Job Details

Job Location: Main Campus - Edmond, OK

Position Type: Faculty

Job Category: OTRS Classified

College Overview:

The College of Fine Arts and Design is a center of excellence for the arts and design, as well as a center of innovation for improving and promoting arts education. Founded in 2001, the college combines the experience of Oklahoma's oldest public educational institution with groundbreaking thinking about the role of the arts in the 21st century. The College of Fine Arts and Design nurtures leadership qualities in students, thus expanding the scope and qualities of their career opportunities. The institution's emphasis is on student centered education. This commitment to excellence provides students the opportunity to interact and work closely with our more than 100 outstanding full and part-time faculty members who are dedicated to developing the artist, scholar, creative professional, educator, citizen and leader as a whole. With more than 200 performing and visual arts events every year, the college provides students from a variety of academic disciplines and programs to come together to view exhibits, attend special events, experience performances, take classes and discuss their work, and ultimately learn to both specialize and think from a global perspective. The College of Fine Arts and Design currently has six academic units, the Department of Art, Department of Dance, Department of Design, Department of Theatre Arts, School of Music and the Academy of Contemporary Music and specialized accreditations from National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). For further information see our website http://www.uco.edu/cfad.

School of Music Overview:

The UCO School of Music has a current faculty of 35 full-time (of which 26 are tenured or tenure-track positions) and approximately 35 part-time faculty, combined with a full-time professional staff of 8. There are approximately 350 students enrolled in degree programs that include the BA, BM, BME, and MM, within the framework of six divisions: Jazz Studies, Musical Theatre, Piano, Strings (Orchestras), Vocal Arts (Choirs and Opera), and Winds/Percussion (Bands). The University of Central Oklahoma and all of our curricular offerings are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. For additional information, please see our website at http://music.uco.edu.

Job Description:

• This position is a temporary one-semester position for Spring 2025.


• The position requires a full-time teaching load of 12 credit hours for Spring 2025 as specified by university policy.


• Undergraduate and graduate courses taught will include: Applied Horn.


• Other undergraduate and graduate courses taught could include: Aural Skills I-IV, Chamber Music, other theory courses as appropriate.


• Support undergraduate and graduate music research and creative activity.


• Recruit and retain students for the UCO horn studio.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Extensive performance and teaching experience in the field of traditional Applied Horn.


• Ability to effectively teach courses in music theory and aural skills.


• Ability to teach online, face-to-face, and hybrid courses.


• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.


• Ability to teach undergraduate and graduate students effectively.


• Ability to work within a collaborative faculty environment.


• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.


• Ability to work effectively and patiently with students.


• Ability to recruit and retain students.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A doctoral degree in music. ABD may be considered.

Required Education and Experience:

• A master's degree in music.


• A strong background in horn performance and pedagogy.


• A minimum of 3 years of college teaching experience, including evidence of classroom teaching in music theory and/or aural skills.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• 5 years of college teaching experience.

Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations (in accordance with ADA requirements) may be made, upon request, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Required Application Materials:

Cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, Copy of transcript for highest degree earned, List of at least 3 references