Visiting Assistant Professor Music

OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking a Full-Time faculty member in Music to start in Fall 2025. We may appoint either a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music or an Instructor of Music depending on qualifications and experience. This new hire will be responsible for overseeing the University’s Jazz ensemble and Symphony, teaching new and existing courses in areas such as music technology, songwriting, digital music notation, and music theory, and contributing to the University’s Core curriculum.

Responsibilities will include full-time teaching (3/3 or 3/2 course load), This faculty member will work alongside the Assistant Professor of Music to oversee two instrumental ensembles. Qualified candidates will demonstrate a commitment to teaching from a liberal arts perspective, stressing excellent writing skills, theoretical understanding, critical analysis, and connecting theory to practice.  Furthermore, we are seeking candidates who will take advantage of the learning opportunities our Atlanta location has to offer by encouraging students to attend concerts/performances in the community (this may include organizing trips to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and/or other local ensembles) and engaging in student recruitment activities.

Oglethorpe is committed to fostering a campus community and intellectual environment that recruits and maintains diverse faculty and staff, promotes a culture of respect for diverse experiences and perspectives, and understands and addresses the role of inequality in shaping our individual and collective identities. We value faculty mentorship and support faculty teaching, research, and development through the Office of the Provost. We are seeking applicants who are interested in working closely with other faculty members, both inside and outside of the program, to build a more robust and inclusive interdisciplinary curriculum.

The university currently enrolls a diverse population of nearly 1,400 students who represent more than 30 states and 30 countries, and 36% are the first in their families to attend college.  We are seeking applicants who are interested in working closely with other faculty members, both inside and outside of the program, to build a more robust and inclusive interdisciplinary curriculum.

Qualified applicants should possess a graduate degree, with preference given to those with a terminal degree such as a DMA, MFA or PhD at the time of appointment.  Applicants must have a record of relevant teaching experience (or equivalent professional experience).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Candidates from historically excluded groups, those whose work furthers the institution’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, and those who bring varied life experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.

To assure full consideration, please submit a letter of interest (which should speak to a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion), curriculum vitae, a link to recent (no more than six months old) unedited videos totaling 15-20 minutes filmed from the ensemble’s perspective (which should include rehearsal as well as performance excerpts) and contact information for three references. Full job posting and application portal can be accessed via the following link:

Inquiries may be made to Division1@oglethorpe.edu. Full consideration will be given to candidates who apply by March 28th.