Part-Time Faculty: DBS 140-546: Double Bass Lessons (Jazz/Commercial) (Fall26/Spring27)

Part-Time Instructor position for DPS 140-546 Applied Music – Double Bass Lessons (Jazz/Commercial) during the Fall and Spring semesters of the 2026-2027 academic year.

About the Setnor School of Music

The Setnor School of Music is part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. The college is committed to educating cultural leaders who engage and inspire audiences through performance, visual art, design, scholarship, and commentary. We provide tools for self-discovery and risk-taking in an environment that thrives on critical thought and action.

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly private instruction in jazz performance techniques, including jazz styles, jazz music reading, jazz improvisational techniques, and combo/large ensemble performance skills.
• Set up and maintain a lesson schedule.
• Attend jazz faculty orientation meeting and approximately three jazz faculty meetings per semester.
• Collaborate to build and maintain the jazz/commercial bass studio.
• Develop and/or update a class syllabus.
• Prepare student assignments and maintain regularly scheduled office hours.
• Present instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the course.
• Meet all designated class periods and participate in end-of-semester juries.
• Participate in fall/spring audition days, including review of online jazz and commercial music audition materials for assigned prospective students.
• Participate in performances with jazz and commercial music faculty as requested.
• Submit completed mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to University regulations.
• Grade student assignments and exams in a timely manner.
• Provide departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations.
• Build a positive rapport with students and other faculty.
• Support student performances at major jazz & commercial music events where possible.

Requirements

• A minimum of a master’s degree in music (jazz or commercial bass performance) or equivalent experience preferred.
• Experience teaching studio electric bass/double bass at the collegiate level.
• Jazz/Commercial Music Performance credentials.
• Strong attention to detail and knowledge of course content.
• Demonstrated pedagogical ability and the ability to relate well in a classroom and one-on-one environment with college-level students.

Preference will be given to applicants who could potentially fulfill multiple positions within the Setnor School of Music.