Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Woodwind Studies

at  California State University Long Beach

Job no: 543277
Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Long Beach
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty - Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time
Position: Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Woodwind Studies
Effective Date: August 18, 2025 (Fall Semester)
Salary Range: The Assistant Professor (Academic Year) classification salary is $74,652 to $158,688/per year. The anticipated hiring range is $74,652 to $105,000/per year. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin on or around October 28, 2024. Position open until filled (or recruitment canceled).
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). It also earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia in 2023, joining a distinctive group of colleges and universities who have been recognized for its commitment to Latine/x student success. CSULB is committed to serving diverse students and has established and actively supports the Black Excellence Collegium, dedicated to promoting Black excellence and advancing Black Student Success, and El Concilio for Latinx Success at the Beach, whose mission is to build capacity and promote inclusive servingness across initiatives and efforts towards Latine/x student, faculty, and staff success across campus. The President’s Equity and Change Commission is dedicated to achieving inclusive excellence in our community and culture and to interrogate, disrupt, and transform systemic inequities throughout the university. CSULB’s Beach 2030 University Action Plans prioritize engaging all students; expanding access to higher education; promoting intellectual achievement; building community; and cultivating resilience.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• M.M. Degree in Woodwind Performance
• At least three years college-level teaching or graduate assistant experience
• Broad knowledge of woodwind pedagogical approaches
• Documented experience in a variety of musical performance styles, including solo, orchestral, band, jazz, or chamber music
• Demonstrated potential for inclusive teaching and sustaining a productive track record in research, scholarly and creative activities, and service
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including Black/African American, Latine/x, Native American/Indigenous, low-income, first-generation, and minoritized students

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• DMA in Woodwind Performance. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the degree by August 1, 2025.
• Five to seven years of college-level music teaching experience
• Documented professional experience in a variety of musical performance styles, including, solo, orchestral, band, jazz, and chamber music
• Experience teaching, commissioning, and performing music by underrepresented composers
• Demonstrated record of peer-reviewed research, creative, or scholarly activities
• Demonstrated leadership and/or service at the college level
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body (Demographics)
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

A background check (including a criminal record check and telephone reference check with most recent employer) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The person holding this position is considered a “mandated reporter” under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21, 2017 as a condition of employment.
Pursuant to the California State University (CSU) Out-of-State Employment Policy, hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California is prohibited effective January 1, 2022. By prohibiting employment outside of California, the CSU also prohibits hiring and retaining employees working permanently from a business location outside of the United States. Exceptions to the Policy are limited to approved and documented purposes for conducting CSU business outside of California.

• Teach courses appropriate to the candidate’s specialty, education, and experience as well as department need. These may include but are not limited to private lessons; chamber music; music business; and theory or history. [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof.]
• Recruit new woodwind students
• Mentor and supervise students in the woodwind program
• Engage in program-related service activities such as recruitment and evaluation of lecturers
• Develop and sustain currency in the field of music performance
• Develop and sustain research, scholarly and creative activities in the field leading to performance, presentations, and publications
• Participate in service to the department, college, university, and community
  CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.
  Information on the excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: CSU Employee Benefits

How to Apply - Required Documentation:

• An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: Equity and Diversity Statement
• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Video or sound recording of a solo performance
• Names and contact information for three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the finalist stage)
• Finalists will be required to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

Requests for information about the position and application process should be addressed to:
Rob Frear, MM, Search Committee Chair
California State University, Long Beach
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840-7101
(562) 985-4781 or E-Mail: Rob.Frear@csulb.edu