Instructor of Cello

The UNC Department of Music seeks a candidate to serve as Instructor of Cello. This is a part-time fixed term faculty position with an initial appointment of one-year appointment and the possibility of renewal. The appointment will begin July 1, 2026 with teaching responsibilities beginning on the first day of classes, August 17, 2026. Duties will include teaching studio cello to approximately 14 undergraduate music majors, double majors, and minors and leading a weekly one-hour cello studio class. Additional responsibilities include attending juries and auditions, possible collaboration in faculty performances, possible chamber music coaching, and student recruitment and mentoring. A secondary interest in another area of music performance such as improvisation, new music, orchestral studies, historically informed performance, chamber music, electronic music, non-classical and/or non-western musical genres, etc., is preferred. The successful candidate will have professional cello teaching experience and experience in cello performance at the highest level, including but not limited to orchestral and chamber music performance experience, and an M.M. and/or D.M.A, or commensurate professional experience, in music performance.

The Department of Music at UNC-Chapel Hill offers a BMus and BA in Music and an MA and Ph.D. in Musicology for undergraduate and graduate students. Our educational mission is to teach music majors and non-majors, to connect the study of music to the larger understanding of the world, and to guide graduate students as researchers and teachers. We serve the public by presenting performances and academic lectures by students, faculty, and guest artists and scholars. We offer over one hundred concerts and recitals each year, and our facilities include a state-of-the-art auditorium with recording (audio and video) capabilities as well as lighting and sound systems. Our 60 full-time and part-time faculty teach approximately 2500 students during the academic year and another 200 during summer school. Through our teaching, research, and creative activities, we share music's multiplicity of forms and meanings, connecting the study of music to the larger understanding of societies, and affirming music's importance as an expression of humanity.

This is a part-time fixed-term faculty position with an initial one-year appointment and the possibility of renewal. The appointment will begin July 1, 2026 with teaching responsibilities beginning on the first day of classes, August 17, 2026. Duties will include teaching studio cello to approximately 14 undergraduate music majors, double majors, and minors and leading a weekly one-hour cello studio class. Additional responsibilities include attending juries and auditions, possible collaboration in faculty performances, possible chamber music coaching, and student mentoring. A secondary interest in another area of music performance such as improvisation, new music, orchestral studies, historically informed performance, chamber music, electronic music, non-classical and/or non-western musical genres, etc., is preferred. The successful candidate will have professional cello teaching experience and experience in cello performance at the highest level, including but not limited to orchestral and chamber music performance experience, and an M.M. and/or D.M.A, or commensurate professional experience, in music performance.

MM in Cello Performance or equivalent.

DMA (or equivalent) in Cello Performance and at least 3 years of college-level teaching experience.

Not Applicable.

Letters of recommendation are not required at the time of application. Additional materials may be requested including letters of recommendation, a teaching statement, and video and audio recordings. Please provide at least three references.

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