Tenure-Track Position
in Music - Keyboard Studies
The Berea College Department of Music announces a full-time,
tenure-track position in Music beginning in August 2024. Primary
responsibilities include instruction in Applied Piano and Organ, heading the
department’s team of student and staff collaborative pianists, and serving as
organist at weekly chapel services and campuswide events. Demonstrated
excellence in keyboard and collaborative piano instruction at the undergraduate
level as well as a willingness to participate in the General Education program
is expected. Experience as a carillonneur is a plus. The candidate will work
closely with applied instructors, ensemble directors, and the Campus Christian
Center. An earned doctorate is required
at the time of appointment. Ideal candidates will,
through their teaching, scholarship, mentoring, and service, show a commitment
to carrying out Berea College’s unique mission.
To apply, submit a letter of interest, current CV, transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and video links to (1) a private piano lesson, (2) a private organ
lesson, and (3) a collaborative performance. Each video excerpt should be
unedited and between 15-30 minutes in length. Review
of applications will begin on October 17, 2023 and continue until the position
is filled.
Founded
in 1855, Berea College is nationally
recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South.
Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the
most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With
an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls 1,600 students
from 43 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable
to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at
more than $190,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive
yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to
attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all
Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions
across campus. Berea College was again named one of the nation’s “Best
Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their College Degree” in the 2022
edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best 387 Colleges. Berea
also appeared on four other lists within the publication: Best Colleges in the
South; Best Value Colleges; Best Green Colleges; and Tuition Free Schools. The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education (THE) 2022 College
Rankings lists Berea as the #3 Best Value Colleges and 148
among 250 ranked colleges (highest-ranked Kentucky college). The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #5 among Liberal arts
Colleges, and #1 Best Bang for the Buck in the South. U.S. News and World
Report Rankings lists Berea as #26 among National Liberal Arts Colleges, #3
for Most Innovative Schools, #6 in Top Performers in Social Mobility, and tied
for #16 in Best Undergraduate Teaching. Money (2022) ranks Berea
#20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South.
Located
where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea
(pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two
hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea
College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea
College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social
equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.