensemble) and with chamber music (coaching, performance).
About Rider University:
The Rider University community is composed of faculty, staff and students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.
Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.
Through reflection and open, respectful dialogue, we develop responsible citizens who demonstrate academic understanding and compassion to grow and serve as leaders in a diverse and global world.
Candidates with a demonstrated commitment supportive of the multicultural needs of Rider University and the surrounding community are highly desired.
Rider University has been included as one of the nation's best universities by US News & World Report and remained in the top tier in the Regional Universities – North category. Additionally, The Princeton Review named Rider among its
About Rider University
"As a learner-centered University dedicated to the education of the whole student, Rider provides students the intellectual resources and breadth of student life opportunities of a comprehensive university with the personal attention and close student-faculty interactions of a liberal arts college.Through a commitment to high quality teaching, scholarship and experiential opportunities, faculty on both campuses provide undergraduate and graduate students rigorous and relevant programs of study to expand their intellectual, cultural and personal horizons and develop their leadership skills. Our highly regarded programs in the arts, social sciences, sciences, music, business and education challenge students to become active learners who can acquire, interpret, communicate and apply knowledge within and across disciplines to foster the integrative thinking required in a complex and rapidly changing world."
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