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The School of Music in the College of Arts & Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Piano position starting August 15, 2025.The ideal candidate is an accomplished performer-teacher with a collaborative mindset and a strong commitment to creative, inclusive teaching practices. An earned doctorate is required.The College of Arts & Architecture is working to establish a culture of anti-racism and anti-oppression that embraces individual identities, fosters a culture of inclusion, and promotes equity through curricula, values, standards, ideals, policies and practices. The ideal candidate will provide evidence of their experience with, and interest in, contributing to these goals.For this piano vacancy, please use your cover letter to address the points below. Feel free to define yourself and your creative practice in ways that let us envision the unique qualifications you would bring to the Penn State School of Music experience.This position requires the candidate to do advanced DMA-level teaching and solid, thoughtful undergraduate pedagogy. A level of scholarship, writing, and mentorship abilities appropriate for doctoral-level committee leadership is required. Instructional duties may include (but are not limited to) studio teaching for majors and non-majors, piano literature courses, collaborative piano, chamber music coaching, and/or other courses in the candidate's unique areas of expertise.We seek an applicant who will maintain an active regional, national, and international performance profile, and develop a creative and scholarly agenda appropriate to an R-1 university tenure-track position. The successful candidate will have ideas for cultivating a vibrant, diverse musical population in our School, and has an innovative plan for recruiting undergraduates and graduate students from international, national, state, and local circles. The ability to nurture a supportive studio community is essential. The successful candidate will have a keen sense of responsibility to community outreach and will be willing to make a substantial investment in state and local musical activities. The position requires university service duties appropriate to a tenure-track assistant professor. Address in your cover letter how equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging relate to your research, creative activity, and/or service experience.Current faculty and administration share an ethic of collegial responsibility and mutual care, so this new hire will receive solid mentoring, professional development, and support.To apply, upload the following items. Screening of applications will begin on August 15 and will continue until the position is filled. Upon request, candidates should be prepared to submit additional materials documenting teaching effectiveness. A completed doctorate is preferred, however, applicants whose doctorate will be conferred within one year of appointment are encouraged to apply. Questions may be directed to Wanda Hockenberry, Assistant to the Director, wgs1@psu.edu.Cover letter
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Names and contact information for three professional references
Links to 30 minutes of recent performance recordings
A one-page teaching statement on you approachesto pedagogical methodsand viewpointsThe followingclearancesmust be successfully completed for this position:
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