Adjunct- Voice Instructor

Position Summary

The voice instructor will teach a small studio of Applied voice students through weekly individual one-hour lessons. This position will teach applied voice lessons to music majors and non-majors, including instruction of the Voice and Dictation Course.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance or related field
• Preferred: Master’s degree or higher in subject
• Teaching experience in college level voice instruction

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach a total of 14 hours of individualized instruction per student each semester
• Work with student to schedule agreed upon meeting times
• Be accessible to students
• Report progress of students to Director of Choral Activities
• Provide timely feedback to students’ questions and concerns
• Become familiar with rules, regulations, administrative practices, guidelines and policies of the Department and College
• Prepare students for end of semester juries and/or recitals

Special Instructions to Applicants

• Must be able to complete the following with or without a reasonable accommodation:
• Reaching
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Standing
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Fingering
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Grasping
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• Felting
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips
• Talking
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
• Hearing
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound
• Repetitive motion
• Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• The physical requirements of this position
• Light work
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
• The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading
• The conditions the employee will be subject to in this position
• The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to complete the following with or without a reasonable accommodation:
• The physical activity of this position
• Reaching
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Standing
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Fingering
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Grasping
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• Felting
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips
• Talking
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
• Hearing
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound
• Repetitive motion
• Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• The physical requirements of this position
• Light work
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
• The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision
• The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading
• The conditions the employee will be subject to in this position
• The employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions

Close Date

08/23/2026

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